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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | ✓ | ✓ |