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London to Brighton Off Road Bike Ride 2025

Join thousands of riders taking on Europe’s biggest charity mountain bike event to fund life saving research - new start times added!

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Event details

Join thousands of other riders taking on Europe’s biggest charity mountain bike event this September! Conquer 61 miles of superb views, tough climbs and technical terrain. With every pedal, you’ll be powering lifesaving research and helping us to give people more time with the ones they love.

We've introduced new start times for 2025! We now have 12 waves open, giving our riders more flexibility in deciding how they start their ride. You can now ride on the hour, at quarter past, half past or quarter to. Sign up now to see what start times are on offer.

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Key details

  • Date: Saturday 20 September 2025
  • Distance: 61 miles
  • Start: Apps Court Farm, Hurst Rd, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2EG
  • Finish: Hove Lawns, Kingsway, Hove, BN3 2FR
  • Registration fee: £60
  • Fundraising pledge: £200

What's included?

  • fundraising tips and advice to help you smash your £200 fundraising pledge
  • regular contact from us to guide you along your way
  • personalised training plans created by our world-class coaches
  • a Team BHF Facebook group to get support from your team members
  • a fully signed route including regular checkpoints, medical and mechanical support
  • professional photographers to capture you smashing your challenge
  • a huge cheer and well-deserved medal on crossing the finish line!

The ride

Starting at Apps Court Farm, you'll quickly pick up the Thames Cycle Track and enjoy amazing scenery across the river as you head out of the city. You'll see stunning views as you cycle through Weybridge, Shere, Southwater Country Park and Steyning, before taking on the monster climb to the top of Truleigh Hill, where you’ll be able to see as far as the sea! Then it's all downhill to Hove where you'll be cheered across the finish line and receive your all-important medal. 

The route includes 1,295m of climbing on rough and varying terrain. It is a real mix of tracks, with hard surfaces through to dirt and gravel, with roots, grass, sand and stones. 

Ability level

The London to Brighton off-road bike ride presents a significant challenge, even for experienced riders. While some novices may struggle, many have successfully completed the ride and have found the overall experience to be extremely rewarding.

Route map

Take a look at the 2023 route map and download the 2024 GPX file below. The 2025 route map and GPX file will be available to riders closer to event date.

Download the 2024 GPX file

Transporting your bike

Our travel service can take you and your bike from the finish line at Hove Lawns to the start line at Apps Court Farm before the ride starts or after it has finished. Available soon.

Kit list

We know that deciding what to wear on the day can be difficult, so we have pulled together an in depth kit list for you, so you know exactly what you need for your ride.

Find out what kit you should bring

Add a special touch with a personalised medal

Order a personalised medal from iTABs - just add your name, finish time and why you’re riding.

Order a personalised medal

iTABs

Track your progress in real time throughout the event

Let your friends, family and sponsors track you in real time throughout the event with a GPS tracker from Geotracks.

Hire a GPS tracker

Geotracks

Fundraising

By registering to take part in London to Brighton Off Road, you are committing to raising your £200 fundraising pledge. The money you raise will be funnelled into groundbreaking science and support for the people who need us most.

The BHF events team will support you with your fundraising from when you first sign up all the way through to the day of the event.

And if you smash your £200 pledge by midnight on Wednesday 20 August 2025, we’ll send you an exclusive London to Brighton Off Road MTB top to wear with pride on the big day!

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Fundraising support

When you sign up, you’ll receive a welcome pack that has everything you need to know about fundraising.

We also have a wealth of fundraising resources for you. You can:

Training

Training route

MTB expert Max Darkins at Rough Ride Guide has created a new training route for 2024. The GPX file is broken down into sections, covering a London to Brighton MTB route, but replacing the Wisley section with a M25 bridge diversion.

Download our training route map - PDF

Download our training route map - GPX

Hear from others

London to Brighton Off Road is iconic - but don't take our word for it! Hear what other riders have to say about how they found last year's event.

