Part of the Audax UK calendar these audax events are held on a specific day. They are open to all riders; decide what is right for you and challenge your limits! Unless otherwise stated they are suitable for any type of bicycle (and variants).
Nov 2026
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
Friday 20th: 22:00 - Saturday 21st: 18:32
Moonrakers become Sunseekers! Ride through the night under a full moon to the coast. Return via a few Dorset hills passing Glastonbury Tor, use the Strawberry Line to Bristol.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Dec 2026
Levels, Lumps & Lions 200
Saturday 12th: 07:30 - 21:18
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Cross the Somerset Levels and into Dorset. Back through Longleat and finish through the 2Tunnels & along Bristol & Bath Railway Paths.
Bakehouse @ Cakesmiths, St Philips Road, Bristol, BS2 0JZ
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 205km
CLIMB: 2060m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
The Wookies & Chewie 100
Saturday 12th: 08:00 - 18:06
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Onto the Somerset Levels, pass through Wookey & Wookey Hole before climbing over The Mendips to Chew Lake & Magna. Finish on the Whitchurch Way Railway Path into Bristol.
Bakehouse @ Cakesmiths, St Philips Road, Bristol, BS2 0JZ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 10-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 100
Actual: 106km
CLIMB: 1190m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Full Fat Festive 500
Tuesday 29th: 06:00 - Wednesday 30th: 18:09
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in one! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BR
Speed: 14.3-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 500
Actual: 517km
CLIMB: 3551m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Stupidly Silly Seasonal 600
Tuesday 29th: 06:00 - Wednesday 30th: 22:44
The Stupidly Silly Seasonal 600 uses the tried and tested Full Fat Festive 500 route with a bit extra over to the east. Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 600
Actual: 611km
CLIMB: 4043m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Jan 2027
Chalke & Cheese 200
Saturday 9th: 07:00 - 20:30
Day and night, fast and slow! Beautiful valleys including the Chalke with the odd hill thrown in; plus Cheddar Gorge, maybe in the dark with its looming walls. Stunning views en route, you may just see The Needles…
Warmley Station, Bristol And Bath Railway Path, Warmley, BS30 5JB
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 209km
CLIMB: 2450m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Feb 2027
Air Mail 200
Saturday 13th: 07:00 - 20:30
Head into The Cotswolds and fly along its border with the Thames Plain to Chadlington & pick up the post. Return through the Thames Water Park. Easy ride with one major #wills_hills!
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 202km
CLIMB: 1903m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Thames Tickler 120
Saturday 13th: 08:00 - 19:36
Head into The Cotswolds to Tickle the Thames in the Thames Water Park and lunch. Only one #wills_hills!
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 10-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 100
Actual: 121km
CLIMB: 917m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Mar 2027
A Shifty 200
Wednesday 10th: 07:00 - 20:30
A Shifty 200 mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 209km
CLIMB: 2066m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Wells, Mells & Old Rail Trail 100
Sunday 14th: 09:00 - 17:38
Taking in the sights south of Bristol. Expect a few #wills_hills including King Alfred’s Tower and some beautiful countryside including a lovely gradual descent on a traffic free old rail trail
Toby Carvery Maes Knoll, 42 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PF
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 100
Actual: 105km
CLIMB: 1610m
AAA: 1.5
Bronze Grimpeur
Apr 2027
A Shifty 300
Wednesday 7th: 06:00 - Thursday 8th: 02:00
A Shifty 300 mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 310km
CLIMB: 3303m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Reading Test on A4 300
Friday 23rd: 22:00 - Saturday 24th: 18:00
Reading Test on A4 whooshes you east from Bristol along the A4 in the quiet of night passing Silbury Hill to Reading. Then pick up smaller roads over into the Test Valley to Mottisfont and back through Salisbury and up the Wylye Valley.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 307km
CLIMB: 2517m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
May 2027
A Shifty 400
Tuesday 11th: 23:00 - Thursday 13th: 02:00
A Shifty 400 mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 400
Actual: 410km
CLIMB: 3461m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Jun 2027
A Shifty 600
Tuesday 8th: 06:00 - Wednesday 9th: 22:00
A Shifty 600 mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 600
Actual: 605km
CLIMB: 7285m
AAA: 7.25
Gold Grimpeur
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
Saturday 12th: 07:00 - 20:56
Time to get ‘slaughtered’ in The Cotswolds! Big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed leading you to The Slaughters. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 209km
CLIMB: 2971m
AAA: 3.00
Silver Grimpeur
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
Saturday 12th: 07:30 - 20:32
Remember your granny, you are going to need it! An outing into the Cotswolds; big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 163km
CLIMB: 2269m
AAA: 2.25
Silver Grimpeur
Paddington Express 400
Saturday 19th: 15:00 - Sunday 20th: 18:00
A great qualifier for Paris Brest Paris. With a late start to mimic PBP and get you used to riding through the first night. You’ll get to Paddington in the early hours.
Bakehouse @ Cakesmiths, St Philips Road, Bristol, BS2 0JZ
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 400
Actual: 409km
CLIMB: 2955m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Stupidly Silly Shifty 600
Tuesday 22nd: 06:00 - Wednesday 23rd: 22:00
The Stupidly Silly Shifty 600 uses the tried and tested Full Fat Festive 500 route with a bit extra over to the east but in the summer. An easy midweek X rated PBP qualifying event for shifty people.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BRM-PBP
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 600
Actual: 611km
CLIMB: 4043m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Aug 2027
The Giant’s Tooth 500
Friday 27th: 21:00 - Sunday 29th: 08:56
Head to the Welsh coast & Llangrannog; home of Bica the Giant’s tooth! Fast valleys, remote Welsh mountains, old mining towns; it’s all there! Descend the Devil’s Staircase and climb his Elbow #wills_hills galore! Updated route for 2027.
Headquarters, Berwick Road, Easton, BS5 6NG
TYPE: BR
Speed: 14.3-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 500
Actual: 514km
CLIMB: 8260m
AAA: 8.25
Apex Grimpeur