To celebrate the start of the 2010 Great Tour, there was a 3 day Seaton Festival of Cycling starting on Friday 2nd July with events and activities taking place on the sea front and around the town.

For more details Visit the Seaton Festival of Cycling web site on

The Great Tour, the two-month circumnavigation of Britain's coastline will start on 3rd July in Seaton, Devon and finish back in Seaton on September 4th, the day of Seaton's Carnival Procession.

The Great Tour is one of the UK's last great challenges and Up to 40 cyclists a day will ride the route, made up of the core team of around 20 cyclists who are tackling the full 6,600 kilometre route, they will be joined by additional riders from the public who have been sponsered to ride one or more of the daily stages.

The Great Tour is a challenge that cyclists of any ability can take part in to help raise awareness and fundraise for charities, while all the time celebrating the fantastic British coastline.

details about the Great Tour.

The 2010 Seaton Festival of Cycling.

Some of the riders who will circumnavigate the coast by bicycle.

waiting to set off along the coast to Swanage.

The start of the circumnavigation of the U.K. coastline by cycle

The first stage is 128 km from Seaton to Swanage

many will raise money for charity by completing a stage

About 40 cyclists set off from Seaton on the first day.

Seatons Voice organised events in Windsor Gardens.

Seatons Voice with their refreshment stall

Crowds sit and watch the Lympstone Brass Band

Crowds in Fore Street at the Seaton Festival of Cycling

The childrens activities at Windsor Gardens.

Axe Valley Pedallers in their distinctive yellow jerseys

The Majorettes perform throughout the year

Trish, Gwen and Jill with the Devon Air Ambulance Hog Roast

boules competition at the Eyre Court Hotel

on our very unique closed road, sea front race circuit.

to the Finish opposite the Hook and Parrot

Members of Seatons Voice and the Devon Air Ambulance fund raisers

the Devon Air Ambulance raffle draw fund raisers.

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