The opening event is the “2025 SorryMate.com May Motorcycle Hill Climb”. The return to racing follows earlier access issues with Jackson’s Lane, which prevented the usual Spring Cup event from taking place in April.
While Oliver’s Mount is known for its main race events, this weekend offers a different experience.
Andy Hayes from the circuit says this weekend’s event provides a good introduction to the sport.
This weekend’s event will feature two different course variants. On Saturday, competitors will tackle the “Twisty Climb” which is 1,217 metres long. This course starts on Jeffries Jumps, goes through the Farm Bends, and finishes along the Start/Finish straight up Sheene’s rise.
Sunday features the traditional Hill Climb route, which is 1,076 metres, climbing from the paddock to the summit at the top of Oliver’s Mount. Sunday will also be a National Hill Climb Association Championship day.
Spectators can expect to see “a quite an eclectic mix of bikes, side cars, and also the the really impressive superite buggies which have thousand cc engines in them”. Other machinery taking part includes Race Bikes, Vintage Bikes, Morgan 3-Wheelers, and the popular SuperMoto class, which has taken overall wins in recent years. There is even a “Run What Yer Brung” class for road legal bikes. Mr. Hayes noted that the superlite buggies are “usually the quickest thing up the hill”.
Entry for the event is designed to be affordable. Tickets on the gate are £6 per day for adults, or £10 for the weekend. Children under 16 are admitted free. Highlighting that “a family of four could come for come for the day and it probably cost them about 10 or 12 pound for for the whole family,” Andy Hayes questions what else could be done for that price and issued a call for local people to support the venue.
Andy says Oliver’s Mount is a special venue offering the only place in England and Scotland where racing takes place on the road.
Gates for camping open from 2:00 pm on Friday. For day visitors, the on-track action is scheduled to start at 9:00 am and could run until 6:00 pm each day. Access over the weekend is via Mount Side, with parking available in the top field. Mere Lane will be closed.
Looking ahead, Andy says that Oliver’s Mount Racing Limited has a calendar of events planned for 2025,