Bike ride and party – 3rd May 2025:
Our annual bike ride and party will be on 3rd May 2025, as usual in Norfolk, starting and ending in Holkham Hall. We have a 5 and 10K ride for kids within the estate. It has been a great success for the past few years. The main rides are 30 or 50 miles long, both routes are stunning.
Everything you need to know should be here….
START 10.00 am – HOLKHAM HALL – Meet at the cycle rental shop by the Bygones Museum.
RIDE 23 mile or 50 mile circular route
LUNCH 1.00 pm-2.00 pm – Sandwiches, snacks and drinks provided en route or in Holkham if you are doing the kids ride. There is also a good cafe at Holkham if you want coffee or more food before or after the ride.
FINISH 4.00 pm ish – Holkham Hall
PARTY 5.30 pm – midnight – Burnham Thorpe Memorial Hall PE31 8HU – Hog Roast from £5.45
ENTRY £60 for bike ride and dinner. £30 for just ride or just dinner.
PAY Pay entry on this website – FHMT Bike Ride and Party 2025 – JustGiving
DONATE Set up a page FHMT Bike Ride and Party 2025 – JustGiving
Minimum fundraising of £100 per rider if possible.
CHARITY www.frankhaines.com
BIKE HIRE Holkham Bike Rental NR23 1AB – Wooden cabin in Car Park – All bikes/kids bikes shapes and sizes available for hire including trailers and tag along bikes OR bring your own bikes, no need to book, it is first come first serve
KIDS RIDE This year there is a kids ride within the walls of the estate. Please can ALL KIDS ON THE RIDE have their parents phone number written on their arms- in case they get lost….
DRIVING M11/A11/A1065 – HOLKHAM HALL – NR23 1AB
TRAINS Kings Cross to Kings Lynn every hour – 1 h 50 mins, taxi rank at the station but do book.
CAMP Whitehall Farm in Burnham Thorpe is in walking distance of the party in the village www.whitehallfarm-accommodation.com
This is the best site to camp at if you want to come to the party on the Saturday night, it is walking distance from the village hall. The site do breakfast from a little van each morning, they sell fire wood for firepits, have lots of space and accommodate vans too, there are even a few rooms in the B & B. Booking essential. Alternatively, there is a campsite on Overy Staithe Road, also a walk from the party but a bit longer….
NEW DETAIL AND SUNDAY
EMERGENCY BIKE REPAIR ON ROUTE – Trevor – 07854 707504
FOLLOW ARROWS FOR ROUTE – Roughly 23 miles.
First stop – Chequers Inn – Binham – NR21 0AL Lunch – Guybons Farm, Saxlingham, NR25 7LD Finish – Holkham Hall – NR23 1AB
SUNDAY – BYO Picnic / Beach Trip.
John the ferryman will have his boat in the water 11am till approx. 2pm on Sunday so please aim for a 11am meet up at Burnham Overy Staithe on Sunday. Park above the tide line (ask someone if you are unsure) and get in a que for the ferry, have a coffee or ice cream whilst you wait, there may be lots of us so it might take a little time….
It’s a small tide, high around midday. We will be able to walk back from the Island along the cockle path from around 4pm so please bare this in mind if you need to rush back before (once the tide is up you need to wait for it to go down before you can get back to Burnham Overy Staithe).
Wear shorts, bring swim stuff and shoes that don’t mind the water and the MUD, it’s a slippery return and involves some wading through water so please bare that in mind.
PLEASE JOIN US! If you need more info and are not on our mail shots already please get in touch via the contact page.
