Charity cycle making its way through Dunstable this bank holiday
A 200-mile charity cycle will make its way through Dunstable, tracing the route of the Queen Eleanor Crosses, to raise money for a homelessness charity.
Since 2008, the Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride Organising Committee has held a special event every August, with riders collecting donations to go towards helping people get off the streets in London.
The 219-mile route goes along the same roads taken by the body of Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I, after her death in the winter of 1290.
Along the way, the mourning king had 12 crosses built to honour where her body stayed as they travelled from Harby, near Lincoln, back to Westminster Cathedral.
One of those was in Dunstable Priory, where a plaque commemorates the former cross and its significance.
Starting on August 28, cyclists will start in Lincoln, passing through Grantham, Stamford, Northampton, Dunstable and St Albans before going through the capital, finishing in Trafalgar Square on Monday, August 31.
44 riders will take on the challenge, and will be expected to cycle through the town on Sunday, August 30.
Over the years, more than £300,000 has been donated to Friends of the Connection, with £28,000 raised in 2025.