Sunday 17th May 2026 – Kidical Mass Ride Guildford
Sunday 7th June 2026 – Elstead GU8 6DG
Sunday 9 August 2026 – Shere Village Hall, Surrey GU5 9HE
Sunday 17th May 2026 – Kidical Mass Ride Guildford
Guildford’s next Kidical Mass ride will be on 17th May.
Children, bring your grownups to the streets and cycle paths of Guildford town centre.
We’ll go on a fun 2.5-mile bike ride to give a big message: make our streets safer for children, safer for everyone.
Event details
Date: Sunday 17th May 2026
Time: Meet at 14.00 for a 14.30 departure
Start/finish: the green next to G-Live.
Route: Circular route down Upper High Street to Stoke Road, around Stoke Park, returning via London Road. (There is a short cut through Stoke Park for tired legs)
Get updates first by joining Kidical Guildford’s WhatsApp community or follow them on Facebook or Instagram. Alternatively sign up to receive GBUG’s emails.
Advice and FAQs
During the ride:
- Stay behind the ride leader
- Stay together as one big group – at traffic lights, keep going until we are through
- Don’t cross the white line in the middle of the road, cars might be coming the other way
- Parents ride with your kids – kids ride closest to the pavement
- Leave a gap for marshals to move past you near the white middle line
- If you need to stop, move onto the pavement
- Smile, wave, ring your bell and have fun!
Can balance bikes and trikes join?
We find that children on balance bikes or trikes are unlikely to complete the full route and keep up.
We go slowly, but at the pace of a pedal bike. You are welcome to join the beginning on a balance bike or trike, but you should prepare and discuss a plan B for little legs and be ready to leave the ride, if you’re struggling or the back marshal recommends it.
I’m not sure my child can ride that far
Our advice is the same, talk to your child about when you might check in and decide to leave the ride or continue. There are several points where we stop and bunch up again, and you can always ask a marshal for advice.
Why not do a test run of two loops of Stoke Park to be sure?
Sunday 7th June 2026 – Elstead GU8 6DG
West Surrey Cycling Club is again running three Audax rides from Elstead (near Godalming), with 100km, 150km and 200km options, taking in some lovely rolling countryside and quiet roads across Hampshire and beyond.
Run since 1978, 2026 is Audax UK’s 50th anniversary and the 150km option, the Danbury Ride, is featuring as part of Audax UK’s 50:50@50 initiative to encourage more women riders to enter long distance events (see Audax entry page for further details).
Sunday 9 August 2026 – Shere Village Hall, Surrey GU5 9HE
The 44th Tour of The Hills https://www.audax.uk/event-details/calendar/14064-tour_of_the_hills, £15/£18 entry includes refreshments served before, during and after the 120km ride.
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