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2008 rides

Ride locations with confirmed ride assembly date details:

• Southampton: Fri 6 June, 6pm
• Brighton & Hove: Sat 7 June, 11am
• York: Sat 7 June, 4pm
• Sheffield: Sun 8 June, 2pm
• Manchester: Fri 13 June, 6pm
• Cardiff: Sat 14 June, 4pm
• London: Sat 14 June, 3pm
  
  

POSTPONED RIDE

• Edinburgh: 28 or 29 June - TBC (Note change of date from original date of Sat 14 June)

There is discussion about possible rides in Cambridge, Belfast, Glasgow, Oxford, or even a Bristol to Bath ride.

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.

History

2007

• York: 8 June, 5pm (65 riders, 5-mile route)
• Southampton: 8 June, 6pm (102 riders)
• Manchester: 8 June, 6pm (50 riders)
• Brighton: 9 June, 10am (220 riders, 7-mile route)
• London: 9 June, 3pm (1,000 riders, 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: 9 June, 5pm (60 riders, 5-mile route)
• Manchester: 9 June, 5pm (30 riders). Police prevented full nudity.
• Brighton: 10 June, 10am (160 riders, 6-mile route). Police prevented full nudity.
• London: 10 June, 3pm (800 riders, 6-mile route)
• Bristol: 14 October (17 riders on a spontaneous route for 1 hour). Police prevented full nudity.

2005

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

2004

• Edinburgh: 12 June, afternoon (70 riders on a spontaneous route). Police prevented full nudity.
• Sussex: 12 June – two brave riders made the smallest UK WNBR to date
• London: 12 June, 8pm (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:

• Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 66 - Exposure (c/o the Office of Public Sector Information)
• Wikipedia: Sexual Offences Act 2003
• Laws relevant to nudity in public places from the Naturist UK Fact File (NUFF)

Media coverage

2006

• Don't Panic Media, Transport issue, Apr/May 2006: "World Naked Bike Ride 2006"
• Bike For All News, 4 May 2006: "Get set for bare butt biking on June 10th"
• BBC Learning English Weekender programme, ? Jun 2006: "Naked Bike Ride"

2004

• Bike Biz News, 12 Jun 2004: "Bike Week kicks off with glorious weather and media exposure"

Links

Websites

• WNBR UK (this website)

Discussion groups

• WNBR UK Yahoo! group

Email contacts

• nakedbikeride@yahoo.co.uk