The UK is home to some incredible Rally stages, ranging from legendary forest stages to testing tarmac runs over hills and dales. The exact routes may change over time, each location has its own distinctive character, mystique and history. Revolution has picked out six of the best, with the help of co-drivers Nicky Grist and Cameron Fair.
“ I remember one year finishing in Sweet Lamb and coming down into the bowl with Colin McRae in a Ford Focus just as it was going dark, with masses of fireworks going off everywhere. I will never forget that moment!”
Nicky Grist
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UK Rally stages
The UK is home to some incredible Rally stages, ranging from legendary forest stages to testing tarmac runs over hills and dales. The exact routes may change over time, each location has its own distinctive character, mystique and history. Revolution has picked out six of the best, with the help of co-drivers Nicky Grist and Cameron Fair.
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Sweet Lamb / Hafren
Location: Wales Surface: Gravel
Every top flight driver knows these stages, which are found in one of the UK’ s most popular Rally regions. The area has so much forest, with so many beautiful gravel roads, that the stages have been used in many different directions and formats over the years.
The pair can be run alone or combined to create a 30-kilometre Stage. Hafren, which first appeared on the RAC Rally in 1973, is fast and technical, while Sweet Lamb, which debuted in 1988, resembles a super special with chicanes, jumps, hairpins and water splashes.
“ I remember one year finishing in Sweet Lamb and coming down into the bowl with Colin McRae in a Ford Focus just as it was going dark, with masses of fireworks going off everywhere. I will never forget that moment!”
Russ Otway / 90 right
Nicky Grist
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Revolution- May 2025