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Ride locations

See List of rides in United Kingdom or browse the United Kingdom category

Press Enquiries

Press work is usually handled by local ride coordinators or various local press officers, for info see the United_Kingdom_Media_Information page.

UK Rides History

2008

Rides with confirmed ride assembly locations/dates/times are:
Southampton - 6pm on Friday 6 June 2008
Brighton & Hove - 11am on Saturday 7 June 2008
York - 4pm on Saturday 7 June 2008
Manchester - 6pm on Friday 13 June 2008
Edinburgh - 12pm (noon) on Saturday 14 June 2008
London - 3pm on Saturday 14 June 2008

Rides that haven't declared their assembly location/date/time
Sheffield
Cardiff

There is still some discussion about possibly holding rides in Cambridge, Belfast, Glasgow, and Oxford. Some express a hope that there will be a celebratory Bristol to Bath ride on Sunday 8 June 2008.

2007

York - 5pm on 8 June 2007 (65 riders on a 5 mile route)
Southampton - 6pm on 8 June 2007 (102 riders)
Manchester - 6pm on 8 June 2007 (50 riders)
Brighton - 10am on 9 June 2007 (220 riders on a 7 mile route)
London - 3pm on 9 June 2007 (1000 riders on the traditional 6 mile route)

Note: Local police officially permitted nudity at each of the 2007 events. Now there have been 14 UK based WNBR events with a cumulative total of nearly 3,000 riders in 9 locations, and no arrests ever. At four events police required clothes (Edinburgh 2004, Brighton 2006, Manchester 2006, Bristol 2006).

2006

York - 5pm on 9 June 2006 (60 riders on a 5 mile route)
Manchester - 5pm on 9 June 2006 (30 riders). Police required some clothes.
Brighton - 10am on 10 June 2006 (160 riders on a 6 mile route). Police required some clothes.
London - 3pm on 10 June 2006 (800 riders on a 6 mile route)
Bristol - 14 October 2006 (17 riders on a spontaneous route for 1hr). Police required some clothes.

2005

London - 3pm on 10 June (250 riders on a 6 mile route) The first ride for which police consented to nudity in advance.
Bath - on 11 June (20 riders at the Wacky Races event for The Wheel Thing)

2004

Edinburgh - afternoon of 12 June (70 riders on a spontaneous route). Police required some clothing.
Sussex - on 12 June two brave riders made the smallest UK WNBR to date
London - 8pm on 12 June (58 riders on a negotiated spontaneous 2.5 mile route through Hyde Park)

FAQs

The United Kingdom FAQ page answers questions especially relevant to UK riders and organisers.

Information for the media

Press, television and radio journalists can find information about the ride on the United Kingdom Media Information page

Events

The World Naked Bike Ride plans to be represented at the following events (among others).

Southampton University Environment & Ethics Week
From Monday 21 April 2008
Building 42, University Highfield Campus, SO17 1JB

Environmental Rock
Saturday 26 April 2008, 12 noon - 6pm
The Hobbit pub, 134 Bevois Valley Road, Southampton, SO14 0JZ

UK Aware 2008 - Green Ideas for Everyday Living.
Sat-Sun 10-11 May 2008, from 10am-6pm daily in Exhibit Hall #1, Barbican Centre (London)
ENTRY = £5 (concessions tickets are free for OAPs, students, and registered disabled)
People planning to participate in the World Naked Bike Ride this year can buy tickets at a discounted rate of 2 for 1 (contact the WNBR London for the discount code).

Kingston Green Fair
Monday 26 May 2008, 11am - 8pm
Canbury Gardens, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Camden Green Fair And Bikefest
Sunday 1 June 2008, 12 noon - 7pm
Free admission Regent's Park, London, NW1

Legality

The following links will be of interest to people organising rides in the UK:

Media coverage

2006

2004

Links

Websites

Discussion groups

Email contacts

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