Trail Races & Routes in England

Explore 166 trail running and hiking routes across England. 12 organized races and 154 training routes covering distances from 1.3 mi to 42.5 mi. Elevation gains range from 17 ft to 10,079 ft.

Route NameLocationDistanceElevation GainType
Wimbledon Common Parkrun Greater London, England 1.5 mi 96 ft race
Chelmsford Central Parkrun Chelmsford, England 2.6 mi 103 ft race
Mile End parkrun Greater London, England 2.8 mi 85 ft race
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich) Norwich, England 3.4 mi 113 ft race
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich) Norwich, England 3.4 mi 147 ft race
Royal Parks Half City of Westminster, England 13.1 mi 562 ft race
Great North Run South Tyneside, England 13.1 mi 990 ft race
TCS London Marathon Greater London, England 26.3 mi 160 ft race
TCS London Marathon 2026 Greater London, England 26.3 mi 298 ft race
London Marathon (Blue Start) Greater London, England 26.7 mi 965 ft race
LA Marathon Lake District National Park, England 27.0 mi 3,797 ft race
Manumit Dartmoor 50k Yelverton, England 33.0 mi 5,023 ft race
Peak Pilgrimage Peak District National Park, England 1.3 mi 126 ft route
Space Trail South Downs National Park, England 2.0 mi 400 ft route
Hamps Way Peak District National Park, England 3.1 mi 126 ft route
Goathland to Grosmont Rail Trail North York Moors National Park, England 3.5 mi 180 ft route
Ullswater Way - Dalemain Loop Lake District National Park, England 4.6 mi 605 ft route
White horse circular walk Vale of White Horse, England 4.7 mi 579 ft route
Lynmouth Circular via Watersmeet & Countisbury Exmoor National Park, England 4.9 mi 1,394 ft route
Moretonhampstead North Bovey Circular Dartmoor National Park, England 5.0 mi 537 ft route
Walking in Exmoor: Day One Exmoor National Park, England 5.0 mi 1,017 ft route
Scales and Blencathra Circular (United Kingdom) Westmorland and Furness, England 5.4 mi 2,287 ft route
Heddon Valley to Woody Bay Walk Exmoor National Park, England 5.4 mi 1,206 ft route
Cleeve Hill Ring (United Kingdom) Gloucestershire, England 5.9 mi 858 ft route
Dunsford to Moretonhampstead Trail Dartmoor National Park, England 6.4 mi 1,467 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 12 Peak District National Park, England 6.4 mi 1,375 ft route
Centurion Way South Downs National Park, England 6.6 mi 446 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 14 Peak District National Park, England 7.6 mi 798 ft route
South Downs Way (Inland Route) South Downs National Park, England 7.9 mi 1,171 ft route
The Silchester Trail Hampshire, England 8.0 mi 226 ft route
Exminster to Kenton Teignbridge, England 8.0 mi 751 ft route
Poets' Path No 1 Forest of Dean, England 8.1 mi 464 ft route
Avon Estuary Walk South Devon National Landscape, England 8.1 mi 1,419 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 15 Peak District National Park, England 8.2 mi 1,170 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6 Peak District National Park, England 8.4 mi 1,493 ft route
Admiral McHardy Way Chelmsford, England 8.6 mi 618 ft route
Saint Botolph's Way Mid Suffolk, England 8.6 mi 270 ft route
Biggleswade Green Wheel Biggleswade, England 8.7 mi 104 ft route
Huncoat Trail Hyndburn, England 8.7 mi 992 ft route
Katherine's Walk Central Bedfordshire, England 8.7 mi 468 ft route
Daffodil Way Forest of Dean, England 8.7 mi 532 ft route
Droitwich Spa Diamond Jubilee Walk Wychavon, England 8.8 mi 313 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 9 Peak District National Park, England 8.9 mi 1,575 ft route
Monsal Trail Peak District National Park, England 8.9 mi 1,394 ft route
Boxford Circular (United Kingdom) Suffolk, England 9.0 mi 377 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 10 Peak District National Park, England 9.2 mi 1,180 ft route
Scafell Pike via Seathwaite Farm Cumberland, England 9.2 mi 3,022 ft route
ACW Circular Walk 07 Warwick, England 9.3 mi 514 ft route
ACW Circular Walk 12 Rugby, England 9.4 mi 404 ft route
Royal Hunters Walks - Foresters' walk Bromsgrove, England 9.4 mi 900 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 19 Peak District National Park, England 9.4 mi 1,659 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20 Peak District National Park, England 9.5 mi 1,750 ft route
Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way) Stroud, England 9.6 mi 1,578 ft route
Oxford Ramblers Jubilee Walk (United Kingdom) Oxfordshire, England 9.7 mi 681 ft route
Canterbury Middle Ring Walk Canterbury, England 9.7 mi 642 ft route
