Waveney Hillseeker 2026

Waveney Hillseeker 2026

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH 2026

All new for 2026, challenge yourself to the Waveney Hillseeker and take on an undulating early season epic, taking in beautiful scenery on rural Suffolk roads. Who said you can’t rack up some good elevation around here?

Why Ride with TPR Events?

Brilliant Routes

 

Using our local cycling knowledge we design, drive, risk assess and test ride every route ourselves. We then meticulously sign eeach route with arrows before, on and after every turn and at least every 2 miles… Meaning each event usually has over 1000 signs!

Tasty Adnams Reward

 

Thanks to our friends at Adnams, have a tasty beer on us at the finish to celebrate your achievement ! Cheers from Adnams and TPR Events.

Value for Money

 

As a not-for-profit organisation we don’t have a share holder or investor to pay so our entry fees are among the lowest prices in the market. All our events are proudly all-inclusive of food and drinks, souvenirs and bespoke medals. We also do not charge a booking fee and we will try to resell or swap your ticket if you can’t make it. 

Food & Drink Included

 

All food and drink at feed stops are included with your entry. Choose from tea, coffee, a selection of squashes, fresh fruit, our famous homemade flapjacks and more! We also cater for dietary requirements, just tell us when booking.

Superb Bespoke Medals

 

Your ride earns you a superbly designed bespoke chunky metal medal with a ribbon specific to your chosen distance. We love our medals and you tell us you do too!

Riding one of our linked events? Take a look at some of our inter-locking medals…

Free Souvenirs

 

Free event specific numbered rider board to keep and treasure plus free grand depart, enroute and finish photography with free unlimited downloads. Memories and mementoes from a great day out on your bike!

Peace of Mind

 

Our team are out of the road to support you every mile of your ride with mechanical support, motivational encouragement and a recovery service if we can’t get you riding again after an issue. 

Tools and spares are also available at our drink and feed stops.

Relax and enjoy your day, we’ve got your back. 

Warm Hospitality

TPR EVENTS

 

Expect a warm and friendly welcome from our team and from your fellow riders whatever your age or experience, whether you’re riding a road bike, MTB, e-bike or any other!

Team TPR led by Helen, Neil & Ben are here to offer you a brilliant day out on your bike. 

Fair Pricing

As a long-standing and family-run Community Interest Company, we pride ourselves on not only providing our riders with the best possible event day experience, but also amazing value for money. Unlike many, we don’t charge admin fees, drink and lunch stops and event photography are free and our medals are always bespoke to the event and the year!  We aim to protect you from our rising venue and running costs and we have managed to keep almost all events fixed at 2025 prices if you enter using our Early-Bird Discount (available up until 6 weeks before the event). At this point we order medals and consumables and all further entries for that event will increase by £2.  We will not have entries on the day if the event sells out (as most 2025 events did) and we never oversell an event and hope you all do not turn-up!  So please enter early,  claim your early bird discount and help us make this event the best one you, and us, have ever done!

Date

29th March 2026

Location

Harleston Magpies Hockey Club, Diss, IP21 5UF

Bike

Road/Gravel Bike

Event Times

Event Village Times – 7:00am until 5:00pm

The Waveney Valley is a quiet, rural and beautiful landscape along the Norfolk-Suffolk border and hugging the river Waveney.

Imagine if the Tour of Flanders, Flèche Wallonne & CiCLE Classic all had an East Anglian child. No major climbs, just unwavering undulations and picturesque rural lanes to test your early season resolve. That is the Waveney Hillseeker.

But Suffolk is all flat, isn’t it? How can it be a hill-seeker? At TPR Events, we love an early-season challenge, and we have designed a route that has more elevation gain than riding the most famous Tour de France mountain climb – Alpe D-Huez. You can expect relentless short and sharp rises on the 100-mile route of nearly 3,600 feet in total. Now that is an early-season challenge on Suffolk’s rural lanes!

With routes of 25, 50, 75, or 100 miles, there’s something for everyone, no matter your experience or bike type. Each route is fully signposted, risk-assessed, and supported by the friendly TPR Events team.

Longer routes include a complimentary lunch, and all riders enjoy free drink and snack stations. Expect cyclists of all ages on all kinds of road bikes, e-bikes, tandems, and more all celebrating Suffolk’s stunning countryside.

Routes

At TPR Events, we’re dedicated to creating the best routes for riders to enjoy. Every route is carefully plotted, analysed, risk-assessed, tested, and fully signposted, giving you the confidence to ride with peace of mind. Plus, all routes will be available to download as GPX files, providing turn-by-turn directions on your phone or GPS device. GPX files will be available a few days before the event, after our final checks for road closures and obstructions.

For the Waveney Hillseeker 2026, we are crafting 4 exciting routes to offer something for every rider:

  • 100 Mile

  • 75 Mile

  • 50 Mile

  • 25 Mile

We are currently working hard to create some unforgettable routes for you to enjoy. We have drafted the routes and have began testing. Route distances and elevation are not final. The final routes will be confirmed once we have ridden them all ourselves and are completey happy with them. 

Check back soon for changes!

Event-day Support

The Waveney Hillseeker is supported by Mark from Echelon Cycleworks. Mark will provide our riders with mechanical support and recovery, if you see him on the route or fixing someone on the roadside give him a wave!

Echelon Cycleworks is a Lowestoft based workshop that provides expert Bike Fit, Coaching & Workshop Services.

Echelon Cycleworks has developed a bespoke bike fit service aimed at improving your comfort levels and riding efficiency, especially for TPR Events riders, at a discounted rate. Contact Echelon for more details and say TPR Events sent you!

Echelon Cycleworks

What bike is suitable?

The Waveney Hillseeker is a road event predominatley set on rural country roads, where the road surface isn’t as smooth as we’d always like it. There will be plenty of short sharp decents and rolling roads. 

Any servicable road bike with good brakes is capable of riding this event. Road bikes, e-bikes or gravel bikes with at least 28-32mm tyres will be ideal for this event. Sorry, we can not recommend this event for hand cycles unless you are a very experienced hand-cyclist. 

Route Length

100 miles, 75 miles, 50 miles, 25 miles

FAQS

We have no age requirement to ride; however, all under-16s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. 

AT ENTRY: Order confirmation email

3 WEEKS BEFORE EVENT: Event welcome and information email, plus WhatsApp group invitation.

1 WEEK BEFORE EVENT: Final instructions email (including final route, parking information and safety brief).

FINALS DAYS BEFORE: Final information, including last-minute road closures, weather information and announcements via WhatsApp.

Please check your spam folders if you do not receive your order confirmation, as you’ll likely also miss important event info too!

Please remain subscribed to our rider list to ensure you receive event and route updates.

We have multiple rider and mechanical support vehicles available to help you on the road – as well as first aiders at HQ. The emergency contact number will be on your souvenir rider number.

All riders get free drinks and snacks at all stops.

  • Tea & coffee
  • Water
  • Selection of squash
  • Homemade flapjacks
  • Wide variety of fruit

On longer routes, there is also an additional lunch stop. In addition to  the above;

  • Sandwiches
  • Crisps
  • Haribo

Yes, eBikes are allowed and very welcome. Anything that gets you riding is great :) 

eBikes must conform to UK law on all TPR Events.

We do not provide charging points along the route, so make sure you’re economical with the range!

Yes, all types of bikes are encouraged on our events. 

We often have riders on tricycles, hand cycles and tandems!

We recommend that TT extensions are removed before our events due to safety concerns and the potential for liability in a group setting.

If you have any further questions, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.

If your question isn’t convered in our Ts&Cs, please contact us.

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