Starting in the riverside village of Haydon Bridge the route ascends both slopes of the South Tyne Valley, crossing Hadrian’s Wall twice before heading south for Alston and the spectacular panoramas of the North Pennines. It has been carefully chosen to combine a testing cycling experience with the area’s most scenic and historic assets, and participants are guaranteed an unrivalled day out.
Unique features of this event include:
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- Uses 5 of the 6 highest roads in England
(Kilhope Cross, Langdon Fell, Black Hill, Dowgang Hush & Yad Moss)
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- Spectacular High Pennine scenery
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- Crosses Hadrian's wall
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- Riding up the Alston cobbles
- Prepare for Virgin Money Cyclone
Hadrian’s Wall and the high pennines
View from the top of Alston’s cobbles
Further Information
Contact
Entries
Entries can be made through the British Cycling on-line entries system. See Entries Page.
The Routes
All routes start and finish at The Bridge Community Library and Visitor Information Point, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6JQ. See Routes Page.
See Useful Infomation page for accommodation and other local information.
Promoted by: The Haydon Bridge Development Trust
This event is run entirely by volunteers and all proceeds go to supporting The Village Trust and the Community Library.
Photography this year will be provided by Sportsunday.
They provide fantastic, high resolution digital files at very reasonable prices. Check out their web site - click the logo.
The Old Bridge over the River Tyne in the centre of Haydon Bridge
LATEST NEWS:
Another tough day but great good humour and heroic riding from all our entrants.
Download 2017 Riders Guide here
1/5/17 Delighted that Wylam Garage, Hexham have come onboard as a sponsor providing vehicles as Course Cars and Broom Wagons for all routes. Huge thanks to them.
20/4/17 Risk Assessment and Route cards now online HH140.pdf HH100.pdf HH60.pdf
1/1/17 Entries open now.
Numbers allocated in order of receipt
Entry fee unchanged at £25
The Haydon Hundred is a cycle sportive running in South West Northumberland (and a bit in Cumbria & Durham). There is a 100km main route with challenging and unique features making it a “must-do” event for any serious cyclist and also a 60km route which is still a challenge but misses a couple of the bigger climbs. And finally we have our top rated route - the Haydon Hundred Skyrider - which as well as a spectacularly beautiful route, will test even the most experienced cyclist.
10th June 2017
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