Round of St. Mary's - Scilly Isles (United Kingdom) England 9.8 mi 1,094 ft route
Wigmore Loop Aymestrey, England 9.8 mi 1,181 ft route
Soberton and Newtown Millennium Walk (United Kingdom) Hampshire, England 9.8 mi 528 ft route
The Stroud WAS Way (UK) Gloucestershire, England 10.0 mi 1,463 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 13 Peak District National Park, England 10.2 mi 1,216 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17 Peak District National Park, England 10.2 mi 1,471 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11 Peak District National Park, England 10.3 mi 1,199 ft route
Trundle to Humps Figure of 8 (United Kingdom) West Sussex, England 10.3 mi 1,243 ft route
Corvedale Three Castles Walk Munslow, England 10.4 mi 729 ft route
GHB Ward Walk Peak District National Park, England 10.6 mi 1,305 ft route
Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase Walk Cannock Chase National Landscape, England 10.6 mi 899 ft route
Brett Valley Walk (United Kingdom) Suffolk, England 10.8 mi 456 ft route
Standedge Trail Kirklees, England 10.8 mi 1,898 ft route
Aldbourne Circular Route (United Kingdom) Wiltshire, England 11.0 mi 789 ft route
The Lichway Dartmoor National Park, England 11.1 mi 1,375 ft route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 16 Peak District National Park, England 11.3 mi 1,397 ft route
Heathfield - Rushlake Green Loop (United Kingdom) East Sussex, England 11.4 mi 1,217 ft route
Hitchin Outer Orbital Path HOOP (United Kingdom) Hertfordshire, England 11.8 mi 534 ft route
Bewl Water Circular (United Kingdom) East Sussex, England 12.0 mi 515 ft route
WGC100 Centenary Walk Welwyn Hatfield, England 12.2 mi 743 ft route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge) Peak District National Park, England 12.3 mi 2,291 ft route
Fisher's Espresso Round (UK) Cumberland, England 12.5 mi 3,413 ft route
Horsham Riverside Walk (United Kingdom) West Sussex, England 12.6 mi 365 ft route
Exeter Green Circle (United Kingdom) Devon, England 12.8 mi 932 ft route
Seven Parishes Millennium Circular Walk (United Kingdom) Central Bedfordshire, England 12.8 mi 833 ft route
Sussex 3 Rings (United Kingdom) West Sussex, England 12.8 mi 1,222 ft route
South West Coast Path (Section 3: Lynmouth to Combe Martin) Exmoor National Park, England 12.8 mi 3,270 ft route
6 Whinlatter Wainwrights (UK) Cumberland, England 13.0 mi 3,478 ft route
Letchworth Greenway Baldock, England 13.0 mi 604 ft route
Staple Fitzpaine Herepath Blackdown Hills National Landscape, England 13.1 mi 1,535 ft route
South West Coast Path (Section 49: Isle of Portland Circuit) Castletown, England 13.1 mi 1,198 ft route
Plymouth’s Co-operative Way Plymouth, England 13.2 mi 1,478 ft route
Marston Vale Timberland Trail (United Kingdom) Central Bedfordshire, England 13.6 mi 802 ft route
Colchester Hilly Half (United Kingdom) Essex, England 14.0 mi 684 ft route
Lucia’s Round Westmorland and Furness, England 14.1 mi 5,303 ft route
Heathfield to Chiddingly Circular Walk (United Kingdom) East Sussex, England 14.2 mi 1,195 ft route
Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale) Yorkshire Dales National Park, England 14.3 mi 2,530 ft route
Sheffield Round Walk Sheffield, England 14.4 mi 2,055 ft route
Breydon Water Circular (United Kingdom) Norfolk, England 14.4 mi 17 ft route
Penistone Boundary Walk Penistone, England 14.6 mi 1,688 ft route
Sheffield Round Walk (United Kingdom) Sheffield, England 14.8 mi 2,314 ft route
The Octagon Way West Sussex, England 15.2 mi 3,372 ft route
Wimbledon & Richmond (United Kingdom) Greater London, England 15.3 mi 529 ft route
Three Peaks Walk Upper Stanton Drew, England 15.8 mi 1,693 ft route
Midland Tops Round (United Kingdom) Worcestershire, England 16.1 mi 2,646 ft route
Pennine Way (Hawes to Tan Hill) Yorkshire Dales National Park, England 16.1 mi 2,177 ft route
Mr H's Coffee n Cake Round (United Kingdom) Westmorland and Furness, England 16.2 mi 5,144 ft route
Walney Island Loop - England Coast Path Westmorland and Furness, England 16.2 mi 315 ft route
Stretton Skyline (United Kingdom) Shropshire, England 16.2 mi 3,487 ft route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden) Peak District National Park, England 16.7 mi 2,546 ft route
Ashdown Forest Clumps Round East Sussex, England 16.7 mi 1,644 ft route
Bristol Triangular City Walk Bristol, England 16.8 mi 1,596 ft route
River Leen Cascade (UK) Nottinghamshire, England 16.8 mi 1,108 ft route
Cornish Skyline (United Kingdom) Cornwall, England 16.8 mi 2,355 ft route
