50 mile races
Fifty miles and thereabouts, roughly 80 km. Most of these finish in the dark whether you planned on it or not.
65 races
September 2026
1 raceOctober 2026
7 races3
Oct
2026
Round Rotherham
Manvers Waterfront Boat Club, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham · Rotherham Harriers
Fifty miles round the borough from Manvers on footpaths, tracks, towpaths and some road, eight hundred metres of climb, seven checkpoints and twenty hours. Forty-third running; the course record is under seven and a half hours.
Entries open
£30–£32
3
Oct
2026
Charm Bracelet 50
Croft on Tees, North Yorkshire · Charm Bracelet Trail Events
Fifty miles from Croft on Tees to the coast.
EXPERT
Entries open
3
Oct
2026
Atlantic Coast Ultra
St Ives Bay Holiday Park, Hayle, Cornwall · Epic Endurance Events
Forty miles of Atlantic coast in a day, Fistral Beach to St Ives Bay.
Entries open
£90
10
Oct
2026
Lakes in a Day
Caldbeck, Cumbria · Durty Events
The whole length of the Lake District in a day, Caldbeck to Cartmel over Helvellyn.
EXPERT
Entries open
10
Oct
2026
Somerset not Levels 50
Crowcombe Village Hall, Somerset · LDWA Cornwall & Devon
Fifty miles in two loops from Crowcombe village hall, one into the Brendon Hills and one onto the Quantocks, with twenty-four hours to do it. A qualifier for the 2027 Jurassic Hundred, and already full.
Event full
24
Oct
2026
Ultra England 50
Keswick, Cumbria · GB Ultras
Fifty-four Lakeland miles from Keswick.
EXPERT
Entries open
24
Oct
2026
Nidderdale Way
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire · Punk Panther
The full Nidderdale Way at fifty-six miles, or a bite of it. Punk Panther's longest.
HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
November 2026
4 races7
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
14
Nov
2026
Wendover Woods 50
Wendover, Buckinghamshire · Centurion Running
Five laps of the steepest fifty miles Centurion put on.
EXPERT
Entries open
15
Nov
2026
Tweed Valley Ultra
Glentress Peel Visitor Centre, near Peebles · High Terrain Events
Sixty-seven or fifty kilometres of forest track, singletrack and heather moor out of Glentress, with the option to drop to the fifty on the day.
VERY HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
28
Nov
2026
Stanza Stones 50 Mile Ultra
Marsden Cricket Club · Cragg Runner
Fifty miles from Marsden to Ilkley past the six Stanza Stones poems, run twice a year in winter and summer.
Entries open
December 2026
1 raceJanuary 2027
2 races9
Jan
2027
Winter Spine Sprint South
Edale, Derbyshire · The Spine Race
Forty-six miles from Edale over Kinder and Bleaklow.
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
February 2027
2 races20
Feb
2027
Roundhay 50
St Andrews Roundhay United Reformed Church, Shaftesbury Avenue, Leeds · LDWA West Yorkshire
Fifty miles in two loops round rural north Leeds from Roundhay, by Temple Newsam, the Meanwood Valley and the Harewood estate, with twenty-two hours and two start times.
Entries open
£35–£50
27
Feb
2027
Chester Ultra 50
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire · GB Ultras
Fifty miles of Cheshire sandstone and canal, from Ellesmere Port.
EXPERT
Entries open
March 2027
5 races6
Mar
2027
Beast of the Blacks
Crickhowell, Powys · Limitless Trails
Ten, twenty or forty miles over the Black Mountains from Crickhowell, with over two and a half thousand metres of climb on the long one.
Entries open
13
Mar
2027
Welcome Way
Otley, West Yorkshire · Punk Panther
Over moors and through woods, by rivers and canals. Half marathon to fifty miles.
HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
20
Mar
2027
Hardmoors 55
Guisborough, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
Guisborough to Helmsley across the Cleveland Hills, in March.
EXPERT
Not open yet
26
Mar
2027
Manchester to Liverpool Ultra 50
Trafford Park, Manchester · GB Ultras
City to city along the Bridgewater and the Leeds–Liverpool.
EXPERT
Entries open
27
Mar
2027
Jurassic Coast Ultra
Portland Masonic Hall, Portland, Dorset · Epic Endurance Events
Forty miles from Abbotsbury to Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast.
Not open yet
£90
April 2027
6 races10
Apr
2027
Lakes Mountain 40
Askham Community Centre, Askham, Cumbria · NAV4 Adventure
Forty fell miles over Helvellyn and High Street, unmarked, off at dawn.
Entries open
10
Apr
2027
Spring in Lakeland
John Ruskin School, Lake Road, Coniston · LDWA Lakeland
Twenty-four miles from Coniston through to Ambleside and back with four thousand four hundred feet of climb, or fifty miles with a second loop to Dunnerdale and Broughton and nearly ten thousand. Navigation required.
Not open yet
10
Apr
2027
South Downs Way 50
Worthing, West Sussex · Centurion Running
Worthing to Eastbourne along the second half of the South Downs Way.
EXPERT
Entries open
17
Apr
2027
Spring Trail Series
Cowdray Estate, West Sussex · Ultra X
The Serpent Trail through the South Downs — five distances, one start line.
Entries open
17
Apr
2027
Shropshire Way 80K Festival
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms · Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
Ten kilometres to eighty across the Shropshire Hills from Craven Arms, over the county's highest ground and through its hillforts.
Entries open
17
Apr
2027
Beast of the Beacons
Henderson Hall, Talybont-on-Usk, Powys · Limitless Trails
Ten, twenty or forty miles over the central Beacons from Talybont-on-Usk, with over two and a half thousand metres of climb on the long one.
Entries open
May 2027
6 races1
May
2027
Ultra X Scotland
Inverness, Highland · Ultra X
Seven race options on the Loch Ness trails, out of Inverness.
Entries open
1
May
2027
Pennine Barrier Ultra 50
Malham, North Yorkshire · GB Ultras
Fifty hard Dales miles out of Malham.
EXPERT
Entries open
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