Fell races
Steep, rough and usually unmarked. Races on proper fell ground.
60 races
November 2026
3 races14
Nov
2026
Wooler Trail Marathon
Wooler Hostel (YHA), 30 Cheviot Street, Wooler · Trail Outlaws
28.5-mile November hill marathon through the Cheviots from Wooler
EXPERT
Not open yet
15
Nov
2026
Wooler Trail Half Marathon
Wooler Hostel (YHA), 30 Cheviot Street, Wooler · Trail Outlaws
14-mile hill half from Wooler over Yeavering Bell
HARD
Not open yet
21
Nov
2026
The Kendal Mountain Trail Runs
Kendal, Cumbria · Maverick Race
Kendal Mountain Festival — 50km, 25km and a 10km that is really 11.8.
Entries open
December 2026
3 races5
Dec
2026
The Cheviot Goat
Ingram Village Hall, Breamish Valley, Northumberland · Cold Brew Events
Fifty-nine miles of the Cheviots in December, unmarked, on peat and open hill.
Entries open
19
Dec
2026
Tour de Helvellyn
Askham Community Centre, Askham, Cumbria · NAV4 Adventure
A winter circuit of Helvellyn from Askham, unmarked, on the shortest Saturday of the year.
EXPERT
Entries open
31
Dec
2026
Trails and Ales New Years Eve Fell Race
The Little Tea Room At Higher Derbyshire, Rivington, Bolton · Trail Blazing Events
7-mile New Year's Eve fell race from Rivington, with pint and pie at the finish
Not open yet
£19
January 2027
7 races9
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
Winter Wipeout
Ingram Cafe, Ingram, Northumberland · Cold Brew Events
Up Hedgehope and back in deep winter, whatever the weather.
Entries open
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
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
31
Jan
2027
That's Lyth
Abbot Hall Social Centre, Kendal · LDWA Lakeland
Twenty-three and a half miles from Kendal over Cunswick Fell, Whitbarrow Scar and Scout Scar, nine hours, three checkpoints and a cut-off at the third.
Not open yet
£15–£22.5
February 2027
2 races6
Feb
2027
The Duergar Nightcrawler
Newcastle House, Rothbury, Northumberland · Cold Brew Events
Ten miles out of Rothbury after dark, up first and down after.
Entries open
28
Feb
2027
provisional
Three Forts Trail Challenge
Wooler Hostel, 30 Cheviot Street, Wooler · Trail Outlaws
13.5-mile hill challenge over three hillforts from Wooler
VERY HARD
Not open yet
March 2027
3 races13
Mar
2027
We Need To Talk About Chevin
Station Top, East Chevin Road, Otley (opposite Wharfedale Farmers Market) · Great Owl Running
Otley Chevin fell races: 14km BM and 9km BS
Not open yet
£14–£16
14
Mar
2027
provisional
Carrock Fell Race
Calebreck car park, Caldbeck, Cumbria · Northern Fells Running Club
Nine kilometres and five hundred metres of climb over Carrock Fell and High Pike.
Not open yet
20
Mar
2027
Grasmere Wild Trail Runs
Grasmere Lakeland Sports & Show Stock Ln, Grasmere, Ambleside La22 9Sj · Wild Deer Events
Five, ten or twenty-one kilometres from the Grasmere showfield.
HARD
Not open yet
April 2027
8 races3
Apr
2027
Northern Traverse
St Bees, Cumbria · Ultra X
Wainwright's Coast to Coast raced non-stop, St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay.
Event full
10
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
Skipton Skedaddle
Skipton, North Yorkshire · Punk Panther
Out of the market town and into the Dales — Malham Tarn, Gordale Scar and Pen-y-ghent on the long one.
HARD TO VERY HARD
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
Hawkshead Trails
Hawkshead, Cumbria · Lakeland Trails
Out of Hawkshead into the Grizedale woods.
HARD
Not open yet
24
Apr
2027
The Fellsman
Ingleton, North Yorkshire · The Fellsman
Sixty-one miles across the Dales from Ingleton to Threshfield, navigating all the way.
Not open yet
24
Apr
2027
The Fellsman Dart
Redshaw checkpoint, Hawes to Ingleton road, North Yorkshire · The Fellsman
Half the Fellsman, thirty miles from Redshaw to Threshfield.
Not open yet
24
Apr
2027
Three Peaks Race
Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire · Three Peaks Race
Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough from Horton, as it has been since 1954.
Not open yet
May 2027
5 races1
May
2027
Pennine Barrier Ultra 50
Malham, North Yorkshire · GB Ultras
Fifty hard Dales miles out of Malham.
EXPERT
Entries open
1
May
2027
Staveley Trails
Staveley, Cumbria · Lakeland Trails
Kentmere from Staveley Recreation Ground, with a 5K for everyone else.
HARD
Not open yet
8
May
2027
Pennine 39
Alston YHA, Alston, Cumbria · NAV4 Adventure
The best of the Pennine Way, Bowlees to Alston over Cross Fell.
Entries open
8
May
2027
The Lap (Clockwise)
Finsthwaite Hall, Cumbria · The Lap
The same seventy-five kilometres of Windermere from Finsthwaite Hall, the other way round.
Event full
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