RIDE Castle

Start times

• 06.45 - 07.45 | Champion Route starts
• 07:00 - 08.00 | Classic Route starts
• 08:00 - 08:30 | Cool Route starts
• 18:00 | Cut off time for finishers

Bike type

Road bikes.

This is a traditional road sportive; the most suitable bike would be a drop handle road bike, although hybrids and e-bikes are perfectly suitable also.

Event HQ

Tonbridge Castle
Castle Street
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1BG
UK

Tonbridge Castle

There's been a castle on the site since the days of Edward the Conqueror in 1066, and for those on the Epic route, it may well feel like you've been on the road since then too! The crenulated turrets of the castle towers will be a welcome sight for riders after a long day in the saddle.

Parking

There are a number of Pay-and-Display car parks located nearby.

The event encourages sustainability by using wooden medals to celebrate your achievement. It also operates no-plastic-bottle feed stations, offering water refills from water bowzers instead. Participants are encouraged to take public transport, or car-share to reach the event.

This was a great event - beautiful route, well organised, supportive people, decent food and drink and a really fun atmosphere to it. Highly recommended. Luke M

Overall a solid event. I’d do it again! Richard C

This is one of my favourite Action Medical rides I participate in and have done so every year from 2017. Great signage and back up. Always happy to support Action Medical and the rides they organise.

Great course, challenging but also flowing flat sections. Great support staff and food stops had good savoury as well as sweet selection. David H

Great organisation and thoroughly enjoyed the route. I will definitely enter a future sportive!

Loved this! This was my first official cycling event and it was brilliant! Communications with the team prior to the event were spot on, really helpful. The day itself was brilliant and really well organised and signposted and follow up comms have been good too. I will be back to book another event! Thank you for being so accommodating in my requests to change route too!

I had a great day, I thought it was well organised and your volunteers were all lovely.

Thanks for organising the ride. Had a great time. It stretched me but was really glad to make it round. I've always enjoyed Action Medical Research rides and thought the venue of Tonbridge Castle and the ride round the North Downs was great.

Incredible feed stations. Real food, cups of tea. Smaller event and it was all the better for it. Gray W

Had an amazing day out on the bike . The event was well organised, street markings were spot on (apart from one within the first 10 miles where a member of the public probably turned it around causing a bit of chaos) and feeding stations properly equipped. Thank you ! Robert B

Great event with a cracking ride around Kent. Route was excellent and well supported. Simon G

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