Shropshire Way 80K Festival

Craven Arms, United Kingdom • 3 Apr 2027

Shropshire Way 80k Festival

The Shropshire Way 80k is a spring running and walking festival in the Shropshire Hills. The first weekend of April attracts hundreds of runners and walkers to routes that showcase local food, history and landscape. The event is organised by the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre and operated by the charity Grow Cook Learn.

The festival is a fundraiser for Grow Cook Learn. Funds raised are used to support the charity’s education programme, including teaching children from inner‑city areas about how food is grown.

Routes run across varied trail terrain, including high peaks, ancient woodlands, market towns, hillforts, castles and river valleys. Checkpoints on longer routes provide local food and drink. The festival includes these distances:

  • 80 km SW80K, 24 hour time limit
  • 42 km Mammothon, 12 hour time limit, about 1000 m elevation
  • 21 km Half Mammothon, 6 hour time limit, about 650 m elevation
  • 10 km Tusker 10k, 4 hour time limit

Spaces are limited for the event. The festival is centred at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms, Shropshire. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Race information

80 km
Sw80k
Marathon
Mammothon
Half Marathon
Half Mammothon
10 km
Tusker 10k
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
Trail runs nearby

A 6.5 km hill run from Trefonen Village Hall with 150 m of ascent, mixed farmland, woods and country lanes. The partly waymarked course includes varied underfoot conditions and a trig point on Mynydd Myfyr; entry is available on the day.

Crocodile 8 on 24 May 2026 is a hilly trail and tarmac race around Tillington and Burghill with music en route and an after-event party at Burghill Community Academy. Senior and junior distances are available.

A reworked May 2026 50 mile trail around Telford passing Ironbridge and the Wrekin, with four checkpoints, recommended trail shoes and a 9PM cut off. Participants report good waymarking and well stocked aid stations.

03 June 2026 at Kinver Edge, a 10 km trail run over two laps on local tracks with varied climbs. Canicross is permitted and advance entries cost £10, with limited places and series entry open until 1 May 2026.

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