1. Event date

26th March - 29th March 2027

2. start line

Mytholmroyd Community Centre (MYCC), Caldene Avenue, there will be tea, coffee and breakfast pastries to get you fueled up from 6am to 7.45am.

Vehicles can be parked at MYCC for the duration of the event from Thursday 25th through to Tuesday 30th. Camper vans can park out front of Community Centre on Thursday night prior to the start.

There is a bag drop option (max 30 litres) for a change of clothes. The centre has excellent separate male / female shower rooms and in the village there is a Sainsburys and an ASDA.

The start line will be marked out with chalk at the front of the community centre.

Group start 8am on Good Friday.

Mytholmroyd is on the train line between Leeds and Manchester.

3. Finish Line

The Fustian Needle, St Georges Square, Hebden Bridge. Riders should document they have completed the Pennine 500 route by taking a photo of themselves and their bike alongside the sculpture. As the sculpture is in a public square there is 24/7 access. The Live Tracker will also register your completion of the route.

The sculpture, by Mike Williams, is of a “fustian knife”, which also serves as a giant sundial. Fustian knives were used in the manufacture of corduroy, a fabric for which Hebden Bridge was known throughout the world. The knife points directly north towards Nutclough Mill, former home of Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Society Ltd, founded in 1870 - in its day, the largest worker-producer co-operative in Britain.

4. GPS File

A ‘field tested’ gpx file to guide you around the 501kms / 9,400m single stage route will be sent to your email address a week prior to the event.

The GPS will be on public view at Ride with GPS following the inaugural Pennine 500 event and so riders are welcome to experience the route as a DIY adventure.

5. GPS TRACKER

It is a requirement of entry to have a GPS tracker eg, a SPOT registered on the Pennine 500 live tracking website. The purpose of the tracker is to validate that the rider has followed the complete, official Pennine 500 route. Trackers are not for safety monitoring, and riders are responsible for their own safety.

The event organiser will not be providing GPS trackers. Many riders have their own personal GPS trackers and they are readily available to hire. There will be a ‘dot watching’ page hosted by an established outfit where riders can register their own and hired GPS trackers.