How to Enter a Barbon Hillclimb
Our 2025 speed hillclimb events are on 14th June & 19th July
Competitor entries for the 2025 events have now closed and will reopen in February for the 2026 events.
(The following information is retained here to give you a flavour of what’s involved)
By entering, you agree to comply with Motorsport UK’s National Competition Rules (NCRs) and the Supplementary Regulations for the event.
The Supplementary Regulations will help you determine which class you should enter. (The links take you to the Draft regulations whilst we await the permits for this year’s events).
The Supplementary Regulations will also help you to work out what you can (and can’t) do to your road car and still stay in class. If the Motorsport UK NCRs say a modification is okay, then it is. If it doesn’t mention it, then you can’t do it.
If you’re not already a member, you can claim a member’s discount by joining one of the host clubs today.
Join Liverpool Motor Club online here: LMC membership.
Join Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club here: www.klmc.co.uk
Click here to enter the Barbon Hillclimb 13th June 2026
Click here to enter the Barbon Hillclimb 11th July 2026
You’ll pay using your usual credit or debit card without extra charge. We do not have access to your card details. Ask a friend or colleague to help you if you cannot enter online yourself.
Completing the online entry process does not guarantee that your entry has been accepted. Confirmation of your entry will be sent later in a separate email.
Invited Championships: See our Club Calendar page for the latest list of championships and clubs invited to our sprints & hillclimbs.
If you are competing in a few more events in addition to Barbon, you could be eligible for an award by joining the Liverpool Motor Club Speed Championship – we think it’s the Best in the North West!
Our events are also qualifying rounds of the Association of North Western Car Clubs Speed Championship and the SD34 Sprint & Hillclimb Championship. Many events are qualifying rounds for all three championships so, by registering for them all, you’ll stand an even greater chance of winning an award.
Not competed in a hillclimb before? The following will definitely help:-
What kit do I need, and what do I need to do to my car?
We always recommend visiting a sprint or hillclimb event first and asking competitors loads of questions. Drivers are a friendly bunch and love to talk about their cars, freely giving advice to potential new competitors.
Firstly, to enter a sprint or hillclimb (the rules are the same in both disciplines and several competitors take part in both), you’ll need a Motorsport UK RS Inter-Club competition licence, and you’ll need to join a motor club that’s been invited to the event. The Barbon events are run by Liverpool MC and Kirkby Lonsdale MC. Membership of either will allow you to compete in most sprints or hillclimbs in the north-west, and several further afield. If you have a totally standard road legal car first registered after 1/1/2000 that’s less than 2 litres and not turbo’d, then you might be able to enter the Intro Class on an MSUK Clubsport licence, but you’ll need to check the rules carefully.
Click on the event Supplementary Regulations above. They should be read in conjunction with Motorsport UK’s National Competition Rules for Sprints & Hillclimbs.
You’ll need to mark the towing points front & rear, and fit towing eyes in them. Modern road cars are supplied with just one as standard, so you’ll need to obtain another. No need to use paint, TOW stickers are readily available online, or you could use insulating tape of a contrasting colour to make an arrow. You’ll need to wrap some yellow tape around the earth cable to the battery. And you’ll need to show which way to turn the key to turn off the ignition too. You’ll need to make a timing beam splitter and fasten it to the front of the car. Most people use a piece of black aluminium and attach it using a number plate bolt or a bracket fastened behind the number plate. The dimensions are critical, so look at MSUK’s NCRs.
You’ll need an approved helmet (the scrutineers will need to examine it and affix an approval sticker on the day for a small fee). Driving anything other than a standard road car, you’ll need FIA-approved overalls and (in some classes) gloves too. In most post-2000 standard road cars, you don’t need full FIA overalls, but they will need to be flame-retardant.
The above is a very simplified overview of the requirements. The following guides will help answer your questions before your first event:
https://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/allabout.asp
https://tinsanmotorsport.co.uk/taking-your-daily-car-to-a-speed-event
How to find us:
From the M6, take the A65 East to Kirkby Lonsdale and turn left onto the A683 for exactly 3 miles before turning right to Barbon Village. Then follow the signs to the venue.
From South Yorkshire, take the A65 past Settle to Kirkby Lonsdale, turn right onto the A683 for 3 miles and then turn right again to Barbon village and follow the signs to the venue.
Using a sat nav? The competitors’ entrance postcode is LA6 2LJ, adjacent to Barbon Church. What3Words location: ///establish.undercuts.note (there is a separate entrance for spectators, see Spectator information on the Barbon Hillclimb page).
For a Google map of the area, click here
Data Protection:
We take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your entry, including providing a public Entry List and sending you emails in connection with your entry. Some of your information will be provided to the timekeepers, scrutineers and others involved in organising the event. See our Privacy and Safeguarding Policies Here.
The car events at Barbon are promoted by Barbon Hillclimb Ltd under Motorsport UK permits issued to Liverpool Motor Club. Barbon Hillclimb Ltd is a collaboration between Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club Ltd and Liverpool Motor Club Ltd.
Barbon Hillclimb Ltd is registered in England, No 6466962. Registered office: 3 Birthwaite Ground Cottages, Beemire Lane, Windermere LA23 1DF
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