Trail Running calendar near Bury St Edmunds 2025-2026

Join NOT the London Marathon Run 2026 on Sunday 26 April in Walton on Thames for a flat, certified lap course along the riverside towpath. Choose marathon, half or a 7 hour timed challenge, enjoy flexible starts and a commemorative medal.

Run through woods carpeted in bluebells in the Chiltern Hills at the Bluebell 10km, a roughly 10 km guided spring trail on Sunday 26 April 2026. Grouped by ability with a Run Leader, it is ideal for runners who can manage 5 km non stop.

Saturn’s Midweek Chasing Numbers 7-Hour Time Challenge is held at Wraysbury Skiff & Punting Club on the River Thames. The event is designed to be affordable and flexible, inviting all abilities to run or walk within a 7-hour window. Partici..

The Thames Path 100 is a 100 mile point to point race along the Thames from Richmond to Oxford. Mostly flat and scenic, runners have 30 hours to tackle a mix of trail and paved sections.

Take on the Chiltern Hills 100K, a scenic trail ultra across iconic Chiltern ridges and estates on 9 May 2026. Limited field and UTMB Index status mean a competitive, well supported race with challenging climbs, full marking and live tracki..

Take on 50 Mile or 50 km routes at the Holy Trail Festival in scenic Oulton Broad, Suffolk, with checkpoints, GPS tracking and a unique medal. Friendly support, a hot finish meal and prizes make this a memorable spring trail challenge.

Run Rabbit Trail Festival at Deene Park near Corby on 9 and 10 May 2026 is a weekend of trail running and lively festival fun. Choose from short evening runs to a 56.1 km triple challenge, with music, activities and medals for finishers.

Join the 30th Halstead & Essex Marathon on scenic low traffic roads through rolling hills, woods and farmland. Limited to 500 runners, this club organised race offers a classic country marathon and a prize for course records.

Shires and Spires is a circular run based in Naseby with distances from 10K to ultra, mixing country trails and roads. Routes change direction each year and have GPS tracking, voice navigation, aid stations and a medal for all finishers.

Run the Zig Zag Marathon or Half Marathon on 10 May 2026 from Suffolk Running Centre in Bury St Edmunds along scenic, mildly undulating roads. Limited to 300 runners, with aid stations, a seven hour cut off and memorable finisher medals.

Join the Oliver Fisher 10k and 5k at Milton Creek Country Park for a scenic off road challenge supporting the Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust. Enjoy trails, medals and a friendly community atmosphere while raising funds for neonatal c..

Take on the Greenway Challenge in Letchworth Garden City: a self guided 13 mile clockwise run starting and finishing at Standalone Farm. Enjoy marshalled crossings, a wooden medal, and cake at the finish while supporting Headway Herts.

Challenge yourself at the Chilterns 30, a 30 km trail across scenic Chiltern Hills with rolling woodland trails, ridgelines and village paths. Guided groups, well stocked checkpoints and a finisher medal with a Trees not Tees certificate ma..

Join Black to the Trails at Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade for a welcoming day of trail running with 1K, 5K, 10K and Scotch Bonnet 10K options. Celebrate diversity with music, food, family fun and finishers medals on scenic chalk downland.

Run around five coastal estuaries with 100 mile, 50 mile and 50 km point to point routes mostly on grass and dirt trails. This UTMB 100M index race offers drop bags, live tracking, hot food at checkpoints and a tech shirt plus unique finish..

Run spring trails across Hertfordshire farmland at the Stort10 in Hatfield Broad Oak on Sunday 17 May 2026. Choose 10 mile or 5 mile, earn a finisher medal and t shirt or have a tree planted, with prizes and live timing.

Take on 18 miles of scenic Suffolk countryside from Nowton Park to Clare Castle Country Park, running or walking at your own pace. With a friendly atmosphere, medal for all finishers and support for St Nicholas Hospice, this is a challenge..

Explore Canterbury on foot at the Canterbury City Race European Tour from 22 to 24 May 2026. Three lively urban orienteering races send you through the medieval centre, cathedral quarter and university campus for a fast weekend of navigatio..

Explore Grimsthorpe Castle Estate on a 10 mile loop through ancient woodland, limestone tracks and by the lake, with day and night 10 mile races plus 40, 70 and 100 mile ultras. Solo or team relay entries, medals for all and onsite camping.

Tackle a scenic 26.2 mile marathon across three laps of Richmond Park, with rolling hills and beautiful parkland views. Chip timing, aid stations, medical cover and a lively finish make this a rewarding London park marathon for seasoned and..