Pre-register for 2024

If you would like to get advanced information about the event in 2024 please use the register button to give us your details and we will email you with event information as soon as it is available.

Once again the increasingly popular, tried and tested, Little Lumpy is back for 2023. Now in its 14th year, we offer you the chance to experience the charms and challenges of the proven designated routes. Setting off again from Haslemere, we take you through the prettiest parts of the Sussex and Hampshire Weald to the South Downs at South Harting where the Challenge and Epic routes branch off to take you over some testing little climbs.

Little Lumpy is a ‘not-for-profit’ event, with monies raised being distributed between Haslemere Festival and an elected partner charity. We are very pleased to announce that 2023’s partner charity is ‘Undershaw’ a special needs school and monies from Little Lumpy will be spent on providing outdoor play / sensory regulation equipment

We have three routes to choose from, ranging from 40 to 100 miles - please note those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

As in previous years, you will be able to enjoy the warm welcome and home baked cakes at the feeding stations around the course. This is only possible due to the dedicated group of volunteers and Haslemere bakers, whose efforts seem to have become legendary, with the tempting selection probably the best to be found at any Cycling Sportive throughout the country. In addition, at the start there will be a free breakfast on offer, comprising tea / coffee plus a bacon butty or equivalent vegetarian option. At the finish, the bar will be open and a hot meal will be available at a small price. So stay and linger to enjoy the company of your new-found cycling friends and share your experience of what is one of the top Sportives in the South East of England.

Distances and prices

Route	Distance	Climb	To Dec 31st	Jan 1st - Apr 30th	May 1st - 13th
Epic	100 miles	8,434ft	£32.50	£37.50	£45
Challenge	60 miles	4,587ft	£27.50	£32.50	£40
Sport	40 miles	3,131ft	£22.50	£27.50	£35

All Under 16 riders are priced at £10.

Limited numbers of 'on-the-day' entries will be available from 12 noon Saturday 20th at a £10 surcharge

An administration fee will be applied to each order by our online entry system partner, Results Base.

Event details

All routes start and finish at the Woolmer Hill Sports Asociation, Woolmer Hill Road, Haslemere GU27 1QA (see map)

Parking will be signed at the venue (multiple parking areas) and registration will be in the main clubhouse from 7am.

Changing rooms, toilets, showers, hot food and drinks plus mechanical assistance will be available at the start and finish. There are food stops on all the routes with a wide selection of rolls, cakes, bananas etc plus hydration drinks.

Sport: 16 miles (Harting), 30 miles (Lurgashall).

Challenge: 27 miles (Chalton), 36 miles (Harting), 51 miles (Lurgashall).

Epic: 27 miles (Chalton), 50 miles (Teglease Down), 73 miles (Chalton), 81 miles (Harting), 92 miles (Lurgashall).

Timing and awards

The ride will be chip timed and riders will be graded according to their finish times in the online results. You can also opt to receive an SMS message of your time which will be sent as soon as you complete your ride. 

	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men	Standard	Masters	Standard	Masters	Standard	Masters
Epic	6hr 15m	6hr 40m	7hr 8m	7hr 41m	8hr 20m	9hr 05m
Challenge	3hr 41m	3hr 56m	4hr 13m	4hr 32m	4hr 55m	5hr 22m
Sport	2hr 23m	2hr 32m	2hr 43m	2hr 55m	3hr 10m	3hr 27m
	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women	Standard	Masters	Standard	Masters	Standard	Masters
Epic	6hr 41m	7hr 08m	7hr 35m	8hr 51m	8hr 50m	9hr 43m
Challenge	3hr 56m	4hr 12m	4hr 30m	4hr 51m	5hr 15m	5hr 44m
Sport	2hr 33m	2hr 38m	2hr 54m	3hr 07m	3hr 13m	3hr 41m

 

Our header image is a montage of photos from Phil O'Connor taken at the 2017 event.