“The ride was epic, I’ll be back next year just to conquer those darn hills.” – Andrew

“The more money I raise for the BHF, the more life changing research they can do.” – Charlie

“My life has been saved twice, so I felt it was time to give back for the treatment I’ve received.” – Tom

Volunteer

We wouldn’t be able to do this event without our amazing volunteers. Volunteers help make our events really special, so we'd love you to help us on the day.

You could be located at one of our checkpoints along the route chatting to our riders and offering them encouragement or at the finish line, cheering in our riders and giving them their all-important medals!

If you are energetic, willing and enjoy a great atmosphere, sign up to volunteer soon.

FAQs

Signing up and preparing for the event

You need to be at least 16 years old to take part in this challenging event. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult and sign up via this form and also complete our offline form.

If you would prefer to sign up offline, please complete this form and send it back to us at [email protected].

Yes, there is! We've partnered with Scimitar to create some brand new MTB tops - long and short sleeve - that you can wear with pride as you train and ride.

Find our new MTB tops and more, here.

Yes! Our travel service can take you and your bike from the finish line at Hove Lawns to the start line at Apps Court Farm before the ride starts or after it has finished. Available soon.

The finish site is 1 mile away from both Brighton and Hove train stations. The rail companies that serve these stations are both aware of the event but are not putting on any additional services. We therefore strongly recommend planning your journey in advance of the day and ensure you've consulted the relevant train company's bike policy.

We'd like to reassure our riders that our travel service team always take great care when loading and unloading bikes at the London to Brighton Off Road event. When loading the vehicles, strapping is added to hold the bikes in place and limit any movement during transit. Please also be assured bikes are never forced into the trailer that transports the bikes.

Please be aware that BHF does not admit any liability for damage caused to transported bikes. If you'd like more information about our travel service, you can email us on [email protected] and our friendly Customer Care team will be happy to chat with you further.

Smash your £200 fundraising pledge by midnight on Thursday 21 August 2025 and we’ll send you an exclusive London to Brighton Off Road Bike Ride MTB top to wear with pride on the big day.

This is a challenging event, but don’t panic! We’ve worked with our expert training coaches to create a training plan for the event, to ensure you’ll be fully prepared to take on the challenge. You’ll receive a link to the training plan via email once you register for the event.

You can also find our top tips for MTB riders and how to prepare for the event, here.

The registration fee goes towards the cost of delivering London to Brighton Off Road. British Heart Foundation organises the event, therefore we are responsible for all operational costs associated with delivering the ride.

The registration fee contributes to these running costs and not towards any of BHF's incredible work. We ask for a minimum fundraising pledge of £200 so that your donations can support BHF funded lifesaving research.

Due to the rough and varying terrain a hardtail MTB is best suited to this ride, although a short-travel full-suspension or gravel bike would also be suitable.

Taking part in the ride

Yes, you can! Riders can join the route approximately halfway through at Cranleigh Checkpoint, around 24.5 miles into the ride.

Please get in contact with our Customer Care team on [email protected] to let us know if you'd like to start halfway at Cranleigh Checkpoint. From here we can let you know next steps and what to expect on the day.

Yes! We have a special relationship with Apps Court Farm where you will start your ride. Camping is available all weekend with food and drink you can purchase for your breakfast at the start area. We also have a travel service available that will take you from from the finish line at Hove Lawns, back to the start line at Apps Court Farm after your ride.

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The route will be marked with arrows and there’ll be marshals spread out along the course, so it will be easy for you to find your way.

There’ll be regular checkpoints for you to take a break, refill your water bottle, buy any snacks you may need and use the toilets. Medical and mechanical support will also be available at each of the checkpoints.

Contact us

If you have a question, you can contact our team on Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.

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Charity Bike Rides

London to Brighton Off Road Bike Ride

Join over 2000 riders in taking on 61 miles of superb views and technical terrain, conquering Europe's biggest charity mountain bike event to fund lifesaving research.

Saturday 20 September 2025

London to Brighton

£60

61 miles / 98.2 km