1. Event date

26th March - 29th March 2027

2. start line

Mytholmroyd Community Centre (MYCC), Caldene Avenue, HX7 5AF

From 7.30am to 9.45am there will be tea, coffee and breakfast pastries to get you fueled up.

Vehicles can be parked at MYCC for the duration of the event from Friday through to Tuesday morning. Camper vans can park out front of Community Centre on Thursday night prior to the start.  Make sure you register your vehicle at the MYCC desk to avoid the parking charges.

Mytholmroyd is on the train line between Leeds and Manchester.

There is a bag drop option (max 30 litres) for a change of clothes, but bags are stored in a room in a community centre open to the public (not in a locked office) and only accessible to riders during normal MYCC open hours (7am-9pm). The centre has excellent separate male / female shower rooms. There is a Salisbury and an ASDA with long opening hours in the village.

The start line will be marked out with chalk and flags at the front of the community centre with a group start 10am on Good Friday.

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 500kms / 9,000m 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.

6. Tickets

£35 (provisional).

Entry opens 1st October 2026.

Hire of and the cost of using GPS trackers on the live tracking website is not included in the ticket.