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Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally 2026

The Lewis & Hunter Cambrian Rally is North Wales Car Club's gravel stage rally, run on Saturday 24 October 2026 from Venue Cymru in Llandudno and serviced at Ruthin. The route packs nine forest stages and 48 competitive miles into a single leg across Clocaenog, Brenig, Hiraethog and a return to the Gwydyr forests. It is the finale of the British Rally Championship and a round of the BTRDA and Welsh championships.

The 71st Cambrian is the 2026 British Rally Championship decider and also counts for the BTRDA, Pirelli Welsh, ANWCC Forest, Ladies and Allrounders series, the TCS Plant Rally Challenge, the Celtic Micra Challenge and the Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup. Two stages return to the Gwydyr forest complex for the first time since 2019, and parts of Hiraethog replace sections used in 2025. Stage maps and the tulip road book are not public yet — the road book is published on Sportity on 16 October. Entries close at the standard rate on 10 October and finally on 19 October.

Timeline

3 entries
15 Sep 2026
Clerk of the course Wenna Roberts confirmed the 2026 route returns to Gwydyr Forest stages that have not been run since 2019, with different roads and configurations in Brenig and Hiraethog, and that the British Rally Championship title is set to be settled on the rally. Cambrian News →
6 Sep 2026
North Wales Car Club published the supplementary regulations and Rally Guide 1 and opened entries for the 71st Cambrian Rally. The regulations confirm a nine-stage, 48-mile gravel route over a single leg on 24 October, based at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, with National and Interclub permits and recce for National-permit entrants only. Supplementary regulations →
1 Sep 2026
The event timetable in the 2026 regulations lists publication of the supplementary regulations at 18:00 on Tuesday 1 September. Supplementary regulations →