Trail Running calendar near Ilkley 2025-2026

Moonlight Meander, a nocturnal trail race by Its Grim Up North Running, takes place at Swinsty & Fewston Reservoir Car Park, North Lane, Otley, LS21 2NP (North Yorkshire). Runners can choose a 4-mile or 8-mile loop through woodland under pitch-black skies, guided by head-torches, fairy lights, light..

Grim Reservoir Dogs, organized by It’s Grim Up North Running, takes place at Swinsty and Fewston Reservoirs in North Yorkshire. The event offers two looped courses of 3.3 miles or 6.6 miles, designed for running with your dog. Participants enjoy an early-morning atmosphere as they traverse scenic re..

Linacre Infini Trail Race is a 6-hour, lapped trail endurance event held at Linacre Reservoirs in a wooded valley near Cutthorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Organized by First Light Adventure, the course uses well-maintained trails and footpaths, with a marked 5 km lap that runners complete multiple..

The Poole Half Marathon MoRun is a vibrant running event held at Upton Country Park, Poole. It offers multiple distances including a 1.5k Mini MoRun for kids, 5k, 10k, and a half marathon, catering to all ages and abilities. The course is mostly off-road with a mix of trails and paths, featuring und..

Warrington Way is a 40-mile ultramarathon starting and finishing in the Cheshire village of Lymm. Runners follow a route on tracks, footpaths and lanes to circumnavigate Warrington anticlockwise. The course is waymarked, but participants must carry maps and navigate.Checkpoints at 10, 21 and 30 mile..

The Three Counties Trot is Billinge Running Club’s flagship 5-mile trail race, held each November in the Billinge area near Wigan. The route showcases the club’s classic trails—scenic, varied and a little muddy—as runners traverse the three counties, starting from Janet Lalley Fields by The Delph Ta..

Hardmoors 26.2: Goathland is the Goathland leg of the Hardmoors 26.2 trail marathon series, staged in the North York Moors and the Cleveland Heritage Coastline. The Goathland event offers a Trail Marathon (27.5 miles) with about 4,800 feet of ascent, plus Half Marathon and Trail 10k distances. The c..

Wadsworth Half Trog is a local classic fell race near Hebden Bridge, starting from The Hare and Hounds Pub in Chiserley, Old Town. The course covers 9.3 miles (15 km) with about 1,400 ft (420 m) of ascent, delivering the full Trog’s rugged terrain in a shorter format. Expect varied, tough ground wit..

Run Bolton Abbey is a scenic trail running event held at the Bolton Abbey Estate in North Yorkshire. Offering distances from a 2.4-mile family fun run to a half marathon (13.1 miles), the event caters to all levels of runners. The course is hilly and runs through parts of the estate not usually open..

The Roaches Fell Race is a challenging 15-mile out-and-back fell race held near Meerbrook Village Hall, featuring 3,700 feet of ascent. The course traverses a mix of roads, tracks, fields, and private land, including notable landmarks such as Roach House, Gradbach Forest, and Shutlingsloe. Participa..

The Wild Deer Running Session at Newburn Leisure Centre offers a friendly, all-abilities running event led by qualified coaches. Held at Newburn Activity Centre in Newburn, participants engage in interval-based training featuring hill efforts, covering 5 to 7 miles of varied terrain. The session fos..

The Saturn Remembrance Day Run 2025 - North takes place in Durham City at the Durham Amateur Rowing Club. This inclusive trail running event features a flexible 6-hour 32-minute time challenge, allowing participants to run distances from a minimum of 3km up to ultra distances, with laps of approxima..

World Diabetes Day Run is a 6-hour timed event held at Stanley Park, Blackpool (FY3 9EQ) on Friday, 14 November 2025. The course is a flat 3.1-mile loop on a paved path with a short gravel section. Participants may complete as many or as few laps as they wish within the time limit, with longer optio..

Punk Panther Wharfedale Skyline, staged by Punk Panther Ultra Marathons, is a trail-running event set in Wharfedale around Otley, Ilkley and Guiseley, West Yorkshire. Runners choose from Ultra (34 miles), 20-mile and Half Marathon distances, with significant hill sections and rugged terrain. The cou..

MoRunning returns to Liverpool with events for all ages: 1.5k Mini MoRun, 5k, 10k, and a Half Marathon around Croxteth Park. The course blends park paths and trails and is flat and dog-friendly, though some sections may be bumpy or muddy and not suitable for wheelchairs. The 5k is one lap, the 10k t..

Litton Birks Fell Race is a 5 km fell running event held around Litton, near Skipton in North Yorkshire, with the start and finish at the Queens Arms. The course climbs about 362 m (roughly 1188 ft) through Littondale and the Upper Wharfedale landscape, offering a classic Yorkshire Dales fell challe..

Beast of Bamford Fell Race takes place in Bamford, in the Peak District’s Hope Valley. The event offers two routes: a 15 km Beast (660 m ascent) and a 23 km Beastier (1,050 m ascent). The bat-shaped, anticlockwise course traverses Bamford Moor and Bamford Edge, skirts the Ladybower plug holes, and c..

Gods Own Backyard Ultra Fall 2025 takes place at Hunters Greave, Pollard Lane, Hawksworth, Leeds (LS5 3BF). The race uses a 4.167-mile loop run on a mixed course of canal towpath, farmland, woodland and tarmac, with an undulating profile and a dedicated night section along the canal. Following the B..

Tour of Pendle Fell Race is an AL fell race based at Barley Village Hall, Barley (BB12 9LD) in Lancashire. The 27 km (16.8 miles) course climbs about 1,473 m (4,833 ft) and uses the 2015 route still in use today. It demands navigation and experience, with local knowledge advantageous.The event is FR..

Hamsterley Moon Runner-10k is an evening head-torch trail race in Hamsterley Forest, County Durham. The 10k route is fully waymarked, weaving along forest trails and woodland tracks with a mix of hard-packed gravel, twisting dirt paths, steep downhills and occasional mud. The night-time atmosphere i..