UK Gravel Events 2019

From local participation events to multi-day enduro style stage races, the gravel events scene is growing rapidly in the UK – hurrah! Here’s a quick attempt to round up some dates for your diary for the coming year – please do share them with your friends and fellow riders who are keen for some dirt, maybe see you at one!

If you know of any gravel style events that you think I’ve missed, please get in touch so I can add them in.

February

Sunday 10th – Kinesis Wildwood GravelCross – Nr Reading, 40/60/80km routes

Sunday 10th – Evans Cycles Sussex Cross Sportive – Ardingly, 50km

Saturday/Sunday 23-34th – Yorkshire True Grit Dark Skies – Nr York, 50 miles

March

Saturday 9th – Veloadventures Gravel Audax, Cardiff, 200km

Sunday 24th – Cotswold Cross Sportive – Cheltenham, 35/55/65km

Saturday 30th – Haldon Heroic CX Sportive – Nr Exeter, 15/37/52mi

April

Sunday 7th – Das Rad Klub Flanders Dirt, Bristol, details TBC

Saturday 13th – Dirty Reiver, Kielder, 200/130km

Sunday 14th – Kinesis Iron Duke GravelCross – Marlborough, 39/57/75km

Sunday 14th – Devon Dirt, Nr Exeter – 55/70km

May

Sunday 12th – The Gnarmac Attack, Nr Sheffield, 100km

Sunday 19th – Dirty Sunday I, Bristol, 100km

Saturday/Sunday 25-26th – Dorset Gravel Dash, Swanage – 100 miles in 2 days

June

Saturday 8th – Gritopia, Scotland – 60km

Saturday 8th – OxDURO, Oxford – 85km

Sunday 9th – FlanRou Ribinoù, Somerset – 40 mi

Saturday/Sunday 15-16th – The Distance – The Lake District, Orienteering-style ~50-80mi with camping

From 22nd – GB DURO – The Racing Collective’s LEJoG Off Road, 1000km- Entries Closed

Friday/Sunday 21-23rd – Yorkshire True Grit – 20/40/60 mi

Saturday/Sunday 22-23rd – Gritfest, Wales 90km & 40km

• 2 day Gravel Enduro w/ timed segments – highly recommended

Friday/Sunday 28-30th – Pannier Solstice Social, Yorkshire Dales

Saturday 29th – CotsDURO, Stroud – 100km

Sunday 30th – Ronde Van Vegas, Chesterfield – 100km

July

Saturday/Sunday 6-7th – XDURO Wales, from Bangor – 300km over 2 days

Saturday 13th – Grinduro, Isle of Arran, Scotland – 45mi

Sunday 14th – Kinesis Surrey Hills Gravelcross – Nr Guildford, 39/56/74km routes

Saturday 6th – CX Century South Downs Way, Winchester – 100km or 100mi

August

Saturday 3rd – Ridgeway 100 CX – Nr Oxford, 100km

Saturday/Sunday 3-4th – EnglanDURO, from Liverpool – 300km over 2 days

Sunday 18th – Orro GravelCat, Nr Newbury – 43/55 mi

Saturday 24th – PubDURO North York Moors, Nr Thirsk – 140km off road pub crawl 

September

Sunday 1st – Dorset Dirt, Dorchester – 50km

Saturday/Sunday 7-8th – Dukes Weekender, Loch Lomond Scotland – 70km + hillclimb

Saturday/Sunday 7-8th – ScotDURO, Inverness, Scotland – 330km over 2 days

Sunday 29th – Dirty Sunday II, Bristol, 100km

October

Saturday 5th – PennDURO, from Huddersfield – 170km

Sunday 6th – Evans Cycles Berkshire Downs Cross Sportive, Newbury, 72km

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