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The Mayday Run is an annual motorcycling event in
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
that takes place on the first bank holiday Monday in May. The event involves thousands of motorbikes taking a trip on the A21 road from Locksbottom to
Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
seafront, coinciding with the Jack-in-the-Green festival on that day. The event has been taking place for over 41 years now and has grown in interest from around the country commercially and publicly. The first run took place in 1979 and the event has continued every year since. The event is not an organized as such, only the police manage the traffic, and volunteers manage the parking. Hastings fills up with tourists and bikes by about 11 AM, and the A21 road from
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serving
Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
and the South coast is the used road which, as a result of the trip, is severely congested during the event. Behaviour of the cyclists including pulling wheelies, speeding, weaving in and out of traffic dangerously and creating noise pollution as well as causing congestion, have been critical points of the event made by locals.


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