Trail Running calendar near Colchester 2025-2026

Join the Bishop's Stortford Mitre on 5 July 2026 for community 10k, 5k and a fun 1K kids race on traffic free country lanes at Jobbers Wood. Support the Mitre Fund and enjoy chip timing, a finisher T shirt or a tree planted in your name.

Explore Thursley Common on a guided 10km trail run, a notably flat route with a scenic boardwalk and plenty of birdlife and dragonflies. Enjoy a friendly group atmosphere with kit to try and optional post run refreshment.

The The Maverick Chilterns Trail will take place in Wendover on Saturday 11 July 2026. You can run between 10 and 51 kilometers.

Join the Norfolk Festival of Running at Bawsey Country Park for looped sand, gravel and grass trails with distances from 5k to ultra marathon. Small field, lap based courses with on site aid and parking included for a relaxed race day.

Ultra:5K Kempston is held at Box End Park, Box End Rd, Kempston MK43 8RQ. The event, scheduled for Sunday 12 July, offers a simple but challenging format: participants run a 5K on the hour, every hour, for five hours. A three-race option is..

Run at sunset through Wendover Woods on scenic, flowing trails with undulating climbs and long descents. Choose 5K or 10K or a 1.5K accessible loop and help fund the Chilterns Neuro Centre supporting people with MS, Parkinsons and stroke.

Camp and run for 24 hours on the scenic Shotley peninsula in Suffolk, tackling a fully marked 4.3 mile coastal lap with solo, pairs or team entries. Enjoy onsite camping, yoga sessions, sauna options and bespoke vests and medals.

Enjoy scenic trails at Winwick Hall with 10k, 5k and a 2k kids fun run, all fully marshaled and perfect for families. Run for the Bruce Green Foundation and pick up a finisher medal in this friendly country event.

Run the ATW St Albans Summer 10K on 19 July 2026 at Highfield Park for a chip timed 10 km along the Alban Way, with a free family fun run. Festival vibes with live music, kids activities, food stalls and a custom medal while supporting Alzh..

Run ten consecutive days at the Suffolk Running Centre in the Great Barrow Challenge, choosing distances from 5 km to ultra. Entry covers all ten days and parking, bespoke medals each day and the event is cupless so bring your own bottle.

Zig Zag Running hosts the Great Barrow Challenge at the Suffolk Running Centre, Church Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5AX. This 10-day, individual event offers multiple distances — 5k, 10k, half, full and ultra — with Day 1 featuring the Denha..

Join a friendly 7 hour timed run along the Thames at Wraysbury, with flat paved loops suitable for road shoes. Pick distances from a 3 km loop up to marathon and ultra, and enjoy a medal plus goody bag and riverside views.

Enjoy a scenic, flat trail run around Maidenhead Commons and Summerleaze Lake on Sunday 26 July 2026. Choose 5K, 10K or half marathon and earn a themed medal with free race photos, chip timed results and a lively event village.

Join the North Downs 50 Ultra Challenge on Sat 1 Aug 2026 for scenic runs from Guildford across Surrey hills and the North Downs Way. Choose 10 km, 25 km or 50 km routes with full support, night markings and medical cover.

Run the Vanguard Way Marathon or Half on 2 August 2026 from Croydon along scenic Surrey and Sussex woodlands and ridges. Finishers receive a medal plus a goody bag with a race t shirt and snacks.

Scenic 7 hour timed run along the River Thames on 7 Aug 2026 lets you choose any distance from 3 km to ultra. Finishers get medals and distance pins, with aid stations, cafe and vegan goody bags.

Tackle ATW Odyssey12 at Riverside Park, St Neots, a multi terrain lap event where solo runners, pairs or teams rack up 5.3 km laps against the clock. Enjoy festival vibes with live music, food, kids activities and an Odyssey medal for finis..

Run the scenic Stour Valley Path in 102 km or 50 km trail races on 8 Aug 2026, mostly off road through East Anglia. Friendly, challenging courses that earn UTMB index points and suit experienced ultrarunners.

Enjoy a scenic undulating 10k through quiet lanes around Mount Ephraim Gardens with views of rolling Kent hills. Includes a bespoke medal, free garden entry and supports Oasis Domestic Abuse Services.

Join Saturn Too Midweek Medal Madness on 14 August 2026 for a seven hour timed challenge along the Thames with distances from 3 km to ultramarathon. Finish 3 km to earn a medal and goody bag with drink stops on course.