Races that need navigation
Races where the course is not fully marked and you are expected to navigate. Carry a map and know how to use it.
176 races
October 2026
9 races17
Oct
2026
Gatliff Marathon
Edenbridge Cricket Club, Kent · COPSE
The forty-second Gatliff: 50km or 25km on footpaths and tracks through the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Weald from Edenbridge, a new route every year, ten hours, five checkpoints and a GPX to download beforehand.
Entries open
£21–£25
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
24
Oct
2026
Ultra England 50
Keswick, Cumbria · GB Ultras
Fifty-four Lakeland miles from Keswick.
EXPERT
Entries open
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
Thames Trail Ultra
Hawkwell House Hotel (Mercure Oxford), Church Way, Iffley, Oxford · Go Beyond Events
47-mile point-to-point on the Thames Path from Iffley to Henley-on-Thames
Not open yet
£70
25
Oct
2026
Essex Walker
Blackmore Village Hall, Essex · LDWA Essex & Herts
A new figure-of-eight from Blackmore village hall: a fifteen-mile loop by Mill Green and Highwood, then eleven more by Wyatts Green and Fryerning for the twenty-six, or a three-mile loop for the eighteen.
Entries open
£15–£22
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
November 2026
9 races7
Nov
2026
Six Dales Circuit
Biggin Village Hall, near Hartington, Derbyshire · LDWA Staffordshire
Twenty-five miles of White Peak dales from Biggin: Biggin, Wolfscote and Beresford Dales to Hartington, Monyash, Lathkill and Bradford Dales, and Long Dale home. Two hundred places.
Entries open
£12–£20
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
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
15
Nov
2026
Steppingley Step
Barton-le-Clay Village Hall, Bedfordshire · LDWA Beds, Bucks & Northants
Twenty-six, eighteen or twelve miles of field paths, tracks and woods through the Bedfordshire hills from Barton-le-Clay, with a start window and checkpoint times to plan around. Part of the group's triple challenge.
Entries open
£10–£15
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
9 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
9
Dec
2026
Winter Downs 200
Mickleham, Surrey · Centurion Running
Two hundred miles of the North and South Downs in December.
EXPERT
Entries open
11
Dec
2026
Winter Downs 100
Arundel, West Sussex · Centurion Running
A hundred miles of downland, starting in the dark of a December afternoon.
EXPERT
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
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
19
Dec
2026
Wandering Wintertime Wobble
Norbury Village Hall, Bishops Castle, Shropshire · LDWA Marches
A new twenty-one-mile route through the Shropshire Hills from Norbury village hall the Saturday before Christmas. Mass start at eight, one checkpoint, hot food at the end.
Not open yet
£15–£20
27
Dec
2026
Midwinter Mortimer Trail
Chapter66 cafe, Ludlow Castle, Ludlow · Andali Events
Self-navigated Mortimer Trail from Ludlow to Kington: 30 mile ultra or 17 miles
Not open yet
£40–£60
January 2027
21 races1
Jan
2027
Hangover Hike
The Leggers Inn, Mill Street, Dewsbury · LDWA The Irregulars
New Year's Day from the Leggers Inn at Dewsbury: twenty-one, thirteen or ten miles, all meeting at one main checkpoint so you can lengthen or shorten on the day, and a hair of the dog at the end.
Entries open
£12–£14
1
Jan
2027
Surrey Inns Kanter
Merstham Village Hall, Station Road North, Merstham · LDWA Surrey
New Year's Day map-reading from Merstham: twelve or twenty miles from a list of grid references, no support on the route, map, compass and pencil essential. Fifty-second running.
Entries open
2
Jan
2027
Green Gateways
Otley, West Yorkshire · Punk Panther
New Year's trail marathon through the green spaces north of Leeds.
HARD TO VERY HARD
Entries open
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