Route

Below is the OFFICIAL route for London Edinburgh London 2025.

The Writtle route is 1539.7km and features 13442m of climbing. The London Guildhall route is 1558.4km long and features 13570m of climbing.

We provide three ways to follow the route:

  • Detailed GPX track through Ride Wiith GPS. These GPX tracks include features such as control stops, refreshment stops, route warnings and other details. This requires a ridewithGPS account, which is free for seven days.
  • Basic GPX tracks. The are tracks from control to control, with no additional features. 
  • Turn by turn route sheets, as XSLS and PDF documents for each section.

Any updates to the route will update automatically here. This page, and only this page, always links to the most up to date route.

Basic GPX Tracks 

Click here to download all the tracks - UPDATED 27 JULY - N01W and N01L updated other sections unchanged

Detailed GPX Tracks through Ride With GPS

Leg Start Finish Ride With GPS Date last updated
N1W Writtle Northstowe View 18 July
N1L London Northstowe View 18 July
N2 Northstowe Boston View 18 July
N3 Boston Louth View 18 July
N4 Louth Hessle View 18 July
N5 Hessle Malton View 18 July
N6 Malton Richmond View 18 July
N7 Richmond Brampton View 18 July
N8 Brampton Hawick View 18 July
N9 Hawick Moffat View 18 July
N10 Moffat Dalkeith View 18 July
S11 Dalkeith Innerleithen View 18 July
S12 Innerleithen Eskdalemiur View 18 July
S13 Eskdalemiur Brampton View 18 July
S14 Brampton Richmond View 18 July
S15 Richmond Malton View 18 July
S16 Malton Hessle View 28 July - added a pop up dormitory.
S17 Hessle Louth View 18 July
S18 Louth Boston View 18 July
S19 Boston Northstowe View 18 July
S20 Northstowe Henham View 18 July
S21 Henham Writtle View 18 July

Route Sheets

Start Point Zipped Unzipped
Writtle Download View
London Download View

 

Controls

There are 21 control points (at 14 different venues) along the route. At each of these you can get hot food and drinks, a dormitory bed, showers, plus mechanical and medical support where available. At your two chosen controls – one in England, one in Scotland – you can access your drop bags.

IMPORTANT

  • You must visit – i.e. check into – all these control points in the correct order.

We also offer an ever-growing list of pop-up cafés and pop-up dormitories, which offer a limited range of facilities.

  • At our pop-up cafés you will need to pay for any food or drink, but all dormitory beds are free. 
  • At our pop-up dormitories we will give you a limited breakfast but no other food will be available.

Pop-up cafés are highlighted in pink. Pop-up dormitories are highlighted in yellow. 

Bag Drops: E – can be used for your English bag drop. S – can be used for your Scottish bag drop.

  Location Address Distance Food and Drink Dormitory Beds Showers Bag Drops Mechanics
  London Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HH START No 0      
  Writtle Writtle University College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR START Included 0 ✓   ✓
C01 Northstowe Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge CB24 1DJ 90 Included 0 ✓   ✓
C02 Boston Boston Grammar School, Rowley Rd, Boston PE21 6JY 193 Included 220 ✓   ✓
  Horncastle Just One More Bike, 25 High St, Horncastle LN9 5HP 222 ££ 0     ££
C03 Louth King Edward VI Grammar School, Edward Street, Louth LN11 9LL 248 Included 350 ✓ E ✓
C04 Hessle Hessle High School, Tranby House, Heads Lane, Hessle HU13 0JQ 305 Included 250 ✓ E ✓
  Thixendale Thixendale Village Hall, Thixendale, Malton, YO17 9TG
 		 356 ££ 0      
C05 Malton Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH 373 Included 350 ✓ E ✓
  Rainton Rainton Village Hall, Sleights Lane, Rainton, Thirsk YO7 3PH 424 ££ 0      
C06 Richmond Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond DL10 7BQ 467 Included 250 ✓ E ✓
  Mickleton Mickleton Village Hall, Mickleton, Barnard Castle DL12 0JR 511 ££ 32      
  Alston Samuel King School, Church Rd, Alston CA9 3QU 550 Limited breakfast only 150      
  Alston The Nook Farm Shop and Café, Castle Nook, Alston CA9 3BG 554 ££ 0      
C07 Brampton William Howard School, Longtown Road, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 1AR 581 Included 350 ✓ E ✓
  Newcastleton Newcastleton Village Hall, Langholm Street, Newcastleton TD9 0QX 621 Limited breakfast only 45 ✓    
  Newcastleton The Olive Tree, 38 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton TD9 0QE 621 ££ 0      
  Hermitage Water Hermitage Hall, Hermitage Water, Hawick TD9 0LX 629 Limited breakfast only 30      
C08 Hawick Hawick Town Hall, Cross Wynd, Hawick TD9 9EF 654 Included 90     ✓
  Hawick St Marys & Old Parish Church Halls, 1 Green Lane, Hawick, TD9 0HR 655 Limited breakfast only 50      
  Roberton Forman Memorial Hall, Roberton TD9 7LX 663 Limited breakfast only 50      
  St Mary's Loch St Mary's Loch Art Gallery and Café 701 ££ 0      
C09 Moffat Moffat Academy, Jeff Brown Drive, Moffat, Dumfriesshire DG10 9QF 725 Included 300 ✓ S ✓
  Broughton Broughton Village Hall, ML12 6HF 763 ££ 40      
C10 Dalkeith Dalkeith High School, 2 Cousland Rd, Dalkeith EH22 2PS 807 Included 350 ✓ S ✓
C11 Innerleithen St Ronan's Primary School, St Ronan's Rd, Innerleithen EH44 6PB 846 Included 300   S ✓
  Hopehouse The Bee Hive Café, Honey Cottage Caravan Park, B709, TD7 5HU 873 ££ 0      
C12 Eskdalemuir Eskdalemuir Community Hub, Eskdalemuir DG13 0QJ 896 Included 20 (emergency use only)      
C13 Brampton William Howard School, Longtown Road, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 1AR 953 Included 350 ✓ E ✓
  Alston Samuel King School, Church Rd, Alston CA9 3QU 984 Limited breakfast only 150      
  Mickleton Mickleton Village Hall, Mickleton, Barnard Castle DL12 0JR 1022 ££ 32      
C14 Richmond Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond DL10 7BQ 1066 Included 250 ✓ E ✓
  Rainton Rainton Village Hall, Sleights Lane, Rainton, Thirsk YO7 3PH 1107 ££ 0      
C15 Malton Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH 1157 Included 350 ✓ E ✓
  North Dalton North Dalton, Driffield YO25 9UY 1189 Limited Breakfast Only 25      
C16 Hessle Hessle High School, Tranby House, Heads Lane, Hessle HU13 0JQ 1225 Included 250 ✓ E ✓
C17 Louth King Edward VI Grammar School, Edward Street, Louth LN11 9LL 1284 Included 400 ✓ E ✓
  Horncastle Just One More Bike, 25 High St, Horncastle LN9 5HP 1310 ££ 0     ££
C18 Boston Boston Grammar School, Rowley Rd, Boston PE21 6JY 1340 Included 200 ✓   ✓
  Pondersbridge Ramsey, Huntingdon PE26 2TR 1405 ££ 0      
C19 Northstowe Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge CB24 1DJ 1443 Included 300 ✓   ✓
C20 Henham Saffron Walden Rugby Club, Springate, Chickney Road, Henham CM22 6BQ 1494 Included 50 ✓   ✓
C21 Writtle Writtle University College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR 1537 Included 160 ✓   ✓