Trail Running Calendar United Kingdom 2025-2026

The PIGUM 2026 is a thrilling 30-mile ultra marathon set in Abergavenny, known as the Gateway to Wales. This challenging trail run features 5,000 feet of elevation, taking participants over mountain peaks and scenic trails, including the iconic Sugar Loaf mountain, which offers stunning panoramic vi..

Peak District Challenge, part of Ultra Challenge’s series, takes place in the Southern Peak District around Bakewell, Derbyshire. The event offers several distances: 100 km Full (with a two-day daylight option), 50 km, 25 km loops, and a 10-mile Bakewell option. The route forms a scenic figure‑of‑ei..

July the Turd, organized by How Hard Can It Be Events, is a playful running event set in the Ironbridge valley of Shropshire. Distances offered are 8 miles, 16 miles, or a marathon. The marathon is run as three laps, with the half (ish) marathon in two laps, and an 8‑mile option also available.The c..

The Birmingham Black Country Half Marathon (BBCHM) is a point-to-point half marathon from Wolverhampton City Centre to Brindley Place in Birmingham, run mainly along canal towpaths. The course is largely flat with some locks and bridges and features the notable Coseley Tunnel (360m). It uses seeded..

Summits of The North York Moors Ultra is a roughly 120-mile circular foot race organized by SilverBackTrails, starting and finishing at Goathland Village Hall in the North York Moors National Park. The route climbs the ten highest hills on the moors, traversing moorland on ancient tracks and trods,..

Great Hucklow Fell Race is a 10 km (6 miles) fell running event around Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, on the Dark Peak and White Peak border. The course is unique, varied and challenging, with 340 m ascent. Runners start in the village, cross moorland to Abney Moor trig point, pass Abney Moor and a rese..

The Bishop's Stortford Mitre 10k, 5k, and 1k is a community road race held in East Hertfordshire, starting from Jobbers Wood sports ground near Much Hadham. Open to all ages and abilities, the event features professionally measured 10k and 5k courses on traffic-free country lanes with gentle undulat..

Fen Gallop 2026 is a scenic running event held in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, featuring flat, multi-terrain courses along country roads, footpaths, and bridleways. Participants can choose between a 10K race or a shorter 4-mile option, both offering chip timing. The event welcomes runners aged 15 and..

Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon is a 21.1km trail race along The Ridgeway National Trail in Buckinghamshire, starting and finishing in Wendover. The course runs from Wendover to Whiteleaf Hill Nature Reserve near Princes Risborough, with a forested loop en route before returning to the start. It is a f..

The Blacksheep 3 and 6 Hour Challenge is a trail running event held in Masham, on the edge of the scenic North Yorkshire Dales. Participants can choose to run for either three or six hours, completing as many loops as possible within their chosen time. The course features a mostly flat terrain with..

The Thursley Common 10km is a scenic trail running event held at Thursley National Nature Reserve in Surrey, one of the largest heathland areas in the region. The 10km course is notably flat, making it ideal for trail running beginners and those seeking a relaxed group run experience. Participants e..

Wheelbirks Summer 10k Trail is a running event held at Wheelbirks Parlour in Stocksfield, Northumberland. The 10-kilometre course starts and finishes at the ice cream parlour, offering a varied terrain of farm field boundaries, forest and woodland trails, plus steep technical climbs and descents and..

The Severn Challenge is a grueling 220-mile, five-day multistage ultra marathon in the UK, following the longest riverside path from the source of the River Severn in Wales to its mouth. The race is divided into five unique stages ranging from 26 to 59 miles each, with a total ascent of over 3,000 m..

The MTC Hafren Ultra is Day 1 of the Severn Challenge, a 27‑mile point‑to‑point ultra from Rhyd-y-benwych picnic area near Llanidloes to the Mid Wales Arts Centre in Caersws. The route begins with a demanding four‑mile mountain trek up Plynlimon to the Severn source, famed for boggy terrain, then fo..

The MTC Severn Plod Ultra is a 48‑mile, point‑to‑point ultramarathon run by Ultra Running Ltd. It starts at the Mid Wales Art Centre in Maesmawr, Caersws, Powys, and finishes at a Premier Inn in Shrewsbury. The course follows the River Severn, diverting inland briefly before rejoining the river at D..

The MTC Severn Path Ultra is a point-to-point 59-mile ultramarathon from The Premier Inn in Shrewsbury to the Travelodge Worcester. The route stays flat along the River Severn, crossing at Atcham and passing Cressage, Buildwas, Ironbridge, Jackfield and Coalport, then continues through Apley Forge,..

Hope Trail Festival is a multi-day trail endurance event held at Newnham Park, near Plymouth in Devon. It offers 12-, 24-, and 36-hour timed races on a single, well-marked 5-mile loop through the private estate’s woodland. Runners can enter as soloists, in pairs, or in teams of up to eight, with a f..

Yr Wyddfa Snowdon24 is a 24-hour ultra trail race based in Llanberis at the foot of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), the highest peak in Snowdonia and in England and Wales, at 1,085 m (3,560 ft). Runners attempt to ascend and descend the mountain as many times as possible within 24 hours. The event offers solo..

Lyke Wake Challenge is a 40-mile point-to-point endurance event from Osmotherley to Ravenscar, run by the Quakers Running Club. The route covers moorland, trails, and some road, finishing in the grounds of Raven Hall at Ravenscar. Runners pass seven checkpoints (Carlton Bank, Clay Bank, the Lion Inn..

The MTC Severn Way Ultra is a 57-mile point-to-point ultra along the Severn from Travelodge Worcester to Travelodge Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, passing Grimley, Worcester, Upton-on-Severn, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Epney, Priding and Frampton-on-Severn. The route is described as comparatively flat,..