Welcome to the Tour de Furness

The Vattenfall TOUR de FURNESS Sportive charity cycle event is organised by the Rotary Club of Furness to raise money for St Mary’s Hospice and other charitable causes.

The idea of the event is to get cyclists of all abilities joining in to have fun and raise money for charities of their choice.

This year the Vattenfall TOUR de FURNESS Sportive will be held on Sunday 28th June 2026 - LOCATION for Start/Finish FURNESS ACADEMY Park Drive Barrow in Furness LA13 9BBWebsite entries from 1st December 2025

We have a choice of four routes from 16 to 74 miles to test your physical fitness. If you’d like to take part please have a look at the four excellent routes that take in some of the most breathtaking scenery the Furness peninsula has to offer and see our ABOUT page for entry details.

We also welcome VOLUNTEERS to help us with our event, if you fancy lending us a hand, check out our VOLUNTEERS page.

During 2025, for the first time we have introduced timing for ALL riders on ALL of the rides. Si, our online entries facility have created a webpage of all rider results. Please check out the following link: The link to results is https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/TourDeFurness/2025/Sportive/

Additionally,there is a QR Code on the bottom of the splits each participant receives when they hand in their SPORTident Timing Card. When the QR Code is scanned, online results will appear on the mobile phone, mobile signal permitting.

14 miles ride

The 14 mile Tour de Furness route mainly through quiet countryside should appeal to family groups and the leisure cyclist.

28 miles ride

The 28 mile route, through Low Furness is for people who want to do more than 14 miles, but not quite as far as 53.

53 miles ride

The "BAE 53” is suitable for cycling enthusiasts and takes you through the magnificent South Lakes..

74 miles ride

The “Kimberly-Clark 74 Challenge” is for the enthusiast seeking a REAL challenge, a tortuous route of steep climbs through the evocative Duddon Valley and Wrynose Pass returning through the magnificent South Lakes countryside with great views every where..