Entries Now Live for Gravel Rocks 2025, by Focal Events - A Weekend of Gravel Racing with Festival Atmosphere

1st November, Ambleside, UK: Focal Events, founders of leading UK gravel cycling events including Dirty Reiver and Frontier 300, have officially opened entries for the Gravel Rocks event next summer. Taking place on the weekend of the 13-15th July, Gravel Rocks returns for its second year in 2025, bigger and better after establishing itself on the calendar this year.

With a unique format that spans seven stages of racing across two days, followed by social rides on the Sunday, Gravel Rocks offers an enduro-style gravel race which locks horns with a festival atmosphere. Held on the exclusive Duncombe Park Estate in the North Yorkshire Moors, the private landscape usually closed to the public features world-class off-road riding from an adventurous mix of pristine gravel to some flowing singletrack. 

The event offers something different to the rest of the calendar, from mystery timed segment locations to the weekend’s soundtrack of rock ‘n’ roll, ​ and Friday night’s Gravel Rocks In The Dark stages - a 10km ride with two timed sections to set the tone and rankings for day one. Saturday then features the biggest stage of the weekend with a prologue-style start kicking off a 45 - 80km loop depending on your preference, including five timed segments. ​ Combined times will then count towards the results and the final podium.

Bryan Singleton, Event Director at Focal Events, commented on this year’s Gravel Rocks event: “You’ll be hard pushed to find a backdrop like we’ve got at Gravel Rocks and fortunately the location has taken to the event meaning we’ve expanded on what we introduced to riders this summer.

“With the event, we’ve created something a bit different to your standard gravel race or multi-stage weekend event, with a few twists along the way and a real festival atmosphere across the weekend for everyone to enjoy. We’re looking forward to welcoming hundreds more riders over the course of the weekend next July and showcasing the epic gravel riding that’s available around Duncombe Park Estate.”

Gravel Rocks welcomes riders as well as all the family for a weekend away in the stunning North York Moors, with accommodation and camping available on site, together with an event village, sponsor activations, live music, food stalls and more.

Entries are now open, starting from £75 and free family activities too. Plus, there’s no booking fee until 1st January 2025 so get in quick. Visit https://gravelrocks.cc/ to book your ticket.

Other rides within the Focal Events portfolio include the hugely popular Dirty Reiver, the coast-to-coast epic Frontier 300, plus the all new JUST.GRAVEL event in Grizedale - a social gravel ride offering three distances for all riders to enjoy. Each of Focal’s events carries a unique identity of highly professional organisation, passionate partners and sponsors, unrivalled routes and riding conditions, plus stunning locations throughout.

Gravel Rocks event partners for 2025 include lead sponsor crankbrothers, alongside Ergon, Exposure and Tifosi, as well as event partners Panaracer, POC, Clif, Topeak, Wahoo, SCOTT, MOTOREX, Spookton Brew Co and North York Moors National Park.

All event details can be found at https://gravelrocks.cc/.

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