Ride and Stride day
What is Ride and Stride?
Visit unique historic buildings, see beautiful countryside, get some exercise and have fun with the family!
Ride and Stride is a sponsored bike ride or walk in which people all over England walk or cycle between churches, exploring and enjoying the countryside from Cornwall to Northumberland.
The money they raise helps to save historic churches, chapels and meeting houses for future generations by helping to fund urgent repairs and the installation of modern facilities. Each year the event raises funds to help pay for urgent repairs to historic churches and chapels.
In 2026, Ride and Stride for Churches takes place on Saturday 12th September. Find out more here.
There are various ways you can help and join in on the day:
- Cycle, walk, run, ride, drive – or even use your bus pass – to visit participating churches; invite family, friends, and colleagues to sponsor you (or your dog!)
- Be a ‘meeter and greeter’ in your church for part of the day or provide cakes and refreshments for the Riders and Striders
- Sponsor friends or family taking part.
To register as a participant, click here. To register your church, click here. For further information on what’s happening in Hampshire and the Islands, click here. To download a sponsorship form click here. If you would like to donate to Hampshire and The Islands Historic Churches Trust, visit their website, and you can contribute directly to Ride+Stride here.
Here is a list of churches that participating in last year’s Ride and Stride – we would hope they will do so again:
| Bishop’s Waltham | |
| St Nicholas | Boarhunt |
| All Saints | Botley |
| Corhampton Church | Corhampton |
| St Peter’s | Curdridge |
| St Andrew’s | Meonstoke |
| St Peter’s | Soberton |
| St Nicholas | Wickham |
| Fareham & Gosport | |
| Holy Trinity | Fareham |
| Holy Trinity | Gosport |
| St Columba | Fareham |
| St Edmund’s | Stubbington |
| St John’s | Fareham |
| St John’s | Gosport |
| St Mary’s | Portchester |
| St Peter & St Paul | Fareham |
| Havant | |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | Crookhorn |
| St Nicholas | Bedhampton |
| All Saints | Catherington |
| St Michael and All Angels | Chalton |
| St James | Clanfield |
| Hart Plain Church | Hart Plain |
| All Saints | Denmead |
| St Andrew’s | Hayling Island |
| St Clare | Warren Park |
| St James | Emsworth |
| St Faith’s | Havant |
| St Francis | Leigh Park |
| St Hubert’s | Idsworth |
| St Peter’s | North Hayling |
| St John’s | Purbrook |
| St John the Baptist | Rowlands Castle |
| St Mary’s | South Hayling |
| St Alban’s | West Leigh |
| Isle of Wight | |
| St George’s | Arreton |
| Holy Trinity | Bembridge |
| St Boniface | Bonchurch |
| St Boniface Old Church | Bonchurch |
| St Mary the Virgin | Brighstone |
| St Andrew’s | Chale |
| St Mary the Virgin | Cowes |
| All Saints | Gurnard |
| St Peter’s | Havenstreet |
| All Saints | Ryde |
| St Michael & All Saints | Ryde |
| Christ Church | Sandown |
| St Peter’s | Seaview |
| St Saviour on the Cliff | Shanklin |
| St Catherine on the Green | St Helens |
| St Helens | St Helens |
| St Swithin | Thorley |
| Holy Trinity | Ventnor |
| St Alban’s | Ventnor |
| St Catherine’s | Ventnor |
| St Mildred’s | Whippingham |
| St Mary & St Rhadegund | Whitwell |
| St John the Evangelist | Wroxall |
| St John’s | Yaverland |
| Petersfield | |
| St Mary the Virgin | Bramshott |
| Church Centre | Liphook |
| Portsmouth | |
| St Alban’s | Copnor |
| St Cuthbert’s | Copnor |
| Church of the Resurrection | Drayton |
| St Andrew’s | Farlington |
| St Francis | Hilsea |
| All Saints | Portsea |
| St Mary’s | Portsea |
| St Faith’s | Portsea |
| St George’s | Portsea |
| St Jude’s | Southsea |
| St Margaret’s | Southsea |
| St Peter & St Paul | Wymering |
Visit the Ride+Stride website for full participation details, either for riding and striding or for having your church as one of the visited churches.
Upcoming Events
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Ride and Stride day
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