London to Brighton bike ride

Three St John Ambulance counties pull together to provide the medical cover for the annual London to Brighton bike ride. The volunteers cover the 60-mile ride which starts at Clapham Common in south London, passes through Surrey and finishes on the Brighton seafront.

It is one of the nation's largest mass participation sporting events with nearly 30,000 official participants and it takes 500 St John Ambulance volunteers to cover the event.

It is also a large scale communications exercise as St John Ambulance provide communications links along the length of the course through radio and telephone links.

This means that if a competitor did have an accident and had to go to hospital for an X-ray, for example, then their friends and relatives at the finish line could be kept informed.

Please note: the london to brighton bike ride is organised by the British Heart Foundation - please see their website for information about entry.