A 300 km Audax, long-distance cycling event from Lancashire heading into the northern Pennines and back again – in a day!

Start: Clitheroe, Lancashire

Date: Sunday 11 May 2025

Start time: 06:00 am

The Pendle 300 is a 302 km cycling event, organised by Burnley CC and sanctioned by Audax UK (AUK), taking place on Sunday 11 May 2025, starting and finishing in the town of Clitheroe, Lancashire.

The event is a randonnee – not a race! Those taking part will have a maximum of 20 hours to complete the challenging 302 km route.

Provisional GPS Track here:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46544569

OVERVIEW

With 5470 metres of climbing spread over 302 km, and with a time limit of 20-hours, the Pendle 300 will be one of the UKs toughest 1-day cycling challenges in existence.

ROUTE

View from Tatham Fell, Lancashire

Kingsdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Old Coal Road, Cumbria

Road over Chapel Fell, County Durham

Crawleyside, County Durham

The Stang Summit, County Durham/north Yorkshire County Boundary

Buttertubs Pass, north Yorkshire

Ingleborough as seen from the B6255 road

How hilly is it?

The Pendle 300 has about 5470 metres of climbing spread over 302 km, equal to about 18 metres of climbing per kilometre. In Audax terms, this makes the event a “Grimpeur” (hilly), and is awarded 5.25 points for the Audax Altitude Award competition (click on the link below for more details of the AAA award)!

http://www.aukweb.net/results/aaa/

Enter?

Entry fee: £10.75 When entering online, non AUK/CTC/CUK members will see £3 automatically added to include temporary membership for insurance purposes!

N.B. entry fees are non-refundable and will be taken at the time of entry! The entry fee won’t fluctuate during the course that entries remain open!

Your confirmation email, usually received from PayPal immediately after entering and paying the entry fee, guarantees you a place on the event! Online entrants will also usually receive e-mail confirmation of their entry from the organiser’s within 72-hours of entering!

Entry fee includes:

• Brevet card with detailed route-sheet giving precise instructions
• Validation with Audax UK (AUK) and Audax Club Parisien (ACP)
• 3rd party insurance for UK based riders
• Breakfast before the start (typically cereal/toast, tea/coffee/juice etc)
• Refreshments at the finish (typically sandwiches & cakes)
• Any photograph’s taken by the organiser/helpers during the event

Online entry Link here:

https://www.audax.uk/login?returnUrl=/choose-a-ride/event-entry?eventId=12622