St Edmund Way Ultra
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St Edmund Way Ultra
The St Edmund Way Ultra is a new winter ultramarathon held on 5 December 2026. The route covers 76 mi across Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, beginning at the Flatford Mill National Trust site and finishing at Santon Downham Village Hall. The course follows riverside trails and country lanes where wet weather and flooded paths are possible.
The event has a strict overall time limit of 28 hours and offers live GPS tracking via Open Tracking. Finishers receive a bespoke wooden medal and there are wooden trophies for the first male and first female finishers.
Key checkpoints are located at approximately 17 miles (Bures Football Club), 28 miles (Melford Cock and Bell Pub), 45 miles (Bury St Edmunds, exact location to be confirmed) and 63 miles (Barnham Cross Nunnery Bridges car park). Cutoffs apply at checkpoints and at the finish to enforce the overall 28 hour limit.
Entry uses dynamic pricing in three tiers: Special Early (first 25 entrants, £80), Early Bird (next 25 entrants, £100) and Standard (remaining entries, £120). Entries close two weeks before the race. Transport from the finish back to the start is available for a fee of £15. Vehicles may be left overnight at the Flatford Mill National Trust car park at the owner’s risk; overnight parking at Santon Downham is not available.
A mandatory winter kit list is enforced. Required items include the ability to carry at least 1L of fluids, waterproof jacket and trousers with taped seams, a headtorch rated to at least 100 lumens with enough power for a full night, a fully charged mobile phone, a spare long sleeve base layer, a survival bag or foil emergency bivvy, a minimum of 1000 calories of food from the start, warm hat and gloves, and route maps or a GPS device. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
