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Welcome to the Summer Tour de Broads on Sunday 18th August. We have the now traditional TdB routes of 100, 75, 50, 25 miles plus the ever-popular Pushing Ahead family ride taking in as much of the Broads National Park as we can squeeze into your chosen mileage.
The Tour de Broads explores the Broads National Park and introduces you to quiet lanes, stunning villages and dramatic Broadland landscapes. Expect a warm welcome, the unique challenge of big open skies with occasional legendary cross-winds all without the hustle and bustle of modern life — let the Tour de Broads show you how the Broads National Park can become your favourite cycling playground.
The Tour de Broads Cycling Festival is the biggest locally organized event in the region and our Whitlingham Broad event village is set on the shore of Norwich’s Whittingham Great Broad and within the serene Whitlingham Country Park. Whether it is your first cycling event, your 100th 100 or just an excuse to come and ride your bike with friends and family we look forward to welcoming you along for a weekend of cycling splendor.
This year’s event is part of The Pedal Revolution Tour de Broads Cycling Festival spread over two days at Whitlingham Country Park on the shoreline of the Whitlingham Great Broad. Why not make a weekend of it – we will offer you a special gift from Adnams to say thank you!
Pedal Revolution have served regional cyclists as their local independent bike shop for over 21 years and through its not-for-profit Social Enterprise “The Pedal Revolution Community Interest Company” it partners with local authorities and businesses to inspire, engage and enable people of all ages and abilities to get active and feel great using cycling as it’s vehicle. The Tour de Broads is our biggest fund-raising event of the year and allows us to invest into community cycling projects that make a real difference to grassroots participation. We are passionate about cycling and passionate about offering you a great weekend of cycling celebration.
Our 8th annual edition is again a celebration of cycling and riders of all ages and abilities and warmly invited to again take on a stretching personal challenge, enjoy a day-out on the bike with friends and family or ride with passion for their favourite charity. We hope you love our unique chunky souvenir medal awarded by our friends at Adnams. If you rode the Spring TdB it will slot together and has moving parts!
The Event Village
We are once again at Whitlingham Country Park on the shoreline of Whitlingham Broad. The venue is completely self-contained with all facilities on site, including:
• Mobile mechanic and Broom Wagon
• Merchadise
• Pre-ride mechanical support
• Registration and information point
• Music and entertainment
• Finish Line Photography
• Toilets
By purchasing a pack you have agreed to the terms and conditions, so all you need to do is roll up, collect your rider number and ride! Give yourself enough time to meet up with friends and have a cuppa before you assemble in the collecting area for your start. After entering, you will receive a confirmation email and in the final week we will send your final instructions.
To avoid congestion, we politely suggest the following start times:
100 miles: 8-8.30am
75 miles: 8.30-9am
50 miles: 9-9.30am
25 miles: 9.30-10am
Family Ride: 11-12 noon
Five rides to choose from
There are a choice of four rides (25 miles, 50 miles, 75 miles and 100 miles) and a traffic-free family ride.
All rides have a suggested route which is fully signposted for your convenience and will have a number of dedicated rest stops. The teams at our rest stops are all volunteers and will be happy to help you if you require any assistance. Drink and feed stops will be close to toilets and have somewhere to fill up your waterbottle and rest awhile. The Charity teams will sell you tea/coffee and cake to help you along your way.
The Feed stop (100 & 75 mile) will also include a complimentary meal-deal style lunch with sandwich, banana, crisps & cake.
Mechanical assistance before and during the event will be provided by Pedal Revolution.
Arriving & Car Parking
We have been able to secure parking onsite for all Tour de Broads entrants. Car parking will be £5 per car. Cash only please. Please follow directional signs to the car park. Car parks will be open from 7:00am. Staggered start times will alleviate car park queues, please try not to arrive too far in advance of your allocated time.
It is cheaper and closer to the event village with traffic free access to the start.
A parking restriction notice is in force along Whitlingham Lane on the day to keep the lane safe and open for cyclists. No parking will be allowed along Whitlingham lane from 6am to 6pm.
In order to keep spaces available for families with children, disabilities and other visitors to the park, Whitlingham Country Park will restrict entry to their car parks from 7am to 10am.
The Car park will be well signposted from the Lowestoft A146 Junction
-From Norwich or the Southern Bypass, follow signs to A146 Lowestoft.
-Turn Left into Kirby Road toward Claxton, Rockland ST Mary, Surlingham, Bramerton, Kirby Bedon, Sewage Works
-Turn first left again onto the Crown Point estate entrance signposted as a cycle route to Trowse and Norwich. A Tour de Broads Feather Flag will mark the entrance.
This road takes you back over the Southern Bypass and through Crown Point Estate to the entrance to the Car Park – the large field directly opposite Whitlingham Barn. Please park considerately and follow the Tour de Broads signs to the start.
Please drive courteously through the estate and remember that is it private property and someone’s home. Access to this field was granted after many months of negotiation and any complaints would mean we could not use it again for future events. Please take your rubbish with you and only use the toilets provided at the event village
DISABLED parking will be in the car park adjacent to the Flint Barn, right next to the event village.