Beastway mountainbike race series celebrates its 30th season. This is round 2 of 9 races this year.

London’s famous weekly mountainbike races are back for 2023, with racing for everyone, every Wednesday evening in May and June. Races are at the purpose-built Redbridge Cycling Circuit, located on Hog Hill in Hainault with wide views to The City and Docklands. The race format sees all categories taking part in a 60-minute cross-country style race on a different and challenging course each week to make a lap of 3 or 4km from our 10km of trail options. Main race start is at 19:30

Before the evening's main race our u12 riders always get a shorter course which is suitable for a wide range of ages from 7 and up, but which doesn't patronise the fastest. Starts at 18:45

Youth and juveniles normally race in with the seniors, starting around 15-20 minutes later so they get to learn race craft with the best, and it's a slightly longer race than the nationals so fitness builds quickly.

Women are particularly welcome at all our races and we will ask about your gridding preference. (We shouldn't need to say this...)

With nine rounds in the series, it's your best EIGHT scores which count. Our unique and highly prized trophies are always sought after, though none more than those that were made by Turner prize-winning artist Grayson Perry one year.

Our race entry fees are the best value, friendly and competitive races around. Pre-entry has always saved you money, but now it's the only way to enter too. There is NO ENTRY ON THE DAY.

The pavilion will be open for toilets and rider check-in, plus lockers (£1 coin returned after use). Food and drink from the cafe there too.

We are always on the lookout for helpers to join in with running our races. Please let us know if you have a friend or supporter that otherwise might spectate and we can hand them something to do. beastway'at'btinternet.com is the contact to sort this out, which we must do in advance. Thank you for thinking of helping run your races.
If you want to marshal any week instead of racing, we will refund your advance entry fee and give you series points averaged to what you scored at other rounds.

In the u12 races, we expect the parents will want to help.

Our 2023 Wednesday race dates:

3, 10, 17, 24, 31 May
7, 14, 21, 28 June

Please come along to our 30th season races and let's make it a season to celebrate with some of the best racing around.

And when we're done for this series, look out for our other events such as Tour of the Cornfields on 3 Sept. It's 100km off-road around S Cambs, N Herts, Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire. We're also delighted to be organising the Summer Cyclocross series at Herne Hill in London again. .
Full details at www.beastwaymtb.com and keep in contact with our FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/527108233993954

Info for Riders

Our race courses are a lap 3 or 4km in length and are meant to be challenging and not risky. The courses can all be ridden on bikes with no suspension - cyclocrossers welcome - with some descending and some climbing. The site has copses and mature woodland, open grasslands and scrub in an idyllic country setting with the most fantastic views of London. We can use sections of the road circuit for our laps and some really top-notch off-road sections that we developed over the last 12 years. Wherever you are in the race, there's always someone to race against or you can just enjoy the course.

We have an u10 and u12 race before the main start. This should be finished by 19.10, which means you have time to get a practice lap before the main start at 19:30. Youth and juveniles will be called to their start at around 19:50. Racing ends around 20:30.

We will leave online pre-entry open until Tuesday.

Check our website and social media.https://www.facebook.com/groups/527108233993954

The pavilion will be open for toilets and rider check-in, plus lockers (£1 coin returned after use). There's a cafe for food and drink. If you're driving to the centre, please use only the main car park where you should park tidily and not block emergency access.

Many riders form groups to ride from Central London so see about hooking up with others on the FB. You can also pop your bike in a bag and come straight to Fairlop or Hainault tube.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR is the ELIZABETH LINE which runs to Goodmayes, only 20mins ride from Hog Hill.  -You can be racing at Hog Hill in less than an hour from Paddington!!

British Cycling regional C ranking points apply

Beastway Series points:
Placing/points: 1/20 2/16 3/13 4/11 5/9 6/7 7/6 8/5 9/4 10/3 11/2 12/1

Results will always be posted on our server at www.beastwayresults.co.uk first.
Best EIGHT points scores out of NINE possible rounds to count. 


All our races are for bikes with human power only.