The UK's only festival dedicated to cycle touring
The 2025 festival took place virtually, from 3-9 February 2025.
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Recordings of many talks from the Virtual Festivals are now available on our YouTube Channel.
Looking for a Christmas present for the cyclist in your life? Consider buying them a ticket to the only festival in the UK which is dedicated to cycle touring. The dates are 24 – 27 May 2019 and it will
We have announced the full programme of events for the 2018 Cycle Touring Festival. Click here to download the programme The itinerary is as ram-packed as ever, and you can’t go every session, so now is your chance to start
For the last two festivals we have had the pleasure of showcasing a wide range of cycling films that have entertained, educated and inspired us. From documenting epic solo adventures down the length of the Americas to a few days
Many of the speakers at the Cycle Touring Festival have written books about their bicycle travels. We love reading them, to get a sense of the speaker’s personality and to experience their adventures vicariously. Books by this year’s speakers include
Do you think your local bike shop would display a poster for us? We’re really keen to expand our reach and get more, new people at this year’s Cycle Touring Festival so have had a fancy flyer designed to help
We had planned to cut down on the number of talks this year but it has proved impossible. There are just too many of you out there, doing too many interesting things that we want to hear about. There are
The best thing about the Cycle Touring Festival is the chance to spend time with like-minded people. The worst thing is that it only happens once a year. Last September, we hosted a gathering to help address this problem. Forty
We are pleased to announce that the Cycle Touring Festival will be back next year. The dates for your diary are 4 – 7 May 2018. Once again, we will be holding it at Waddow Hall, in Clitheroe, Lancashire. Registration
We have put together some information for those coming to the 2017 Cycle Touring Festival. If you have further questions, please check here. If you’re still stuck, get in touch by email.* Friday evening Registration on Friday evening opens at
The timetable for the 2017 Cycle Touring Festival is now available online. Access it here.