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It's Grim Up North Running Beautiful Bingley

Fisherman Inn, Wagon Lane, BingleySat, 12 Jun 2027

The June running on the Leeds & Liverpool towpath from the Fisherman at Bingley: 5k to marathon, flat apart from the Three Rise and Five Rise locks.

DistanceAscentPer km
42.2 km Marathon——
20 Mile——
21.1 km Half Marathon——
10 Mile——
10K——
5K——
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What you’re in for

The June race from Bingley, six distances from 5k to marathon, and the one the organiser suggests for pushing up to your next distance. The course is the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath out of Bingley, an out-and-back that turns at a marshal. It is flat apart from the two famous bits: the Three Rise and the Five Rise locks, the Five Rise being the steepest staircase lock flight in Britain, which the towpath climbs beside. Registration and the start are a ten-minute walk apart while the Canal & River Trust are working nearby, and Bingley station is about a mile and a half away. The marathon is the half twice.

Terrain and trail

Surfaced towpath, well kept, and the organiser rates it the best underfoot of their canal courses. The lock flights are the only gradient and they are short and sharp — a proper ramp at the Five Rise and a lesser one at the Three Rise, each way. Otherwise flat, even and fast, with the usual puddles. Feed stations roughly every three miles with drinks, sweets and cake, and the events are cup-less, so bring your own cup or bottle. A GPX is supplied and not every junction has a marshal, so know where the turn is. Over-ear headphones are not allowed, and some road crossings are unmarshalled.

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Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Fisherman Inn, Wagon Lane, Bingley, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

MODERATE
Shipley Glen and Baildon Moor
12.7km · 215m climb · Loop · 2.1km away
You start at the World Heritage village of Saltaire, run the canal and the wooded ravine of Shipley Glen, then climb to the trig on Baildon Moor for a proper moor-top view over Airedale.
The Ilkley SkylineVERY HARD
The Ilkley Skyline
35.1km · 808m climb · Loop · 7.5km away
Eleven kilometres of unbroken moor crest, then you cross the valley and run the skyline back the other way with your entire morning laid out in front of you. It is the biggest day available from an Ilkley train station.
The Twelve Apostles and Rombalds Moor Trig from the Cow and CalfMODERATE
The Twelve Apostles and Rombalds Moor Trig from the Cow and Calf
7.7km · 248m climb · Loop · 8.5km away
You touch the highest point of the moor and a Bronze Age stone circle inside eight kilometres, on paths good enough to run nearly all of. It is the best hour available on Ilkley Moor.
Burley Moor Stone Circles from the Cow and CalfHARD
Burley Moor Stone Circles from the Cow and Calf
11.6km · 320m climb · Loop · 8.5km away
Four thousand years of prehistory in one loop. Rombalds Moor carries over 400 cup-and-ring marked stones, and this route strings the best of them together before dropping you onto two kilometres of Burley Moor that almost nobody runs.
Ilkley Moor from the Cow and CalfMODERATE
Ilkley Moor from the Cow and Calf
9.5km · 287m climb · Loop · 8.8km away
You run straight up onto the moor of the famous song, past the Cow and Calf crags and out to the Twelve Apostles stone circle, with cup-and-ring carvings scattered underfoot.
Checked Jul 2026
Ilkley to Rombalds Moor LoopHARD
Ilkley to Rombalds Moor Loop
15.6km · 373m climb · Loop · 9.5km away
Over 400 prehistoric cup-and-ring carved stones are scattered across this moor, and you'll pass several without trying - a working archaeological landscape disguised as an ordinary heather moor.
Checked Jun 2026

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Sat, 12 Jun 2027 · Entries open · £17–£43

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Common questions

The Beautiful Bingley offers 6 distances: 5K (3.1 miles), 10K (6.2 miles), 10 Mile (16.1 km), Half Marathon (21.1 km / 13.1 miles), 20 Mile (32.2 km), Marathon (42.2 km / 26.2 miles).