Hell of the Ashdown (HOTA) Sportive

Westerham Brewery, Beggars Lane, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QP

Overall Rating

4.6/ 5

92 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 5/5
How did you rate the organisation? 5/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Maybe

Lee Tanner

Loved it, great ride

Road conditions made it more challenging, great ride!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025

Relentless

You need to do some hill training for this ride, very easy for the thighs to cramp up (as mine did)! But a great challenge

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Ian Brierley

Good event year on year.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Al Newman

Tough route, good opening to the year.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Gail Edmans

Always a fantastic event but it never gets any easier!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Gianni Montoro

Perfect time

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Neil Keirs

Really enjoyable event

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Tim Thorp

Grand day out

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Peter Hodgson

A very enjoyable challenge

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025

Hard

Very hard but well run

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Dean Gillam

Fantastic ride. Great route. Challenging, but doable! Really well managed.

I'll be back next year!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Stephen Deeley

One of the most well organised sportives you will ever do

Great feed stations and marshalling throughout the course. I don’t think I had to check my Garmin even once for directions. Well done again

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
david pashley

its a tough one but awesome

dont under estimate this event. 100km but very little flat. rough sections of road as well.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Mark Boorman

Wow what a route.

Keep up the good work.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Richard Parrotte

A great route around some challenging scenery.

All good!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Richard Paxman

Great

Wasn’t able to ride this year due to injury but have ridden it for the past three years and be back next year.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
Holly Nairn

An absolute killer of a route like i didn’t even know you could suffer like that in the south of the UK.

Should come with a fitness warning so close tomorrow Xmas. otherwise excellent.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025
JOHN CAINE

Very enjoyable event

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2025