Category: York Rally news
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One week to go!
And a final call for campsite advance bookings – they close tonight! There’s now just a week to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, on the 12-14 June! With your help, we can make it every bit as enjoyable – or more – as the much loved events at our previous…
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Under two weeks to go…
There’s now less than two weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, on the 12-14 June! We’re now into the final countdown: Campsite advance bookings close 5th June! If you haven’t yet booked your campsite pitch, you have just a few days to do so – advance bookings close on…
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Under three weeks to go!
There’s now less than three weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, on the 12-14 June! Everything is looking good, and so just a few quick updates this time… Campsite advance bookings close 5th June… As mentioned in the last update, campsite bookings are even slightly up on last year,…
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Guided Rides Programme for 2026 now available to view!
Friday 12th June18:00 The ever-popular Fish and Chip shop rides. One to Hutton Cranswick, led by Jools and Sally from the Driffield Four Seasons Breezers; the other to Nafferton and led by Festival stalwarts Peter Huxford and Ken Groom from York Greenways. Both rides will return after dusk, and so lights on your bike are…
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Five weeks to go! Many updates…
With just over five weeks to go until the first Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground, it’s time for another update! Apologies, this is a long one – but there’s lots of good news! Read on for the latest on: New venue and site visit Many of our all-volunteer organising team visited the new venue,…
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Last day of earlybird, leaflet distribution help please!
Just two quick updates: Last day for campsite earlybird bookings! Campsite bookings are already matching last year’s total so far, which is great given the change of venue! Many thanks to all who have booked in already. For anyone yet to book, the lowest earlybird campsite pitch prices are available for just a few more…
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Guided Rides at this year’s Festival
We are excited to tell you that this year’s Guided Rides programme is looking great already! We have retro, themed, gravel, mtb, long-distance, short-distance, family and rides for non-conventional cycles planned. Rides for all abilities and all types of bikes; whether you ride a hybrid, vintage steel, folding, electric, tricycle, recumbent or even a Raleigh…
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Last week of earlybird campsite bookings!
Earlybird campsite booking closes soon – and a first glimpse of the site layout and arena activities! We’ve just had another planning meeting, and we’re delighted to report that our all-volunteer organising team has made huge progress as we gear up for the first ever Yorkshire Cycle Festival at Driffield Showground – if you missed…
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New Year update!
It’s time for another update on the 2026 Yorkshire Cycle Festival, including the York Rally, at its new home at Driffield Showground on the 12-14 June 2026. If you missed the news about the move and earlier date, and about the circumstances which made these changes necessary, please see here for a detailed explanation. Campsite…
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Major news for 2026
You may have been wondering why you have not heard from us until now to confirm the dates for the 2026 York Cycle Rally & Festival, and to open campsite bookings. This is for good reason, as we explain in detail below. But first we (the all-volunteer organising team) can now confirm some major news…