How far is the Lyme Half Marathon?

The Lyme Half Marathon is one distance: Half Marathon (21.1 km / 13.1 miles).

Is the Lyme Half Marathon course marked?

Yes, the course is marked. Navigation skills are not required.

What are the cut-offs for the Lyme Half Marathon?

Overall time limits — Half Marathon: 4h.

When is the next Lyme Half Marathon?

Sun, 4 Jul 2027, 08:00. Not open yet.

BigFeat Events Lyme Half Marathon

Lyme (National Trust), Disley, StockportSun, 4 Jul 2027

Gritstone Trail and Kerridge Ridge half marathon from Lyme, Cheshire

21.1 km

13.1 miles

4h cut-off

11:22/km to make it

canalMarked course

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The course

4h cut-off, which needs 11:22/km

What you’re in for

A trail half marathon from the National Trust estate at Lyme, near Disley. The route heads south on the Gritstone Trail, then runs along Kerridge Ridge past White Nancy to Bollington. It returns towards Lyme along the flatter Macclesfield Canal towpath. The start is at 8am, after a safety briefing at 7:55. The course is fully marked and marshalled, with two aid stations and a 4 hour cut-off. The entry fee covers parking and entry to the park and gardens for the day. Bibs are collected 7:00 to 7:45.

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Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Lyme (National Trust), Disley, Stockport, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

VERY HARD

Kinder Scout from Hayfield

13.9km · 469m climb · Loop · 8.9km away

You get onto the highest ground in the Peak District on a route steeped in access history, with the plateau edges giving fast, airy running once you are up.

VERY HARD

Edale Skyline

29.5km · 861m climb · Loop · 16km away

You spend almost the whole loop on the skyline itself, linking gritstone edges and summits with the Edale valley dropping away below you the entire way round.

HARD

Mam Tor and the Great Ridge

12.6km · 502m climb · Loop · 16km away

You run the entire Great Ridge end to end, a paved skyline with the Hope and Edale valleys falling away on either side, then loop through Castleton beneath the caves and old road.

VERY HARD

Bleaklow Head and Torside Clough from Torside Reservoir

16.9km · 425m climb · Loop · 18km away

You get a flat 5km warm-up, one long honest climb onto some of the emptiest peat in England, and then four kilometres of clear, fast descending along the lip of Torside Clough with the reservoir laid out below you.

MODERATE

Torside to Woodhead Tunnels via the Longdendale Trail

10.2km · 51m climb · Out & back · 18km away

It is a rare flat, fast run in the Dark Peak - a traffic-free old railway line running dead level past four reservoirs to the great stone mouths of the Woodhead tunnels.

HARD

Black Hill and Crowden Little Brook Loop

14.4km · 426m climb · Loop · 19km away

Black Hill's peat-black plateau feels as remote as anywhere in the Peak, and the return along the edge above Laddow Rocks is some of the best moor-edge running in the north.

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How to enter

Sun, 4 Jul 2027 · Not open yet · £38

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Common questions

: The Lyme Half Marathon is one distance: Half Marathon (21.1 km / 13.1 miles).
: No course file for the Lyme Half Marathon yet, so there's no measured climb here. When BigFeat Events publish one, this fills in.
: Not graded yet. A TRP grade is worked out from distance and climb measured off the course file, and there isn't one for the Lyme Half Marathon yet.
: Yes, the course is marked. Navigation skills are not required.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Lyme Half Marathon. BigFeat Events confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — Half Marathon: 4h.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Lyme Half Marathon. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the BigFeat Events race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Lyme Half Marathon. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sun, 4 Jul 2027, 08:00. Not open yet.