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Every route within 15 km of the town, nearest first. Pick where you can park or get off the train.
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622 UK trail races. Graded from the course file where we have one, with runner reviews and what people wore on the day.
7
Nov
2026
Black Sheep Winter
Tafarn y Fic, Llithfaen · Black Sheep Events
A 60km November loop of the Llŷn from Tafarn y Fic in Llithfaen: up to Yr Eifl by the Steps of Hell, down through Nant Gwrtheyrn, the Mariners Trail to Abersoch and lanes back, solo or as a relay of four.
Entries open
£85
7
Nov
2026
Six Dales Circuit
Biggin Village Hall, near Hartington, Derbyshire · LDWA Staffordshire
Twenty-five miles of White Peak dales from Biggin: Biggin, Wolfscote and Beresford Dales to Hartington, Monyash, Lathkill and Bradford Dales, and Long Dale home. Two hundred places.
Entries open
£12–£20
7
Nov
2026
Beacons Ultra
Henderson Hall, Talybont-on-Usk · Andali Events
November Brecon Beacons races from Talybont-on-Usk: 50 miles, marathon, half
Not open yet
£35–£80
7
Nov
2026
Kilburn Kanter
Kilburn Village Institute, North Yorkshire · LDWA North Yorkshire
Twenty-four miles from Kilburn round the western edge of the North York Moors: Oldstead, Cold Kirby, Hawnby, High Paradise, Boltby, Gormire, Sutton Bank and the White Horse. Two hundred places and usually full by October.
Entries open
£13–£20
7
Nov
2026
CTS Gower
Oxwich Bay, Swansea · Endurancelife
Oxwich Bay, and the Gower coast the hard way.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
7
Nov
2026
Goathland Trail Races
Goathland, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
Moor tops and steam trains out of Goathland.
HARD TO VERY HARD
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Run wild in the National Parks
The UK's wildest running — mapped, graded and written up honestly.
Yorkshire Dales
Limestone pavements, green lanes and open moor: the Yorkshire Dales is some of England's most runnable trail country, from gentle valley loops to the full Three Peaks.
Lake District
The biggest fell running country in England: steep climbs, long runnable ridges and flat lake laps for the easy days, from Catbells to the Bob Graham legs.
Peak District
Gritstone edges and peat moor in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White, and a railway line running straight through the middle of it all.
From the journal
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Ten trail runs from Settle, 6.6km to 41.5km, all with free GPX, from Victoria Cave and the Stainforth waterfalls to the Three Peaks by train.
10 of the Best Trail Running Routes Near Ilkley
Ten trail runs from Ilkley, 7.7km to 35.1km, all with free GPX — from a bluebell wood loop to the 35km Ilkley Skyline.
Best Trail Running Poles for Ultras and Steep Routes
Buy the Leki Ultratrail FX.One Superlite if you race and know your length, the Harrier Helvellyn Carbon if it is your first carbon pair, the Harrier Catbells if you are not sure poles are for you yet.
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Every route says how it was checked — run by us, run by a contributor, or checked from the GPX file — and when. No route pretends to be more than it is.
Honest, both ways
We never undersell a brutal climb or dress an easy route up as an adventure. If we say it's runnable, it is.
Everything you'd ask a mate
Where to park, where the water is, where the climbs bite, where to bail if the weather turns.
The TRP Grade, in ten seconds
Two scores: Effort (E1–E5, distance + climb) and Terrain (T1–T5, what's underfoot). The higher one sets the label. A flat 40km towpath and a technical 8km fell route are hard in different ways — one number can't tell the truth about both.
A gentle introduction. If you run at all, you can do this.
A solid run. Comfortable for anyone running weekly.
A proper outing. Bring food and water.
A big day. Fitness and planning required.
Means something when we say it. Mountain experience essential.