Trail Running calendar near Churchill 2025-2026

Join Running Adventures for a spectacular guided trail run across the Malvern Hills and surrounding trails. The 18-mile route starts and finishes at North Quarry Car Park in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, and climbs to the Malvern ridge summit, visiting all the ridge summits with sweeping views. Ele..

Cymoedd Sir Fynwy, staged by South Wales LDWA, is held at The Girl Guide Hall, Fairfield Car Park, Abergavenny (NP7 5TR). The event offers three distances—50 miles, 30 miles and a new 20-mile route—making it LDWA's toughest mountain challenge. The route winds through the Black Mountains and the Worl..

Beast of the Beacons is a three-distance trail-running challenge staged by Limitless Trails in the Brecon Beacons National Park, starting and finishing at Llangynidr Village Hall in Crickhowell, Wales. Runners tackle 10 miles, 20 miles or 40 miles, with elevation gains of roughly 2,026 ft, 4,219 ft..

The Cannock Chase Running Festival takes place on Sunday 19th April 2026 at Birches Valley, Rugeley WS15 2UQ (Concert Field, Cannock Chase Forest). The event is organised by RunThrough UK and is held in support of Midlands Air Ambulance. Distances offered include a half marathon, 10K, 5K and a juni..

MTC Y Draig Goch is a 47-mile ultramarathon, Day 6 of the Mount to Coast End to End Challenge within Ultra Running Ltd’s CYMRUN series. The route follows National Cycle Route 8 from the Travelodge in Merthyr Tydfil to Barry Island, with Cardiff reached along the way. Runners receive a bespoke finish..

The Thames Ring 250 is a challenging 250-mile (approximately 256 miles) trail ultramarathon starting and finishing in Streatley-on-Thames, UK. The race follows an anti-clockwise loop along the Thames, the Grand Union Canal, and the Oxford Canal, primarily on flat canal and riverside paths. Despite t..

The Bath Beat is a walking and running event held on the southeastern edge of Bath, England, offering distances of 12.5, 17, 21, and 26.5 miles. The course traverses the scenic countryside of the southern Cotswolds, including woods, hills, river valleys, farmland, and a historic disused canal. Parti..

Butcombe Trail Ultra is a pair of self-navigation ultramarathons, 50 miles and 50 kilometres, set around the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The official Butcombe Trail is a 47-mile loop around six pubs in the Mendips, largely off-road, offering sweeping views and varied running country as it cro..

Corvedale Cake Walk is a Marches LDWA challenge walk starting at Holdgate Church, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire. It offers two routes, 22 miles and 10 miles, both returning via the Jack Mytton Way. The longer route climbs to Abdon Burf, the highest point in Shropshire, with the circuit continuing ov..

Saturn Running's "The Nearly But Not Quite London Marathon - Wales" takes place at Dare Valley Country Park in Aberdare. This inclusive event offers runners the flexibility to choose their distance within a 7-hour time challenge, with laps of approximately 4.37 miles (7km) on well-maintained footpat..

Set along the Tissington Trail in Derbyshire, the Tissington Trail Marathon & Half Marathon uses a traffic-free, multi-terrain rail-trail from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne. The 13-mile trail section provides a scenic, historic backdrop with a gentle downhill on the return, making it suitable for both se..

Eastnor Castle Backyard 8hr and Relay 2026 is a running event staged in the private Eastnor Castle Deer Park, set within the Malvern Hills National Landscape. The route runs along a private estate road in a figure‑of‑eight, with stunning views of Eastnor Castle and British Camp, the Iron Age hill fo..

A Coventry Way Challenge is scheduled for Sunday 26 April 2026. The event follows a countryside route of 40 miles that starts and finishes at the Heart of England Social Club in Meriden. The route can be completed as a walk or a run, either solo or in a relay format. Entry includes multiple checkpo..

The HOWUM 2026 is a 30-mile ultra in mid-Wales, starting and finishing in Llanidloes. The route forms the Heartlands of Wales circular, merging four trails—the Sarn, Glyndwr’s Way, Severn Way and Wye Valley Walk—toward the source of the River Severn and back, with no time limits. Runners pass landma..

The Malvern Hills Ultra is scheduled for 2 May 2026 and is based at Abberley Village Hall, WR6 6AZ. Entrants can choose from the following distances: 47 miles 38 miles 31 miles 23 miles Entry fees are non refundable and include a contribution to the Malvern Hills Conservators. Current contributio..

Rasus y Bannau is a series of long-distance mountain races that start and finish in Brecon and follow circular routes through the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. The event offers three distances and uses marked routes plus a GPS trace for navigation. Participants must carry a com..

Rapid Relays is a dynamic running event held at the scenic Culden Faw Estate in Fawley, near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. The race features a woodland trail course on estate tracks with gently undulating terrain, including a notable climb before 3 kilometers followed by a long downhill stretch bac..

Tempo Trail Races returns for a weekend of trail running in the Cotswolds, centered at Ilmington Sports & Social Club, Ilmington, Shipston-on-Stour. The event offers multiple distances: a 100km Ultra, a new 50km Ultra, Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K. The trail course takes runners through rural co..

The Harewood Forest Trail Race is staged in Harewood Forest in the heart of the Test Valley, near Andover, Hampshire. Runners can choose between 5k and 10k trail routes on undulating forest tracks, offering a challenging yet scenic course. Described as a spring race set in a beautiful woodland setti..

Rainow 5 is a small FRA-licensed trail/fell race staged on the first Wednesday evening in May in the Rainow and Kerridge Ridge area near Macclesfield, Cheshire. The five-mile, hilly route takes runners along rural lanes and ridgelines around Rainow and Kerridge Ridge, attracting around 250–300 parti..