Spire Ultra
North Wingfield, United Kingdom • 9 May 2026
Spire Ultra
The Spire Ultra is a 10th‑edition, 33 mile trail race around Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire. The route largely follows the Chesterfield Round Walk, which circles the town known for its Crooked Spire. The course passes high moorland, ancient woodland, reservoirs, rolling farmland and restored former mining areas, offering a variety of surfaces and scenery.
The route is largely unmarked, with a few trickier navigation sections marked. Organisers provide route notes and GPX files and some Chesterfield Round waymarks are present. Runners may wish to bring a paper map as backup to aid navigation.
Registration takes place at North Wingfield Community Resource Centre, Whiteleas Avenue, North Wingfield, S42 5PW, with free car parking at the centre and on adjoining estate roads.
A nine-hour time limit applies; to finish within that time, runners must have left Checkpoint 4 by 2pm. Checkpoints are positioned as follows: CP1 Spitewinter (6 miles), CP2 Ladywood (10.5 miles), CP3 Barlow (15 miles), CP4 Hundall (19 miles), CP5 Brimington (22 miles) and CP6 Sutton Scarsdale (27 miles). Every checkpoint supplies water; checkpoints 2, 4 and 6 also provide food. There is medic cover on the course and at race headquarters. All finishers receive a special tenth‑anniversary memento; prizes are awarded to first male and female finishers and light refreshments are available at the finish. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.