Trail running routes, races and reviews you can actually use
Every route has been run and checked by a person. Every race says where its facts came from and when we last checked. Both tell you what you're in for before you go.
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Start from a town
Every route within 15 km of the town, nearest first. Pick where you can park or get off the train.
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622 UK trail races. Graded from the course file where we have one, with runner reviews and what people wore on the day.
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
Knaresborough Soft Shoe Shuffle
Start of the Beryl Burton Cycleway, Knaresborough · It's Grim Up North Running
A 6.5-mile trail lap from the centre of Knaresborough, up through the parkland and along the old railway towards Harrogate, run once for the ten-k-ish and five times for the ultra. Road shoes advised.
Entries open
£29–£56
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
18
Oct
2026
Blackpit 10km & 5km
Blackpit Brewery · Racing Line Running
Brewery trail 10km or 5km on estate trails near Silverstone and Stowe
Not open yet
£24–£32
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
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Run wild in the National Parks
The UK's wildest running — mapped, graded and written up honestly.
Yorkshire Dales
Limestone pavements, green lanes and open moor: the Yorkshire Dales is some of England's most runnable trail country, from gentle valley loops to the full Three Peaks.
Lake District
The biggest fell running country in England: steep climbs, long runnable ridges and flat lake laps for the easy days, from Catbells to the Bob Graham legs.
Peak District
Gritstone edges and peat moor in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White, and a railway line running straight through the middle of it all.
From the journal
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Ten trail runs from Settle, 6.6km to 41.5km, all with free GPX, from Victoria Cave and the Stainforth waterfalls to the Three Peaks by train.
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Ten trail runs from Ilkley, 7.7km to 35.1km, all with free GPX — from a bluebell wood loop to the 35km Ilkley Skyline.
Best Trail Running Poles for Ultras and Steep Routes
Buy the Leki Ultratrail FX.One Superlite if you race and know your length, the Harrier Helvellyn Carbon if it is your first carbon pair, the Harrier Catbells if you are not sure poles are for you yet.
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You know who checked it
Every route says how it was checked — run by us, run by a contributor, or checked from the GPX file — and when. No route pretends to be more than it is.
Honest, both ways
We never undersell a brutal climb or dress an easy route up as an adventure. If we say it's runnable, it is.
Everything you'd ask a mate
Where to park, where the water is, where the climbs bite, where to bail if the weather turns.
The TRP Grade, in ten seconds
Two scores: Effort (E1–E5, distance + climb) and Terrain (T1–T5, what's underfoot). The higher one sets the label. A flat 40km towpath and a technical 8km fell route are hard in different ways — one number can't tell the truth about both.
A gentle introduction. If you run at all, you can do this.
A solid run. Comfortable for anyone running weekly.
A proper outing. Bring food and water.
A big day. Fitness and planning required.
Means something when we say it. Mountain experience essential.