Trail races in January 2027
Graded and mapped the same way as our routes.
41 races
January 2027
41 races1
Jan
2027
Hangover Hike
The Leggers Inn, Mill Street, Dewsbury · LDWA The Irregulars
New Year's Day from the Leggers Inn at Dewsbury: twenty-one, thirteen or ten miles, all meeting at one main checkpoint so you can lengthen or shorten on the day, and a hair of the dog at the end.
Entries open
£12–£14
1
Jan
2027
Surrey Inns Kanter
Merstham Village Hall, Station Road North, Merstham · LDWA Surrey
New Year's Day map-reading from Merstham: twelve or twenty miles from a list of grid references, no support on the route, map, compass and pencil essential. Fifty-second running.
Entries open
2
Jan
2027
Green Gateways
Otley, West Yorkshire · Punk Panther
New Year's trail marathon through the green spaces north of Leeds.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
3
Jan
2027
Stansted Stagger
St John's Church Hall, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex · LDWA Essex & Herts
Twenty-five miles north from Stansted Mountfitchet across the Stort at Manuden and out to Braughing in a punctured figure of eight. Nine hours, three checkpoints, twenty-fifth running.
Entries open
£15–£25
9
Jan
2027
CTS North Cornwall
Polzeath, Cornwall · Endurancelife
Polzeath and the north Cornish cliffs.
HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
9
Jan
2027
Winter Spine Challenger South
Edale, Derbyshire · The Spine Race
Edale to Hardraw, the southern hundred of the Pennine Way in winter.
Event full
9
Jan
2027
Hardmoors 30
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
Robin Hood's Bay to Scarborough on cliff path and cinder track.
VERY HARD
Not open yet
9
Jan
2027
Leeds Country Way Winter Ultra South
Miners Welfare Hall, 56 Main St, Garforth, Leeds · Great Owl Running
Self-navigated 59km winter ultra on the Leeds Country Way, Garforth-Greengates
Not open yet
£50
9
Jan
2027
Fitstuff G3 No 1
Newlands Corner, Guildford · Rory Macpherson Ltd (G3 Run Series and The Hurt)
Round 1 of the G3 winter trail series: 10km or 15km at Newlands Corner
Not open yet
9
Jan
2027
Country to Capital Ultra
The Shoulder of Mutton, 20 Pound Street, Wendover, Aylesbury · Go Beyond Events
43 miles from Wendover to Little Venice by trail and Grand Union towpath
Not open yet
9
Jan
2027
Hardmoors 15
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
A winter ultra that calls itself fifteen and measures eighteen.
HARD
Not open yet
9
Jan
2027
Winter Wipeout
Ingram Cafe, Ingram, Northumberland · Cold Brew Events
Up Hedgehope and back in deep winter, whatever the weather.
Entries open
9
Jan
2027
Yorkshire Trail Runs - Harewood House
Harewood House Leeds Ls17 9Lg · Wild Deer Events
Five, ten or twenty-one kilometres in the Harewood House estate.
Not open yet
9
Jan
2027
Winter Spine Sprint South
Edale, Derbyshire · The Spine Race
Forty-six miles from Edale over Kinder and Bleaklow.
Event full
10
Jan
2027
Winter Spine
Edale, Derbyshire · The Spine Race
The whole Pennine Way in January, non-stop, in seven hours of daylight a day.
Event full
10
Jan
2027
Ey Up, It's Baltic in Bridlington
The Ship Inn, Cliff Road, Sewerby, Bridlington · It's Grim Up North Running
An out-and-back from the cliffs at Sewerby along the promenade through Bridlington and back, 5k to marathon, with a hot meal at the Ship Inn after. Paved most of the way, so road shoes.
Entries open
£18–£43
10
Jan
2027
Leeds Country Way Winter Ultra North
St John's Community Church, 19 Carr Bottom Rd, Greengates, Bradford · Great Owl Running
Self-navigated 43km winter ultra on the Leeds Country Way, Greengates-Garforth
Not open yet
£50
10
Jan
2027
Winchester Trail Run
Sparsholt College, Westley Ln, Sparsholt, Winchester, Hampshire · UK Running Events
January trail half or 12k around Farley Mount from Sparsholt College
MODERATE TO HARD
Not open yet
£39.5–£44.5
10
Jan
2027
Winter Spine Challenger North
Hardraw, North Yorkshire · The Spine Race
Hardraw to Kirk Yetholm, the northern hundred and sixty, starting at dusk.
Event full
12
Jan
2027
Winter Spine Sprint North
Brown Rigg, Northumberland · The Spine Race
Forty-three miles from Brown Rigg to the finish at Kirk Yetholm.
Event full
16
Jan
2027
Winter Canal Canter
Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wyther Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds · It's Grim Up North Running
January on the Leeds & Liverpool towpath at Kirkstall: 10k to ultra on a flat out-and-back, laps of it for the longer distances.
Entries open
£29–£43
16
Jan
2027
The Maverick New Forest Gravel
Burley, Hampshire · Maverick Race
Holmsley and the New Forest gravel tracks.
MODERATE TO HARD
Entries open
16
Jan
2027
BigBeyond Trails (Aether)
Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Gravel Hill, Horndean · BigFeat Events
New January night race on the South Downs Way from QECP, 12 miles to 50km
Not open yet
£38–£70
16
Jan
2027
Storm the Fort
Brean Down, Burnham-on-Sea · Channel Events
Night trail run on Brean Down, through the old fort; 5k lap or 10k
Not open yet
£21
17
Jan
2027
Winter Tanners
Leatherhead, Surrey · LDWA Surrey
The forty-eighth Tanners: thirty or twenty miles of the Surrey Hills from Leatherhead on a route that is new every January, with minimal support and all back by seven.
Entries open
£10–£33
22
Jan
2027
Arc 100M
Coverack, Cornwall · Arc of Attrition by UTMB
Coverack to Perranporth along the whole arc of the Cornish coast, in January.
EXPERT
Entries open
23
Jan
2027
CTS South Devon
Beesands, Devon · Endurancelife
Beesands and the South West Coast Path.
HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
23
Jan
2027
Frostbite Sir Titus Trot
Leeds & Liverpool Canal by the Boathouse Inn, Victoria Road, Saltaire · It's Grim Up North Running
A winter out-and-back on the Leeds & Liverpool towpath from Saltaire, 10k to marathon. Flat, nearly, and icy in places some years. Sells out.
Entries open
£29–£43
23
Jan
2027
Arc 100K
Land's End, Cornwall · Arc of Attrition by UTMB
Land's End to Perranporth Airfield on the wildest of the Atlantic coast.
EXPERT
Entries open
23
Jan
2027
Kirkstall Calverley Cutter
Kirkstall Bridge Inn, 12 Bridge Rd, Leeds · Great Owl Running
16km canal, riverside and Calverley Cutting trail race, plus a flat 10km
Not open yet
£22–£24
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