It gives amateur riders newer to cycling a unique opportunity to pedal past impressive London landmarks and through picturesque rural Essex – all on traffic-free roads.

RideLondon, which has featured a Women’s UCI WorldTour race, mass participation rides over 100 miles, 60 miles and 30 miles and FreeCycle, will not take place in 2025 as the organisers work on a new concept for the world’s greatest festival of cycling. Full refunds will be given to everyone who has entered the 2025 RideLondon-Essex 100 mile event (entries for the 60 and 30-mile events have not opened).

Like the 100-mile ride, the Ford RideLondon-Essex 60 starts in central London on Victoria Embankment before coursing through historic Epping Forest to reach Essex. Riders then head up to Ongar before turning round and re-tracing their wheel treads back to Southwark in central London for a mighty finale at Tower Bridge.