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Batch Bash

Name: Batch Bash
Start: 2026-05-20
End: 2026-05-20
Location: All Stretton

All Stretton, United Kingdom • 20 May 2026

Batch Bash

Batch Bash is scheduled for 20 May 2026 in All Stretton with registration at the Yew Tree Inn (SY6 6HG). The event is part of the Shropshire Summer Series and is organised as a charity race; the charities are to be decided and will include a local charity.

The main course is a short fell-style race with a listed distance of 5.3 km and a total ascent of 305 m. Entry is available by pre-entry or on-the-day; entry fees are listed as £7 pre-entry and £10 on the day. Pre-entry is available via SI Entries.

Parking is provided in a field just outside the village: continue through All Stretton towards Church Stretton and the field is the first on the left as you leave the village, by Starr Lane.

A junior event is planned with multiple junior categories, for example 2.5 km with about 200 m climb. Minimum junior age group is U10 and age groups are based on age at the end of 2026. Specific junior race details are to be confirmed.

Course record times noted for previous years include 24:50 (2019) and 29:22 (2018). Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United Kingdom West Midlands (England) All Stretton

Race information

Website

5 km

Batch Bash

Junior Event

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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