Trail Running calendar near Great Ayton 2025-2026

The North Leeds Skyline is a trail running event held in Otley, featuring multiple race distances: a 50km Ultra Trail with 1000m elevation, a 25km Super Trail, and a 15km Challenge Trail. The course traverses public footpaths and trails around the scenic Chevin area, starting and finishing at Statio..

The Wentworth Castle Trail Runs, held at the scenic Wentworth Castle Gardens in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, offer 5km and 10km trail running events. Scheduled for the evening of June 10, 2026, the runs provide a unique opportunity to race or train on beautiful parkland paths, woodland trails, and pas..

Pooley Bridge Wild Trail Runs take place in Pooley Bridge, at the northern tip of Ullswater in the Lake District. The event offers a Half Marathon (13.1 miles/21.1 km) and a 10 km trail run, with route maps free to view (subject to change) and final routes emailed a few days before. Set against lake..

Punk Panther 6 Dales Trail is a multi‑distance trail race organized by Punk Panther Ultra Marathons. The event runs from Otley along the Six Dales Trail to Pateley Bridge and back, offering Half Marathon (13 miles), 20 miles, and 32 miles options. Elevation gains are roughly 1,700 ft, 2,500 ft and 3..

The Manorlands PaintRush is a vibrant 5-kilometre colour run held in Bingley, Yorkshire, supporting the Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice. The cross-country course features an undulating profile over three laps, with seven paint stations along the route that douse participants in bright colours, creating..

The Roche Abbey Ramble is a trail running event held in South Yorkshire, starting and finishing at the Travellers Rest pub in Brookhouse, Sheffield. The course offers a scenic and challenging mix of trail, road, grass, and woodland terrain, featuring undulating paths and stepping stones with marshal..

Hardmoors 26.2: Wainstones is a Trail Marathon in Chop Gate, North Yorkshire, starting from Chop Gate Village Hall. It offers three circular distances: Marathon about 28.5 miles, Half Marathon about 16.5 miles, and a Trail 10k around 9.5 miles. The courses feature exposed moorland and high-altitude..

SCOTT Sports Summer Cheviot Goat is a challenging 50-mile (ish) ultramarathon set in the remote Cheviot Hills of Northumberland, England. The loop course, described as England’s loneliest ultra, starts and finishes at Ingram Village Hall (NE66 4LU). Organized by Cold Brew Events in partnership with..

Kettlewell Trail Half is a challenging trail race organized by Due North Events in Wharfedale, within the Yorkshire Dales. The race starts and finishes at the Carpark Field at Hawkswick Cote, near Kettlewell, and covers about half a marathon with around 900 metres of ascent. It features three steep..

Buckden Pike is Barlick Fell Runners’ classic fell race held on Buckden Pike. The event was first run in 1981, with the route designed by Peter Jebb after Buckden Gala invited him; he and his wife Anne led the race for two decades. In 1987, the route was tweaked to be more challenging, and this cour..

The Hopper 6,12 & 24 hr Trail Race takes place at Hamsterley Forest in County Durham (The Nest area, DL13 3LN). Runners complete as many laps as they can of a roughly 4.1-mile loop, with about 660 feet of elevation per circuit. The course is fully waymarked and marshalled.Events include solo 6-, 12-..

Lamplighter 40 Night Ultra is an all-night trail ultramarathon organized by SilverBack Trails, based at Goathland Village Hall on the North York Moors. The 40-mile circular route runs from sunset to sunrise, visiting markers such as Triangulation Pillars, cairns, and other checkpoints before returni..

Two Roses Ultra, run by She Strides Events, starts at Wadsworth Community Centre in Old Town, Hebden Bridge. Participants can choose between two 50 km routes—Lancashire (Red Rose) or Yorkshire (White Rose)—or a 100 km figure‑of‑eight by tackling both. The course traverses two counties, with moorland..

North Yorks Challenge is Ultra Challenge’s coastal-and-moors ultra based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The event offers a 100 km loop with ~2,270 m of climb, plus shorter options: 50 km, 25 km, and a Whitby 10-mile loop. The route travels from Scarborough along the coast to Robin Hood’s Bay and W..

Fountains Fun Run 2026 takes place in Grantley, near Ripon, North Yorkshire. The 2-kilometre Fun Run is a multi-terrain, undulating route starting from the village playground, crossing a quiet rural road and through privately owned fields before finishing back at the playground. Organized by Friends..

The Saturn 7 Hour Time Challenge in Durham is a trail running event held along the scenic River Wear, offering views of Durham Cathedral. Hosted at the Durham Amateur Rowing Club, the course features a flat, fully signed loop of approximately 4.37 miles (7 km), with options for shorter laps to accom..

Hardwolds 40 is a Hardmoors endurance race covering 47 miles from Beverley to Malton, with around 4,600 ft (1,402 m) of ascent. The route follows the Hudson Way to the Wolds Way, passing chalk landscapes and historic villages such as Londesborough, Millington, Thixendale and Wharram Percy, before de..

Chopwell Woods "Burger & Beer" Trail Runs take place on 27 June 2026 at Chopwell Woods, Rowlands Gill, NE39 1LT. The site is a Forestry England woodland of about 360 hectares next to Rowlands Gill on the fringe of Gateshead. The event returns to the same venue used for the organiser's..

The Ship Inn Shuffle is an out-and-back trail running event starting at the Ship Inn, Cliff Road, Sewerby, Bridlington. The next scheduled race date is 28/06/2026. Races are licensed by the Trail Running Association. There is a single cut-off time of 6.5 hours applied to all distances. Finishers ar..

Summits of The North York Moors Ultra is a circular ultramarathon of approximately 120 miles, staged in the North York Moors National Park and starting and finishing at Goathland Village Hall. The course climbs the ten highest hills, traversing moorland on ancient tracks and trods, with sections of..