Trail Running calendar near Brandon 2025-2026

Set in the Leicestershire Wolds, the Seagrave Wolds Challenge is a roughly 16-mile cross-country route that changes each year, guiding walkers and runners along footpaths and private land around Seagrave. It is a community-led challenge rather than a race, with the route planned and marshalled by lo..

Remembrance Sunday 2025 is a unique running event scheduled for November 9, 2025, in Brightlingsea, Essex. Participants can engage in a traffic-free, looped trail course, with options to run a marathon or half marathon within a six-hour time limit. The event features an 11 am silence to honor milita..

The Canvey Island Trail Run is a timed anti-clockwise loop around Canvey Island, starting and finishing at Waterside Farm Leisure Centre. The course runs along the sea wall, mixing concrete and coastal trails as part of the King Charles III England Coast Path. A planned pub stop around the 10 km mar..

Run Henham takes place on the private grounds of Henham Park in Suffolk (near Southwold) and offers 10km, 5km, and 1km races. The courses are single-loop routes on light trail terrain, set against the park’s autumnal scenery. The event emphasizes accessible participation and a friendly atmosphere, w..

Centurion Running's Wendover Woods 50 is a 50-mile ultramarathon held in Wendover Woods, Aston Hill, Halton, Aylesbury. The course comprises five 10-mile forest loops on soft trails and tracks through Wendover Wood, offering runnable descents, steep ascents, and technical sections, with a total elev..

The 5th Sundon Saunter is an LDWA Beds, Bucks and Northants event on Sunday 16 November 2025. The route follows mainly field paths, tracks, woods and some roads through undulating countryside with views from the hills. The event base is Barton-le-Clay Village Hall, MK45 4JY (grid ref TL 083 307). P..

Dormouse Challenge is held at Salcey Forest, a Forestry England site near Northampton (NN7 2HX). It’s a 6-hour trail event on a 3.5-mile off-road loop, letting runners choose any number of laps from a 5k to well over 80 km within the time limit. The course uses well-maintained paths—crushed stone an..

The Petzl Night Trails 10K at Salcey Forest is a night trail running event over a distance of 10 km. The event includes a canicross category. Entrants must be aged 16 or over on the event date. Entry fees are tiered and unaffiliated entrants pay an additional £2. The venue is Salcey Forest, a Fore..

The Zigzag Turkey Trot Challenge is a six-hour timed running event held at the Suffolk Running Centre in Bury St Edmunds. Participants start together and run as many laps as possible on the undulating, multi-terrain Back Quack route, with an aid station available each lap. The event caters to all le..

The ATW Wendover Woods Trail Run & Canicross takes place in the scenic Wendover Woods, located at the highest point in the Chilterns near Aylesbury. Participants can choose from a 5K, 10K, or Half Marathon trail run, all set on well-prepared, traffic-free woodland trails offering stunning countrysid..

The 12th Colworth Hare and Tortoise Run is a 26.3-mile, five-lap event around the Colworth Estate in North Bedfordshire, hosted by Colworth Striders. The course blends gently undulating trail with unclassified road, including woodland paths with uneven surfaces and roots, narrow sections that limit..

The Zig Zag Running St Andrews Day Challenge is a multi-terrain running event held at Brandon Country Park in Suffolk, located in the heart of Thetford Forest. Participants can choose between a 6-hour or 4-hour timed challenge, running multiple laps of a 5.3 km course featuring gravel footpaths and..

Trifarm Winter 10k is the final round of a four-event winter trail run series held at Trifarm, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex. The 10k route is mostly off-road, on public footpaths and bridleways, and runs clockwise to head away from the river to avoid floods. The start and finish are at the far end of..

The ATW Grafham Water Trail & Canicross is a scenic 10-mile trail running event held at Grafham Water Visitor Centre in Cambridgeshire. The course begins on the iconic dam, offering a fast start, then loops around the reservoir through woodland nature reserves, past Dragonfly Pond and Sanctuary Bay,..

The Bauble Bimble is a festive running event held at Ferry Meadows, a large country park near Peterborough, UK. Participants can choose between a 6-hour or 4-hour timed challenge, running multiple laps of a 5.3 km multi-terrain course featuring gravel footpaths and grass areas. The event welcomes ru..

The Salcey Forest Christmas 10K, 5K & Junior Fun Run is a festive trail running event held in Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire. Set amidst beautiful, tree-lined woodland paths, the race offers a virtually flat, mixed-terrain course that can be occasionally muddy. Participants can choose between a 10K..

Let it Stow – Half Trail Marathon is a festive, 13.1-mile trail race organized by Raw Trails in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Runners traverse woodland, meadows and quiet country lanes around Stowmarket and the surrounding countryside, with several road crossings and clear course markings. The atmosphere is..

'Twas The Run Before Christmas is a festive running event held at Brandon Country Park in Suffolk, located in the heart of Thetford Forest. Participants can choose between a 6-hour or 4-hour timed event, running multiple laps of a 5.3 km multi-terrain course featuring gravel footpaths and grass area..

The Christmas Canter is a festive running event held at the Suffolk Running Centre in Bury St Edmunds. Offering multiple distance options—5k, 10k, half marathon, full marathon, and ultra—the race features a mass start and a seven-hour cutoff. The course is entirely on road, passing through picturesq..

The Chelmsford Brew Co 12k's of Christmas, run & rum is a festive, social 12-kilometre route in Chelmsford. Starting at the Voodoo Keller Bar, runners head to the Chelmsford Brewery and back into town, with a relaxed, non-competitive vibe. The event emphasizes camaraderie: a drink token at the brewe..