Trail Running calendar near Blandford Forum 2025-2026

The Giddy Horse Backyard 2025 is a running event held at Chepstow Racecourse, UK, featuring races around Piercefield Park. The course is a 4.167-mile loop combining woodland, parkland, and tarmac trails, mostly flat with gentle elevation changes. The event offers solo races of 8-hour (33 miles) and..

The Giddy Horse Half Marathon, Trail, & Steeplechase Obstacle Course Races take place on Saturday 25th October 2025 at Chepstow Racecourse, Saint Lawrence Road, Chepstow, UK, NP16 6BE. Tickets for the event are currently sold out. Ticket sales close 20th October 2025. The organiser is Relish Th..

The Spooky Sprint is part of a Halloween race series held at Pengethley Manor, Ross-on-Wye (what3words: physical.growth.shelf). Participants choose one target distance from the options below and must complete that distance within a 7-hour time limit. The course is offroad, contained within the mano..

The Thames Trail Ultra is a 47-mile point-to-point ultra marathon from Hawkwell House Hotel in Iffley (south of Oxford) to the YMCA Y Centre in Henley-on-Thames. The 2025 event takes place on 25 October 2025. The race follows large sections of the Thames Path and the Ridgeway National Trails and wa..

The Zombie Shuffle is an event in the Halloween race series held on 26 October 2025 at Pengethley Manor, Ross-on-Wye (what3words: physical.growth.shelf). Entrants choose a target distance and have a maximum of seven hours to complete it. The event accepts walkers and runners. Entrants must be aged..

The Haldon Halloween Twilight Run takes place in Haldon Forest near Exeter, Great Britain, offering a festive running experience on November 1, 2025. Participants can choose from three distances: a 2.5 km fun run, 5 km, and 10 km races, including Canicross options for dog runners. The event features..

The Dorset Hillfort Ultra is a scenic 38-mile running event set in the picturesque West Dorset, featuring a challenging course with approximately 1,300 meters of ascent. Participants will traverse from one ancient hillfort to another, enjoying stunning views of Lyme Bay and the Jurassic Coast. The r..

Twmbarlwm Terror is a 7-mile multi-terrain race organised by Fairwater Runners Cwmbran in Risca, near Newport, South Wales. The route combines footpaths, open fields, country lanes and woodland from Risca Leisure Centre to the Twmbarlwm peak and back, with around 1,000 feet of total ascent. Now in i..

Freedom Racing - 5 Trails Ultra & 3 Trails takes place on 8 November 2025 at Westerlands, Graffham, Petworth, GU28 0QJ. The organiser is listed as Serpent Trail. Entries open 7 March 2025 and close 6 November 2025. The minimum age is 16 on the event date. Entry fees shown are £70.00 for the 5 T..

South Downs Trail Run starts from Glorious Goodwood at Goodwood Racecourse in the South Downs National Park, with views across the downs and distant sights of the North Downs, Chichester Harbour and the Isle of Wight. Runners choose from three off-road distances: 21km, 19km and 12km. The course runs..

The Salt Settlers Six Hour Race is organised by Climb South West and takes place on Saturday 8 November 2025. It is a timed six hour event held around the Lower Otter valley near Budleigh Salterton. Entries open 10 January 2025 and close 6 November 2025. Entry fees listed are Solo £63 and Pair £79...

Big Night Out Winchester is a night-time trail running event held at Winchester Athletics Track, Bar End, Winchester, SO23 0QA. The next scheduled race date is 08/11/2025. Distances and entry fees are: 22km - £38 12km - £32 Race bibs are collected from a registration tent at the event site. Regis..

The Dark Dorset 10 is a twilight trail race run by Tri-Counties Trail Running. The course is an entirely off-road 10 km route that starts and finishes in the park in front of Eastbury House. The route goes through woods into the park at Chettle, passes Bloody Shard Gate and the Chettle Long barrow,..

East Devon 8 Trigs takes place on Saturday 8 November 2025 at Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club, East Budleigh Road, Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9 7BA. The event is organised by Climb South West Ltd. Entries open 17 February 2025 and close 31 October 2025. The event is a self navigation event open to..

MoRunning brings Bristol the 1.5k Mini MoRun and the 5k and 10k MoRuns around Ashton Court Park, Long Ashton, Bristol. The course is a mix of path and trail, with hills of 1–3 km, and the 5k is one lap while the 10k is two laps. The route is dog-friendly and OK for off-road buggies, though some sect..

MoRunning returns to Southampton’s The Common, The Avenue (SO15 7NN) for the MoRun day, offering 1.5k Mini MoRun, 5k, 10k and Half Marathon. The course is a mix of park paths, trails and grassy sections, undulating and dog-friendly, with some muddy parts. The 5k is one lap, the 10k two laps, and the..

The One by the Canal is a scenic Half Marathon trail race running from Cowley Rec, Cowley, along the Grand Union Canal to finish at Cassiobury Park, Watford. The course uses country paths and woodland trails, delivering nature-filled canal scenery. Key features include chip timing, a finisher medal,..

Bath Skyline 5km & 10km, a Relish Running Races off-road event at West Car Park, University of Bath (BA2 7AY), features night and day races across 5km and 10km, plus a daytime 500m kids' run. The hill-top routes traverse woodland trails, meadows and trails with views over Bath; expect muddy sections..

New Forest Central Trail Run is held at Roundhill Campsite in the New Forest National Park, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst (SO42 7QL). It offers 10km, 17km, and 22km trail routes on wide, hard-packed gravel tracks that pass through ancient woodland and heathland, with opportunities to spot native ponie..

Dusk Till Dawn: The Winter Edition, run by Mad Running Junkies in Bridgend, South Wales, is a 12-hour night-running challenge staged at the Bridgend Miniature Railway (Fountain Road, Aberkenfig, Tondu). Participants tackle three roughly 10-mile loops, aiming to complete as many laps as possible with..