Ribble Valley Ride 2025
The Ribble Valley Ride, associated with Ribble Cycles, is back in 2025. Three routes are available for riders of all abilities, starting in Clitheroe on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
Where?
Heidelberg Materials, Ribblesdale Works, West Bradford Road, Clitheroe, BB7 4QF
When?
Sunday 8th June
Roll out Times will be:
75 miles: 07.30 - 08.30
50 miles: 08.15 - 09.15
25 miles: 0900 - 09.45
BACK WITH NEW ROUTES FOR 2025
VThis year's Ribble Valley Ride is a community fundraising cyclosportive with three routes for riders of all abilities. Now in its 10th year, the Ribble alley Ride aims to raise £10,000 for local charities, including the Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Ribble are once again proud to sponsor the event, and thanks to the collective efforts of all the main sponsors, chip timing and full classified results will be available to all riders.
All three routes will be clearly signposted and marshalled, with regular food and hydration stops along the way. Food and drink plus technical support are included in the entry fees.
The event will start and finish at Heidelberg Materials in Clitheroe, incorporating an easy family-friendly 25-mile route, a more challenging 50-mile route and a demanding 75-mile route taking in some of the best hill climbs the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland have to offer. The ride is non-competitive and if cyclists wish to shorten (or lengthen) their ride, then they have ample opportunity to do so.
No matter which route you choose; 25, 50 or 75, you are guaranteed sensational views of some of the most picturesque landscapes the UK has to offer. The 25-mile route is a fabulous ride through idyllic, picture-postcard Ribble Valley scenery, while the 50-mile 'expert' route is a challenging, hilly ride through the upper extremeties of the Ribble Valley to the Yorkshire border and back through the Forest of Bowland. The 75-mile 'elite' route goes even further, taking in the climbs of the Bowland foothills and Brock Valley before a leisurely cruise back to ride HQ.
Ribble Prize Draw
All registered entrants will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a £1000 Ribble prize voucher (one for each distance).
Click below to register for the 25, 50, or 75-mile route.
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