Colchester Orbital (United Kingdom) Essex, England 17.0 mi 599 ft route
Portsea Island Loop (United Kingdom) Portsmouth, England 17.2 mi 31 ft route
West Dorset Enigma (United Kingdom) Dorset, England 17.6 mi 1,818 ft route
St Morrell's Round Leicestershire, England 17.8 mi 1,565 ft route
Hangers Way South Downs National Park, England 17.8 mi 2,143 ft route
Heart of Bowland Lancashire, England 18.6 mi 2,538 ft route
Lewes Three Peaks (United Kingdom) East Sussex, England 18.7 mi 2,743 ft route
Dartmoor 600s (United Kingdom) Devon, England 19.0 mi 3,204 ft route
Derbyshire Dawdle (United Kingdom) Derbyshire, England 19.0 mi 3,877 ft route
Epping Forest Challenge Walk (UK) Essex, England 19.2 mi 1,213 ft route
Brighouse Boundary Walk (United Kingdom) Calderdale, England 19.4 mi 1,928 ft route
Thame Outer Circuit Oxfordshire, England 19.5 mi 616 ft route
Hope Valley Round Derbyshire, England 19.5 mi 4,042 ft route
Brighton and Hove 5 Peaks (United Kingdom) Brighton and Hove, England 19.5 mi 2,484 ft route
Centenary Circle Chelmsford, England 19.6 mi 809 ft route
Todmorden Centenary Way Calderdale, England 20.0 mi 3,079 ft route
Corfe Castle Loop (United Kingdom) Dorset, England 20.0 mi 3,429 ft route
Centenary Circle (United Kingdom) Essex, England 20.1 mi 686 ft route
Canterbury Outer Ring Walk Canterbury, England 20.3 mi 1,743 ft route
Ullswater Way (UK) Westmorland and Furness, England 20.5 mi 2,009 ft route
Manifold Trail Peak District National Park, England 20.7 mi 1,739 ft route
Winchcombe Way (East) The Cotswolds National Landscape, England 20.8 mi 2,388 ft route
The Keble Way Hampshire, England 20.9 mi 1,252 ft route
Preston Guild Wheel (United Kingdom) Lancashire, England 21.0 mi 601 ft route
Staunton Way South Downs National Park, England 21.1 mi 2,160 ft route
Delamere Loop (UK) Cheshire West and Chester, England 21.3 mi 1,390 ft route
Haslemere Circular Walk (United Kingdom) Surrey, England 21.5 mi 2,601 ft route
Canterbury Outer Ring (United Kingdom) Kent, England 21.6 mi 1,005 ft route
The Magnall Round Suffolk, England 21.6 mi 896 ft route
Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs Loop (United Kingdom) Derbyshire, England 21.9 mi 1,126 ft route
Millennium Way York, England 22.3 mi 473 ft route
Roach Valley Way (United Kingdom) Essex, England 22.6 mi 626 ft route
Surrey 3 Peaks (United Kingdom) Surrey, England 22.7 mi 3,295 ft route
Barnsley Railways (United Kingdom) England 22.8 mi 1,141 ft route
Swynnerton Loop (United Kingdom) Staffordshire, England 23.0 mi 4,112 ft route
Stroud Five Valleys (United Kingdom) Gloucestershire, England 23.2 mi 2,614 ft route
Three Peaks Walk Yorkshire Dales National Park, England 23.5 mi 5,267 ft route
High Hunsley Circuit Little Weighton, England 24.3 mi 2,256 ft route
Oxdrove Way (United Kingdom) Hampshire, England 24.6 mi 1,734 ft route
Round Aylesbury Walk (United Kingdom) Buckinghamshire, England 24.8 mi 344 ft route
Nuneaton Rotary Walk (UK) Warwickshire, England 24.9 mi 889 ft route
Millennium Way (United Kingdom) York, England 25.0 mi 423 ft route
Arden Way Stratford-on-Avon, England 25.5 mi 1,460 ft route
Dan Booth Round (United Kingdom) Bath and North East Somerset, England 25.9 mi 3,437 ft route
Cheltenham Circular Gloucestershire, England 26.3 mi 2,293 ft route
Bracknell Forest Ramblers Route (United Kingdom) Bracknell Forest, England 26.5 mi 1,211 ft route
A Smuggler's Round (United Kingdom) Devon, England 26.6 mi 6,781 ft route
Gordano Round (United Kingdom) North Somerset, England 27.0 mi 1,554 ft route
Watercress Way (United Kingdom) Hampshire, England 27.7 mi 1,364 ft route
Godalming Round (United Kingdom) Surrey, England 27.9 mi 3,579 ft route
Bristol Bridges City of Bristol, England 28.1 mi 2,225 ft route
Arden Way (United Kingdom) Warwickshire, England 28.2 mi 1,629 ft route
George Fisher's Tea Round (UK) Cumberland, England 29.2 mi 10,079 ft route
Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (United Kingdom) Hertfordshire, England 29.8 mi 1,622 ft route
Chesterfield Round Walk Chesterfield, England 30.0 mi 3,070 ft route
Lyke Wake Walk North York Moors National Park, England 38.8 mi 4,344 ft route
Pendle Way (United Kingdom) Lancashire, England 42.5 mi 5,743 ft route

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in England?

There are 12 organized races and 154 self-supported routes available in England.

What is the average elevation gain in England?

The average elevation gain is 1,613 feet, with routes ranging from 17 to 10,079 feet.

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