More details of the Challenge Event route are available below

Route Details

 

The 40-mile challenge route starts and finishes in Meriden.
GR: SP 244 818
Postcode: CV7 7JP

Proceeding in an anti-clockwise direction the route passes through or skirts Kenilworth, Stoneleigh, Bubbenhall, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Wolston, Bretford, Brinklow, Bedworth and Corley Moor before returning to the starting point in Meriden.

Please note: The links below take you to the most up-to-date route information available at this time, which may be subject to change. A final version will be posted here prior to the event date.

The Route Descriptions and .gpx file below include a very recent diversion to the path in Bedworth, paras 4.8 to 4.10

1Follow this link for an OS Maps Overview of the Challenge route.   (Updated 13 March 2024)
Expanding the left hand side-panel of the overview and scrolling down allows selection of waypoints.


Download a .gpx file of the Challenge route.   (Updated 13 March 2024)

 

Download a detailed route description for the Challenge route from the links below   (Updated 13 March 2024)
40 Mile Challenge route MS-Word version
40 Mile Challenge route pdf version

Note: At some points the Annual Challenge event route deviates from the established A Coventry Way route.
Follow the route directions given on this page.

Revised editions of the Green Book are published each year in time for the Challenge event and are available to participants from the registration desk at the Event HQ on the day of the event.

1The map overlay link links to an OS maps resource to provide a view only indication of the general path of the route. It is not intended to be, nor should it be regarded as, a detailed route map. An OS maps subscription is required to download or print a map overlay.