"And the peace which I always found in the silence and
emptiness of the moors filled me utterly" James Herriot 

Overview

​TransEngland occurs on the first full weekend in April​​ each year. 

#transengland23 details:
  • Start: Thurs 6 April 2023, anytime from 8pm to midnight on Morecambe Pier (starting on Thursday due to Easter weekend)
  • End: The Diving Belle statue in Scarborough

​​Key points:
  • The route is from Morecambe to Scarborough: ~290km long with ~5,000m of ascent taking in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
  • The trial consists of a start point, 6 checkpoints, and an end point.  You choose the route passing through these checkpoints.
  • Tweet a timestamped photo at the start, at each checkpoint, and at the finish using the #TransEngland23 hashtag.

Checkpoints

Chose your own route passing through the following points:
  • Start: Morecambe Pier: 54.074624, -2.878268
  • CP1: Janet’s Foss (short hike to bottom of falls): 54.065640, -2.136682
  • CP2: Crackpot Cottage: 54.364858695299276, -2.0432946690307707
  • CP3: North Yorkshire Moors signpost: 54.345936946270804, -1.214260469328705
  • CP4: St Nicholas Church (Bransdale): 54.377823, -1.046540
  • CP5: Levisham train station: 54.30852551341463, -0.7445148331293452
  • CP6: The Moorcock Inn: 54.30851925005534, -0.5586337105388134
  • End: The Diving Belle (Scarborough): 54.281799, -0.389991

Entry

Step 1​ - book travel/accommodation as per below (most TRC riders will follow this itinerary but by all means do your own thing):
  1. Book train with bike reservation to Morecambe to arrive on Thursday evening
  2. Book train with bike reservation from Scarborough early Friday evening or Saturday morning
  3. If staying the night on Friday, book a bed in YHA Scarborough
  4. Some crazies may ride back to Morecambe via the Way of the Roses route
​Step 2 - ​enter the trial:
  1. Fill in the Trials Contact Form - link available on the Trials page (same form for all standard TRC trials; no signup, no results)
  2. ​Join our club on Strava if not already a member and sign-up to the event on Strava - ​here
  3. Invite your mates and share on social media using #transengland23

Results

Rider CP1 CP2 CP3 CP4 CP5 CP6 Total
  • TransEngland22: full results
  • TransEngland21 title holders: Liam Bromiley (11H 50M) & Hannah Larbalestier (13H 45M) - full results
  • TransEngland20 title holder: COVID-19
  • TransEngland19 title holder: Chris Pitblado (13H 43M) - full results
  • TransEngland18 title holder: Luke Allen (11H 49M) - full results
  • TER17: full results