The 2026 Bike Ride, Walk & Drive takes place on Saturday 12th September.
The 2025 event raised an impressive £115,527.99 so a big thank you to those who contributed to that total. We now turn our attention to the 2026 event.
Whether you are an individual, a group, a church or a chapel, all the information that you need to take part in the 2026 Bike Ride, Walk & Drive can be found by following the links on this page.
You can download a suggested BIKE route. Routes are colour coded; under-10 miles, 10-25 miles and over-25 miles, so hopefully you can find one to suit, just click here. We are hoping to introduce more routes for 2026, so watch this space.
Want to plan your cycle own route? During the 2020 Covid lockdown, Justin Nolan, who leads some of fascinating church tours and a keen cyclist, designed a cycle route that would pass every medieval church in the county, and if possible, never come back upon itself. He succeeded and the route is an astonishing 1300 miles long. You can see the routes and download an app here.
Planning to DRIVE? Why not try one of Hungate Medieval Art’s Rood Screen or Stained Glass Trails, downloadable routes which are available from them at the following link, so whilst taking part you can, as an added bonus, take in some of the finest examples of stained glass and screens in the county’s churches.
Planning to WALK? Once again Steve and Lindsay Davis have planned a walking route as part of their Bike Ride, Walk & Drive event. This year they are doing the Burnham Return Walk. Following their ‘Walking the Burnhams’ trek of 2024 they are returning to the area, but taking a more adventurous, coastal route of around 9 miles aiming to visit up to 8 churches. You are very welcome to join them for as much or as little of the route as you like. Full details including a map can be found here. Thank you to Steve and Lindsay for planning, and we wish them well for the day.
Since the Bike Ride started in 1983 more than £4.5 million has been raised, with all proceeds directly benefitting Norfolk churches. A tremendous effort by everyone who has taken part, thank you.
“Norfolk Churches Trust do an amazing job helping to care for the hundreds of stunning Churches around the Diocese. Coming into Norfolk last September I have become increasingly grateful for the work the Trust do, and I know many of our Churches have benefitted from grants that have helped to preserve the remarkable mission that happens in and around our parishes.”
The Bishop of Thetford 2024
With grateful thanks to our sponsor George Shippam Financial Planning
