Yorkshire Divide

Mills n Moors Series

29th June: Ringstone

Cycle Gear, Horton Street, Halifax

24km, 40km, 66km, 104km

Tea, coffee, home made cakes at the start line

New embroidered cloth badge

Toilet facilities

£5 / £10 / £20

5th October: Resistance and Rebellion

Blazing Saddles, Hebden Bridge

20km, 47km, 77km

Tea, coffee, home made cakes at the start line

Unique embroidered cloth badge

Toilet facilities

£5 / £10 / £20

4th calder divide trail

20th - 21st September 2025

Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Calder Valley

160km / 240km

Farm campsite open to all riders

Bikepacker or rider with luggage transfer

Tea / coffee / home made cakes / toilet facilities at the event hub

Free weekend parking / Vans can park over night on Friday / 1 minute to train station

Pie n peas at finish line

Embroidered cloth badge

£25 / £65 / £105

In aid of Overgate Hospice

calder divide trail

headwaters trail

Source to Sea Trail

Key points

What is the minimal kit I need to carry?

Wear a helmet that complies with the latest EN1078, ANSI Z90/4 or SNELL standards. Waterproof clothes including full length trousers and jacket. Warm layers for changing into stored in a dry bag. Front and rear lights.

Are these races?

The events are NOT races. They are intended as a personal challenge.

What type of bike can I enter with?

All of our routes cover a variety of terrain including cobbles, grass, peat, grit stone, gravel that is smooth, gravel that is loose, gravel full of potholes, concrete track ways, stone slabs, tarmac and everything in between!

We recommend tyres of 40mm upwards and any of the following bikes will get you around the routes: Gravel bike / Cyclocross bike / Mountain bike / Fat bike and Single Speed if that is your thing.

E-MTB’s and E-Gravel bikes are fine on the Mills n Moors and Calder Divide Trail but not on the StS Trail.

Who gets to enter?

Bike events should reflect the wider society from which they grow and therefore we welcome entry from all individuals. On all our events - the Calder Divide Trail, the Headwaters Trail and Dales Camp Out - we adopt the practice of having a camping field set aside for women, trans, non-binary if a rider wants to choose that option.

Are the routes signposted?

There is no signage saying ‘Yorkshire Divide’ out on the hills, moors and valleys. The routes on all our events are on bridleways, Sustrans greenways along the urban fringe, open access moorland, restricted-by ways, sections of the ace Pennine Bridleway, the Trans Pennine Trail and minor public roads. A GPX file for the event you have entered will be sent to your email address two weeks prior to the event.

Will I get a record of my time?

The Headwaters Trail and the Calder Divide Trail events are intended as a personal challenge and not a race and so Event Officials will NOT record your start / finish time. If a FKT is set by a female and male rider we will use Strava times to set and publish these records.

On the Source to Sea event we will use the time recorded on the Follow my Challenge web page created as you start from and return to the event hub in Mytholmroyd. This is a ‘single stage event’ where the clock starts when a rider crosses the start line and only stops when they return to the finish line.

On the Mills n Moors rides, the Dales Camp Out and Dales Trail we will not set any time limits or record riders times

Is there a minimum age?

There is a minimum entry age of 12 years old when accompanied by an adult. The ‘Source to Sea Trail’ has a minimum entry age of 18.

What is access to the start line like?

The CDT, Headwaters and StS events all start from Mytholmroyd Community Center which is two minutes from a train station on the main line between Leeds and Manchester. The Centre has space for 100 vehicles on a first come-first served basis. Van type campers can park overnight before and after the multi day events. To park a vehicle a driver has to enter vehicle registration details at the desk inside the Community Centre to receive exemption from parking charges whilst they stay for the duration of our event.

Do I need insurance?

The event organiser, Yorkshire Divide, does not provide insurance to cover damage to or loss of your bike, personal items or personal injury whilst participating in the events. Being insured through either British Cycling or Cycling UK would help cover you. This is for your personal liability.

What happens if the route changes?

The organisers reserve the right to adjust the routes ahead of the day to account for unforeseen conditions (e.g., flooding, landslips, angry farmers) but if it does it will notify all participants who have signed up by that point of the changes.