Beastway plays south of the river with a Saturday series of three MTB XC races. Our course takes in parts of Beckenham Place Park that nobody's been to before. We start in front of the classical mansion and go out to see what's there.

With its 25 years of history, the Beastway MTB series offers a one-hour super-fun blast that really brings on the skill and speed of riders in friendly contest. Based now at Hog Hill and at Eastway before that, we are the country's longest running and London's only MTB series, so it's great to be offering a winter version at our new venue. We've helped to develop Beckenham Place Park from the moment it closed to golfers. Our recent trail clearing has had to be done with care to respect other users and the woodland ecology*. We hope you will agree it's all been worth the effort. There's plenty of climbing and a nice long lap around varied terrain. Each 3.7km lap takes 60m of climbing.

Beckenham Place Park is easy to get to. SE6 3PU. Beckenham Hill Thameslink has trains from Bedford, Blackfriars, Sutton and Sevenoaks. You can travel with your bike on a Saturday. 

With round 1 you can just enter the one race or the whole series of 3 for a bit of a reduction. Entry on the day is possible, but it will cost you more and it's a lot faster if we have all your details in advance.

More info, links to results and series standings at www.beastwaymtb.com

*We welcome volunteer helpers on Saturdays 2 and 9 December from 09:30. Email beastway@btinternet.com if you want to join us.

Info for Riders

A winter series of MTB races in London! Run by the Beastway crew!

Our seniors' race will be started in waves according to rider category. We don't send women to the back and we don't expect old people to be faster than young riders. What we try to do is give you a good race on a proper course at great value in friendly surroundings. We give results in rider category, so it's only fair to start you with your peers. Let's hope for a good turnout and then we will see about the best way to start you off.

Youth and Juvenile riders start once the seniors have spread out around the course. This gives them a race duration suitable for their age range, whilst also giving them a lot more race experience.

Our series runs over the New Year so please make sure you select your age category based on the 2018 racing year, otherwise you will not be able to race round 2 & 3 within the same category and your series points will be lost.

Beckenham Place Park has limited public rights of way. We have hired the park with the landowner's permission for our race which is properly insured. There are two crossings of a public right of way and other open areas where you can expect to see other park users. The course is taped for clarity and we ask you not to challenge the lines by riding at the pins or tape, since the milliseconds you might save are nothing on a lap time.

Beastway has pioneered white label chip timing. Our tech is now being used at other race series and we have more developments on the way. You can expect to get lap times and splits plus some pretty graphics of how you've done in each race. We will be keeping a web-based series standings and hope to base a modest prize structure on this.

The Mansion Cafe is where to find the sign on. There are toilets outside to the L of the mansion. Please park tidily in marked spaces or to the L of the driveway in, and -please- not on the grass. There is lots of unrestricted parking on Beckenham Hill.

Let's go racing!