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LDWA South Pennine South Pennine 24

Dovestone Sailing Club, Greenfield, SaddleworthSat, 27 Feb 2027

Twenty-four miles from Dovestone sailing club above Greenfield over the moors and bridleways of the Dark Peak and South Pennines. Register and go between eight and nine; 150 places.

24 Mile

39 km

10h cut-off

15:32/km to make it

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The course

10h cut-off, which needs 15:32/km

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Cut-offs

10 hours, all to finish by 18:00.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Dovestone Sailing Club, Greenfield, Saddleworth, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

HARD
Black Hill and Crowden Little Brook Loop
14.4km · 426m climb · Loop · 7.0km 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.
VERY HARD
Bleaklow Head and Torside Clough from Torside Reservoir
16.9km · 425m climb · Loop · 7.4km 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 · 7.4km 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
Easter Gate, March Haigh and Black Moss Reservoirs
16.8km · 349m climb · Loop · 8.2km away
You string together three reservoirs and a stretch of the Pennine Way on quiet moor tracks, with the whole of Marsden Moor opening out around you and almost nobody else about.
VERY HARD
Holme Moss to Snailsden and Britland Edge Hill
10.4km · 155m climb · Loop · 8.4km away
It packs a genuine sense of wilderness into ten kilometres - trackless peat, two rarely-visited tops and the huge radio mast of Holme Moss as your landmark all the way round.
HARD
Marsden 10 Mile Challenge
16.4km · 357m climb · Loop · 9.0km away
It is the whole of Marsden Moor in one loop - Wessenden, Standedge and the reservoir chain - on ground that carries centuries of packhorse and canal history, and you can run it door to door from the train.

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How to enter

Sat, 27 Feb 2027 · Not open yet · £18–£26

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Common questions

The South Pennine 24 is one distance: 24 Mile (38.6 km).