- Thu 4 Sep 2025
8 Hour Challenge
08:00
Age 16 & over
Sign up £60
Fundraise £440
- 8 hrs track cycling
Event overview
How many 3.9km laps can you or your team complete in 8 hours?
This is a unique chance to push yourself to the limit in this exhilarating challenge whilst raising funds for Missing People!
Thanks so much for having us and for organising such a great event! Look forward to doing it all again next year!
Highlights
- Totally unique cycling experience day
- Test physical and mental resolve
- Follow in the tyre tracks of the greats
- Exciting finale to a summer of cycling
- Push yourself to your limits as a solo rider
- Tackle it as a relay team of four
- Go head-to-head with other teams
- Open to all abilities and speeds
- Refreshing pitstops and massages
- Most roadworthy bike types allowed
- Fundraising optional
- Support Missing People
Event photos
- All fitness levels
- Event village
- Free venue entry
- Newcomers
- Spectators
- Teams
Timetable
Team of 4
£2000 (no fundraising).
If you are part of a relay team, please note that only one participant will be taking part on the track each time, until you tag your next rider in.
Bike type
Road or hybrid would be ideal.
Roadworthy mountain bikes or e-bikes are permitted (however it is the rider's responsibility for charging).
No tribars.
- Cafe
- Changing facilities
- Free parking
- Toilets
- Urban
Event HQ
Brands Hatch
London Road
West Kingsdown
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN15 6FS
UK
Many famous drivers have raced at Brands Hatch over the years, including:
- Stirling Moss
- Jim Clark
- Jack Brabham
- Ayrton Senna
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nigel Mansell
Other notable motorcycle racing drivers who have raced at Brands Hatch include:
- Barry Sheene
- Carl Fogarty
- Cut off time
- First aid
- Flat
- Food stations
- Multiple laps
- Toilets
- Traffic free
- Water stations
Route
- Length | 3.916km/2.433 miles
- Turns | 9
Map
- Chip timing
- Drinks
- Massage
- Post-race meal
- Pre-race meal
- Snacks
Included
- Pit stops and mechanics
- Chip timing
- Refreshments
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Massages
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising optional
- Fundraising support
- Submit fundraising up to 1 month after event
Missing People
Your donations are vital in supporting missing people and their loved ones.
£500 could help the charity safely reunite a missing person with their family.
About the charity
Help someone find support and safety
Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.
That means life is lonely, scary and uncertain for 170,000 families every year.
Right now, people are searching for children, fearing for their safety. Searching too for mums, dads, siblings and grandparents who suddenly feel very vulnerable.
But with your help, Missing People can be there to support the missing and those who love them, for as long as it takes.
They’re the only UK charity dedicated to supporting missing children and adults, and their loved ones.
How your support helps
£98 could
Provide intensive support to the family of a missing person for a month.
£160 could
Launch 14 urgent poster campaigns to help find missing people.
£500 could
Recruit and train a Helpline volunteer to support 100 people in crisis a year.
Fundraising resources
Bunting
Easy-to-print bunting.
Fundraising guide
Practical suggestions on how to reach your fundraising milestones.
I'm walking for
Walk in tribute for someone who is missing or who has been missing.
Raised so far poster
Keep people updated on your fundraising total as you move closer to your goal.
Sponsorship form
Collect donations from friends and family ahead of your walk.
Banners
Social media and email banners to make your campaign look professional.
What are you waiting for? Let's do this!
The dedicated Missing People Events Team is on-hand to help you. They’ll provide support throughout the event, and are always happy to share top fundraising tips, to help you smash your target.
By taking on the 8 hour challenge, you'll be raising vital funds to help every child and adult who goes missing in the UK and sending your support to the family that misses them.
- Age 16 & over
- Entries open
- Enter online
- Fundraising optional
All riders must be 16 or over at the time of the ride.
You will need to show photo ID before you ride.
Any riders under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian sign for them.
Team of 4
£2000 (no fundraising)
Entry fees
Entry fee
£60.00
Minimum sponsorship
£440.00
Thanks so much for having us and for organising such a great event! Look forward to doing it all again next year!
Really well run event with just the right balance of competition and fun. Pit hosts were great and kept us fed & watered throughout. Looking forward to the next one.
We all had an excellent day and I thought the whole event was exceptionally well managed – well done to all.
Thanks for putting on another superbly run event at Brands Hatch. The whole day went very smoothly. Looking forward to next year's event.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to your team and staff at Brands Hatch. I thought the event was excellently organised from start to finish and the venue, food etc was great. Thanks again and looking forward to a few days off the bike!!
Thank you very much for all the efforts. The day was fantastic. Really well organised and relaxed. A proper great experience that none of us will forget. We would definitely like to attend next year and plan to fill up two pits with 4 teams now that we know the format. The garage pit host to help us along the way was a really nice touch.