Bikes, horses, tractors and even pogo sticks will be riding around Rutland villages today

It's as part of the county's ride and stride event

Author: Aaliyah Dublin Published 13th Sep 2025

Hundreds of people on bike and horses will be riding around Rutland villages today visiting as many different churches as they can.

It's part of a ride and stride event raising money for local churches.

Churches are something that are at the heart of a village

The event has 64 churches and participants visit as many of these as they can in one day by their chosen mode of transport.

Money raised during the event goes to the Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust.

They put this into the preservation of the county’s beautiful and ancient church buildings.

"Churches are something that are at the heart of a village and have been at the heart of a village for hundreds of years, so it's keeping those very special places going."

"It's all sorts of things in churches that need replacing, and in Rutland we have lots of ancient mediaeval churches, and it's a constant work in progress preserving them for generations."

We have lots of ancient mediaeval churches, and it's a constant work in progress preserving them

Ride and Stride is held once every two years in the county and is the Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust's main source of income.

The ride will start at 10am today and finish at 6pm.

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