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Discover a comprehensive range of charity bike rides, from charity sportives to virtual cycling challenges!

Charity bike rides in the UK

Cycling events raise huge amounts of money for charities each year, from major rides like London to Brighton to virtual cycling challenges. Select your location for charity events in your area or scroll down to see events coming up.

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Charity bike rides in 2025

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London to Brighton Road Ride
Better mental health

London to Brighton Road Ride

Wake up in London, get on your bike and end up on Brighton's pebbly beach!

Ride for Mind
Experience beautiful countryside and idyllic villages this springtime on a fully signposted route with mechanical support and a finishers bag of goodies at the finish line!
  • Sun 27 Apr
  • £35-£50
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Cambridge Cancer Help Cycle

Experience beautiful countryside and idyllic villages this springtime on a fully signposted route with mechanical support and a finishers bag of goodies at the finish line!

  • Charity bike ride 2
The Great Property Bike Ride promises stunning views, camaraderie amongst nearly 800 riders and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying an exhilarating cycling experience.
  • Tue 24 Jun
  • £100-£120
Esher, Surrey, UK

CBRE's Great Property Bike Ride

The Great Property Bike Ride promises stunning views, camaraderie amongst nearly 800 riders and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying an exhilarating cycling experience.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
London to Brighton Off-Road
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London to Brighton Off-Road

Conquer the classic ride on rocky surfaces, dirt trails and single tracks for BHF!

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An early season ride in the heart of Berkshire featuring some of the very best of the North Wessex Downs AONB with three road routes offering something to suit all abilities.
  • Sun 30 Mar
  • £28.50-£40.50
Reading, Berkshire, UK

RIDE Wessex Downs

An early season ride in the heart of Berkshire featuring some of the very best of the North Wessex Downs AONB with three road routes offering something to suit all abilities.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
This popular early season sportive offers a mixture of open, flowing, flat roads combined with a couple of testing climbs in the Blackdown Hills - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Sun 27 Apr
  • £44
Honiton, Devon, UK

Taunton Flyer

This popular early season sportive offers a mixture of open, flowing, flat roads combined with a couple of testing climbs in the Blackdown Hills - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
Ride the Reservoir returns for its 10th year! Take on 75km, 100km or 100miles all in support of Birmingham Hospice.
  • Sun 27 Apr
  • £27-£38
Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Ride The Reservoir

Ride the Reservoir returns for its 10th year! Take on 75km, 100km or 100miles all in support of Birmingham Hospice.

  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive 2
Experience beautiful countryside and idyllic villages this springtime on a fully signposted route with mechanical support and a finishers bag of goodies at the finish line!
  • Sun 27 Apr
  • £35-£50
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Cambridge Cancer Help Cycle

Experience beautiful countryside and idyllic villages this springtime on a fully signposted route with mechanical support and a finishers bag of goodies at the finish line!

  • Charity bike ride 2
Pedal through the Liberation of the Netherlands: A historic tour to freedom, filled with commemoration and camaraderie, to help support the Armed Forces Community.
  • Fri 2 - Tue 6 May
  • £300-£2,250
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Netherlands Liberation Trail

Pedal through the Liberation of the Netherlands: A historic tour to freedom, filled with commemoration and camaraderie, to help support the Armed Forces Community.

  • 338 km road cycling
Join hundreds of women for a night of remembrance and celebration and ride past iconic city landmarks then cross the finish line to receive your well-deserved finisher's medal!
  • Sat 10 May
  • £45
Windsor, Berkshire, UK

Women V Cancer | Ride the Night

Join hundreds of women for a night of remembrance and celebration and ride past iconic city landmarks then cross the finish line to receive your well-deserved finisher's medal!

  • Charity bike ride 2
King of the castle, or dirty rascal? Expect some tough climbs after departing the imposing Tonbridge Castle with 800 other riders and experience some amazing views across the Kent countryside.
  • Sun 11 May
  • £28.50-£50.50
Tonbridge, Kent, UK

RIDE Castle

King of the castle, or dirty rascal? Expect some tough climbs after departing the imposing Tonbridge Castle with 800 other riders and experience some amazing views across the Kent countryside.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive 2
One of the biggest charity sportives in the East, where experienced riders cover a fast and furious sportive or newer riders tackle their first long-distance on flat and forgiving terrain.
  • Sun 18 May
  • £28.50-£40.50
Woodbridge, UK

RIDE Suffolk Sunrise

One of the biggest charity sportives in the East, where experienced riders cover a fast and furious sportive or newer riders tackle their first long-distance on flat and forgiving terrain.

