Classic Bike Guide

Prescott Bike Festival and Hill Climb

PRESCOTT IS A STUNNING VENUE FOR a festival of motorcycling. No soggy field or echoing agricultural shed this, but rather the home of the Bugatti Trust, set in the wooded acres of a Cotswold estate, sheltered from the very worst weather an English summer can provide. And there’s a fabulous switchback of a hill climb track snaking through the trees to challenge anyone who thinks they can ride a bit.

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