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It's Grim Up North Running Yorkshire Weekend Saunter in Saltaire (May)

Leeds & Liverpool Canal by the Boathouse Inn, Victoria Road, SaltaireSun, 16 May 2027

Five, ten or a half on the Leeds & Liverpool towpath from the Boathouse at Saltaire on a Sunday morning, at your own pace, with places on the day.

DistanceAscentPer km
21.1 km Half Marathon——
10K——
5K——
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Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Leeds & Liverpool Canal by the Boathouse Inn, Victoria Road, Saltaire, 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 · 0.2km 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 · 7.0km 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 · 8.8km 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 · 8.8km 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 · 9.4km 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, Rombalds Moor, Roman Road and AddinghamHARD
Ilkley, Rombalds Moor, Roman Road and Addingham
28.7km · 565m climb · Loop · 10km away
You climb out of pretty Ilkley onto the wide gritstone shoulder of Rombalds Moor, then swing back through the green lower Wharfe valley for a big, varied day close to home.
Checked Jul 2026

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Sun, 16 May 2027 · Entries open · £18–£34

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Common questions

The Yorkshire Weekend Saunter in Saltaire (May) offers 3 distances: 5K (3.1 miles), 10K (6.2 miles), Half Marathon (21.1 km / 13.1 miles).