Bard’s Bike Rides and Walk!
Saturday May 16th 2026
THIS YEAR’S BARD’S RIDE WILL START FROM
THE NORTON LINDSEY VILLAGE HALL (Wolverton Road, Norton Lindsey, CV35 8JL)
There will be a 60-mile Challenge Ride (100km) and a 25-mile Classic Ride around the stunning Warwickshire countryside, starting at Norton Lindsey Village Hall.
The Rides go through pretty villages and towns and open countryside, including ...
100km Ride: Alcester, Chipping Campden, Ilmington, Alderminster, near Ettington and Wellesbourne and Snitterfield
The 25-mile Ride: Bearley Cross. Walcote, Wilmcote and Snitterfield.
We look forward to see you at the Ride!
100k Route
Some interesting landmarks and features of the Rides:
- Bidford bridge is a Grade 1 listed monument
- Dorsington was the home to Felix Dennis (1947-2014) who bought up large tracts of land in the area to start the “Heart Of England Forest” and over one million trees have been planted
- Hidcote Manor features a famous Arts And Crafts garden
- Chipping Campden’s market hall is over 400 years old
- Ilmington is the highest village in Warwickshire
- Wellesbourne airfield was a bomber command base in WW2
- Snitterfield has a vinyard producing English wines
- Wilmcote was the home of Shakespeare’s mother – Mary Arden
The Bard’s Ride Team
(for the Warwickshire and Coventry Historic Churches Trust)
Email: bardsride@gmail.com
www.bardsride.co.uk
Facebook (@bardsride)
Twitter(@bardsride)
Bard’s Ride 100km video of the full ride in 2023 which started at Cherington Village Hall :
Thanks to Paul Cripps who rides for De-Tour Cycling Club (which supports Sense | For people with complex disabilities for his terrific 2023 full video of the 100km Bard’s Challenge Ride. See it on YouTube
We are very grateful to James Kerr who took wonderful photos of the Rides.
Steven Matthews, Chair of the Warwickshire and Coventry Historic Trust, says “We are delighted with the success of the Bard’s Rides and Walks in recent years. They have raised essential funds to preserve our church buildings for future generations”.
FUNDRAISING FOR WARWICKSHIRE AND COVENTRY HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST: Please help us to raise funds for our charity on our JUSTGIVING page by making a one-off donation.