  • Sportive 3
The Great Property Bike Ride promises stunning views, camaraderie amongst nearly 800 riders and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying an exhilarating cycling experience.
  • Tue 24 Jun
  • £100-£120
Esher, Surrey, UK

CBRE's Great Property Bike Ride

The Great Property Bike Ride promises stunning views, camaraderie amongst nearly 800 riders and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying an exhilarating cycling experience.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
The spectacularly beautiful but equally tough northernmost event of the RIDE series featuring one of the most unrelenting climbs in Nidderdale - Trapping Hill. Yorkshire doesn't really do flat.
  • Sun 29 Jun
  • £28.50-£40.50
Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK

RIDE The Dales

The spectacularly beautiful but equally tough northernmost event of the RIDE series featuring one of the most unrelenting climbs in Nidderdale - Trapping Hill. Yorkshire doesn't really do flat.

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
Ride through Britain's beautiful countryside for one day or the full eight days between Honeypot sites while supporting young carers along the way.
  • Sun 29 Jun - Sun 6 Jul
  • £10-£900
Cumnock, East Ayrshire, UK

Honeypot House to House Cycle

Ride through Britain's beautiful countryside for one day or the full eight days between Honeypot sites while supporting young carers along the way.

  • Charity bike ride 4
Join #TeamChristie and hop on your bike to tackle the 60-mile route from Media City at Salford Quays to finish beneath the iconic Glitterball on Blackpool’s South Promenade.
  • Sun 13 Jul
  • £29.60
Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

The Christie Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride

Join #TeamChristie and hop on your bike to tackle the 60-mile route from Media City at Salford Quays to finish beneath the iconic Glitterball on Blackpool’s South Promenade.

  • 60 miles road cycling + 1800 ft ascent
Join Action for this iconic, once-in-a-lifetime charity cycle challenge which sees you celebrating under the Eiffel Tower AND soaking up the atmosphere of the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France!
  • Wed 23 - Sun 27 Jul
  • £50-£1,750
London, UK

RIDE London to Paris | Tour de France Edition

Join Action for this iconic, once-in-a-lifetime charity cycle challenge which sees you celebrating under the Eiffel Tower AND soaking up the atmosphere of the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France!

  • 440 km road cycling
Close your cycling season on a stunning ride through the Essex countryside, quiet villages and farmland where the undulations will have you in and out of the saddle.
  • Sun 31 Aug
  • £28.50-£40.50
Chelmsford, Essex, UK

RIDE Essex

Close your cycling season on a stunning ride through the Essex countryside, quiet villages and farmland where the undulations will have you in and out of the saddle.

  • Long sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Short sportive
Choose your distance and take in the breathtaking scenery as you cycle through the world-famous cycling routes of the Trossachs National Park (formerly Pedal Stirling Sportive).
  • Sun 31 Aug
  • £35-£65
Stirling, UK

Pedal Trossachs

Choose your distance and take in the breathtaking scenery as you cycle through the world-famous cycling routes of the Trossachs National Park (formerly Pedal Stirling Sportive).

  • Short sportive
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive
Get the Pro-rider experience on this Remembrance ride with rolling road closures, ride captains and motorcycle outriders with various speed groups, to help support the Armed Forces Community.
  • Thu 4 - Mon 8 Sep
  • £199-£2,069
London, UK

Pedal to Paris

Get the Pro-rider experience on this Remembrance ride with rolling road closures, ride captains and motorcycle outriders with various speed groups, to help support the Armed Forces Community.

  • 460 km road cycling
Join thousands of other riders taking on miles of technical terrain with superb views, conquering Europe's biggest charity mountain bike event to fund lifesaving research.
  • Sat 20 Sep
  • £45-£60
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK

London to Brighton Off-Road Bike Ride

Join thousands of other riders taking on miles of technical terrain with superb views, conquering Europe's biggest charity mountain bike event to fund lifesaving research.

  • Charity bike ride 2
Choose your distance and take in the breathtaking scenery as you cycle through the beautiful Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Sun 21 Sep
  • £35-£65
Chepstow, Gwent, UK

Pedal Wye Valley

Choose your distance and take in the breathtaking scenery as you cycle through the beautiful Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • Charity bike ride 3
Walk or cycle with The King's Trust and make your miles matter to support young people. Choose to walk 13-miles around iconic Windsor landmarks or cycle from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle!
  • Sun 5 Oct
  • £30-£58
Windsor, Berkshire, UK

The Palace Walk & Palace to Palace Bike Ride

Walk or cycle with The King's Trust and make your miles matter to support young people. Choose to walk 13-miles around iconic Windsor landmarks or cycle from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle!

  • Charity walk
  • Medium sportive
  • Long sportive

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