Mass Ride 8 on April 26th 2025

Map of Mass Ride 8 meeting places in the style of a tube map.

Our eighth Mass Ride / Kidical Mass will take place on the morning of April 26th. It will be bigger, better, safer and even more enjoyable.

Why are we riding?

Our aim is to get more people cycling, more often. We celebrate the joy of cycling: a convenient, healthy, clean and inexpensive way to get around Winchester. The ride will help create a vision of a better Winchester, where a critical mass of cyclists makes cycling safer and more enjoyable.

Is anyone welcome to join the ride?

We welcome cyclists young and old; in fact anyone who has a roadworthy bike is welcome – just check brakes and tyres before setting off! The ride will take place on open roads, but there will be experienced cyclists marshalling the group for safety.

We are pleased to say we’ve gained agreement from the authorities to hold back cars very briefly at key junctions in the city centre, so that the mass of cycles can pass as one ‘sausage’. This won’t be a full road closure – we will still coexist with cars – but we’ll all be part of a bigger protective peloton.

Please read our guidance to riders here.

Where can I join the ride?

Here are the official meeting times and places, but feel free to join en route as the ride passes.

Route A, Kings Worthy & Abbots Barton
  • 10:00 Kings Worthy, Tesco Express on Springvale Road.
  • 10:15 Headbourne Worthy, Grass area at the top of Bedfield Lane
  • 10:20 Abbots Barton, Dyson Drive
Route B, Harestock & Weeke
  • 10:00 Harestock, Tesco Express on Prior’s Dean Road.
  • 10:15 Weeke, Grass area at corner of Stoney Lane and Stockbridge Road.
Route C, Oliver’s Battery, Badger Farm & Stanmore
  • 9:40 Oliver’s Battery Primary School entrance
  • 10:00 Badger Farm, Ridgeway / Meadow Way junction
  • 10:15 Stanmore recreation ground / Kings Ave
Route D, Highcliffe
  • 10:00 All Saint’s church car park
  • 10:15 Everyman Cinema, Southgate Street.
Route E, Colden Common & Twyford
  • 08:30 Colden Common recreation ground (9am depart)
  • 08:30 Twyford Bugle Inn (9:30 depart)
  • 10:00 Hockley junction
The mass procession

All routes converge on the city centre, reaching King Alfred’s Statue at 10:40 for a processional lap around the one-way system.

11am Finish at Abbey Gardens for a post-ride get-together. Event ends by 13:00.

We hope you can join us to make this a huge, safe, fun event.

View all routes and meeting points on an interactive map

With thanks to…

We are grateful for financial support to help us meet the much larger costs of this year’s ride, from: