Date - 3rd May 2026

Event Hub - 3 Peaks Cycles, 24 Market Place, Settle, BD24 9EJ

Start line - From 7am till 10am tea or coffee and home made cake to get you fueled up. No mass start.

Finish line - 3 Peaks Bike Shop and Cafe is open to all members of the public and so on your return you are welcome to drop into the cafe and enjoy their selection of food and drink as a member of the public. The cafe closes at 5pm. Settle town centre has several very good Inns and Pubs.

GPX file - Field tested gpx files will be sent to your email address by 28/04/2026 (Tuesday prior to the event). 

Routes - All four routes pass under the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct.

Route options - There is no need to declare which route you hope to ride when you sign onto the event. Riders receive the full set of GPX files in the week leading up to the event and so can decide on the day which route to ride and swap between routes when they are out on the hills (assuming you have loaded up more than one GPX which is always a good idea)

Parking - Four large car parks in the town. A map of their location will be sent out in the final email

Bonus - All riders receive a Ribblehead Skyline bike sticker in the design at the foot of this page.

Railway - Settle is on the Leeds to Carlisle train line.

Tickets: £30 / £40 from March 2026

 
 
 
 
 

INspirational bit

 

“I have fled my country and gone to the heather.”

Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights (1847)

 

“And the moors were always there and never without their promise.”

J.B.Priestley

Bright Days (1944)

 

“Water, that strong white stuff, can here be seen at its origins. It wells from the rock, and flows away. For unnumbered years it has welled from the rock and flowed away. It does nothing, absolutely nothing, but be itself.”

Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain (1977)