The 10th anniversary edition of the Dirty Reiver will take place on the weekend of 24-26th April 2026, with the event returning to the Kilder Forest.
Registration opened at 8 am this morning – Monday, September 1st – with places available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The 10th anniversary edition – delivered by the long-standing expert team at Focal Events – is set to be bigger and better than ever before. For 2026, there will be three new routes across the Dirty Reiver’s now standard distances – 200km, 135km and 65km. Entries are £70 for the shortest distance and £85 for the two longer distances.
Event and industry partners
Supporting the riding will be a roster of event partners, with Panaracer headlining the event once again, along with presented brands SRAM, Lauf, Camelbak and Wahoo.
PaceUp media also highlights that: “Plans are already afoot for a number of exciting on-route brand activations to add to the atmosphere, whilst the buzz in the event village will go up a notch.
“The scale of interest and increased planning efforts have led to the Focal Events team opening entries a few months earlier than previous years.”
Event registration
Registration takes place on the Dirty Reiver website, and, as with previous editions, entries will be sought after. In previous years, the event has sold out within a number of hours.
Focal Events
The success of the event sits alongside the growth of Focal Events’ wider portfolio of gravel rides and races. These include the elite gravel race Dalby Grit, which saw a hugely successful inaugural edition this summer; the crankbrothers Gravel Rocks weekend (10th – 12 July 2026) adventure of all things gravel; the SCOTT Frontier 300 (29th – 30th May 2026), an ultra-endurance epic taking you from one side of the country to the other; and JUST.GRAVEL, a family day out on the trails in the Lakes.
Entry for both Gravel Rocks and SCOTT Frontier 300 opens on the 15th September.
