Forest Of Dean Spring Trails Half Marathon

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom • 22 Mar 2026

Forest of Dean Spring Half Marathon

The Spring Trails Half Marathon is an annual race in the Forest of Dean organised by The Rotary Club of the Royal Forest of Dean with support from the Forestry Commission. The course starts and finishes adjacent to the Speech House Hotel and follows a clockwise loop of well maintained forest trails with gentle inclines. The officially measured half-marathon distance is 13 miles 192.5 yards, run on way-marked trails marked by yellow paint and mile markers. Roads are closed where necessary to allow runners to cross, and the route is fully marshalled and signed.

Race details, entry and awards

Entrants must be 17 years or older on race day. Standard entry fees listed are UKA-affiliated club members £32.00 and non-affiliated runners £34.00; a non-refundable processing fee of £5.00 is included. Manual entries incur an additional £3.00 processing fee. Remaining late entries are offered at a higher fee. Race results are determined by gun timing with individual chip timing for personal performance. Race bibs with integrated timing chips are issued on the morning of the event. There are three water stations at roughly 5 km intervals and drinks at the finish. Road running shoes or trainers are acceptable; spikes should not be worn. The event has been selected as the British Trail Running Championships - Short Distance event and as an England Athletics Age Group Masters trail qualifier. Trophies, team awards, age-category prizes and Top 50 athlete t-shirts are awarded. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Race information

13 mi
Half Marathon (13 Miles 192.5 Yards)
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
Trail runs nearby

The Bristol Epic Trail Ruck will take place in Long Ashton on Sunday 12 October 2025. You can run between 6 and 10 kilometers.

Event details The Herefordshire & Borders Winter Cross-Country League 2025/26 is a five-race series running between 12 October 2025 and 1 February 2026. The series includes races on 12 Oct 2025, 16 Nov 2025, 7 Dec 2025, 4 Jan 2026 and 1..

The Forest of Dean Ultra Marathon will take place in Coleford on Saturday 18 October 2025. You can run 34 miles.

UTMB Index

Keynsham Dandy : Sunday 19 October 2025 Keynsham Dandy is a trail race organised by Town and Country Harriers with race headquarters at The New Inn, 90 Bath Hill, Keynsham, BS31 1HN. The course is about 12.5 miles and starts in Keynsham, fo..

The Witches Whisk - Event details The Witches Whisk is an offroad running event at Pengethley Manor, Ross-on-Wye (what3words: physical.growth.shelf) on 20 October 2025. Entrants choose a target distance and have a time limit of seven hours..

Event format The Halloween 7in7 takes place from 20th to 26th October 2025 at Pengethley Manor, Ross-on-Wye (what3words: physical.growth.shelf). The event runs over seven consecutive days. Each day allows a single timed attempt on a looped..