Moorland races
Races across open moor — exposed, often boggy, and rarely as fast as the profile suggests.
115 races
October 2026
10 races17
Oct
2026
Rip 'n' Run XL
Wadsworth Community Centre, Old Town, Hebden Bridge · She Strides Events
40-mile moor-and-lane loop above Hebden Bridge, or two laps for 80 miles
EXPERT
Not open yet
£60–£110
17
Oct
2026
Ultra Tour of the Yorkshire Dales
Devonshire Institute, 48 Main Street, Grassington, North Yorkshire · Due North Events
Grassington to Malham Tarn, Arncliffe and Wharfedale, with route choice between checkpoints.
VERY HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
18
Oct
2026
Signpost Challenge Hike
Marple Senior Citizens Hall, Memorial Park, Marple · LDWA South Manchester
A hilly twenty-four or seventeen miles from Marple over Werneth Low and Cown Edge, the long route going on over Lantern Pike and back by New Mills and the Goyt Valley. Breakfast before, hot meal after.
Entries open
18
Oct
2026
Four Reservoirs 53KM Ultra Run and 25KM Trail Run
Shotley Bridge, County Durham · Wild Deer Events
Past four reservoirs out of Shotley Bridge, twenty-five kilometres or fifty-two.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Not open yet
24
Oct
2026
Nidderdale Way
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire · Punk Panther
The full Nidderdale Way at fifty-six miles, or a bite of it. Punk Panther's longest.
HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
24
Oct
2026
CTS North York Moors
Ravenscar, North Yorkshire · Endurancelife
Moorland and cliff from Ravenscar.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
30
Oct
2026
Selworthy Stargazer
North Hill, Minehead · Channel Events
5k or 10k night trail run over Selworthy Beacon in the Exmoor Dark Sky Reserve
Not open yet
£21
31
Oct
2026
Race You To The Summit
Summit Inn, Littleborough · Cragg Runner
A four-mile Halloween fell race from the Summit Inn at Littleborough, with eight hundred feet of climb in it.
Entries open
31
Oct
2026
Sutton Bank Sizzler
Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
Seven miles by headtorch off the Sutton Bank edge.
HARD
Not open yet
31
Oct
2026
Dark Skies Run @ Wooler
Wooler Hostel, 30 Cheviot Street, Wooler · Trail Outlaws
Night half marathon and 10K over the hillforts above Wooler
HARD TO VERY HARD
Not open yet
November 2026
13 races1
Nov
2026
Excalibur Winter Trail Races
Coed Moel Famau Car Park · Excalibur Trail Races
Winter 17km and 10km hill races over Moel Famau
Not open yet
£35–£40
7
Nov
2026
Kilburn Kanter
Kilburn Village Institute, North Yorkshire · LDWA North Yorkshire
Twenty-four miles from Kilburn round the western edge of the North York Moors: Oldstead, Cold Kirby, Hawnby, High Paradise, Boltby, Gormire, Sutton Bank and the White Horse. Two hundred places and usually full by October.
Entries open
£13–£20
7
Nov
2026
CTS Gower
Oxwich Bay, Swansea · Endurancelife
Oxwich Bay, and the Gower coast the hard way.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
7
Nov
2026
Goathland Trail Races
Goathland, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
Moor tops and steam trains out of Goathland.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Not open yet
8
Nov
2026
Soyland Moor
Hinchliffe Arms, Cragg Vale · Cragg Runner
Thirteen and a half miles of fell over Soyland Moor from the Hinchliffe Arms at Cragg Vale, under FRA rules.
Entries open
14
Nov
2026
Wharfedale Skyline
Otley, West Yorkshire · Punk Panther
Otley to the high ground above Wharfedale, by way of Yeadon Tarn.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
14
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
14
Nov
2026
Burrator Noir
The Discovery Centre, Burrator Reservoir · Wild Running
12-mile night trail race from Burrator Reservoir towards Princetown and back
Not open yet
£32
15
Nov
2026
Tweed Valley Ultra
Glentress Peel Visitor Centre, near Peebles · High Terrain Events
Sixty-seven or fifty kilometres of forest track, singletrack and heather moor out of Glentress, with the option to drop to the fifty on the day.
VERY HARD TO EXPERT
Entries open
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
Peak District South & North
Edale, Derbyshire · Ranger Ultras
Fifty kilometres on the Saturday, forty-three on the Sunday, or both across one weekend.
Entries open
28
Nov
2026
Machen Trail Races
Machen Welfare Ground, Tyn-y-Waun Road, Machen · Ridge Runners
Winter trail half and marathon over Rudry Common and Machen Mountain
HARD TO VERY HARD
Not open yet
£40–£50
28
Nov
2026
Stanza Stones 50 Mile Ultra
Marsden Cricket Club · Cragg Runner
Fifty miles from Marsden to Ilkley past the six Stanza Stones poems, run twice a year in winter and summer.
Entries open
December 2026
5 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
12
Dec
2026
Christmas Cracker
Otley, West Yorkshire · Punk Panther
A December loop out of Otley over Norwood Edge and the Washburn.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
12
Dec
2026
The Regular Irregular
Brockholes Village Hall, Holmfirth · LDWA The Irregulars
Loops of 11.6, 7.2 and 4.2 miles round the Holmfirth hills from Brockholes, as many or as few as you like, nine hours, tea and toast to start and a meal to finish.
Entries open
£12–£15
12
Dec
2026
Moors The Merrier 21
Mytholmroyd Community Centre · Cragg Runner
Twenty-one miles round the moors above Hebden Bridge in December, in a Santa hat, with a present for the bran tub.
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
8 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
Hardmoors 15
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire · Hardmoors
A winter ultra that calls itself fifteen and measures eighteen.
HARD
Not open yet
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