Ultra Challenges

Take on a 50 km, 25 km, or 10 km challenge – fundraise for Barts charity, and get active this Easter!

From the Windsor Racecourse base camp, join 1,500 adventurers heading out on looped routes through the Great Park with fantastic views of Windsor Castle, on to Runnymede, along the Thames Path, and enjoy some wonderful countryside.   

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The ‘original Ultra Challenge’, your way. 

Join 2,000 adventurers of all experience levels & ages and take on a classic capital to coast route. Test your grit over the Bank Holiday weekend.  

A Richmond start in Old Deer Park – then the North Downs and wonderful Surrey & Sussex countryside to halfway at Turners Hill.   The full 100 km route heads over the South Downs before the welcome sight of the Brighton coastline comes in to view. 

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The magical Cotswold Way provides a stunning setting for a testing challenge – with some fantastic views en route and tough hills in between!

The base-camp in Cirencester is the hub for a full challenge looped route through the heart of the Cotswolds, which provides a stunning setting for 2,000 adventurers to test themselves. There are rolling hills, villages, the scenic Cotswold Way, footpaths & trails, with some fabulous views en route.

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A looped 50km challenge setting out from Guildford.

Taking in some of the best of the Surrey hills, the North Downs Way, and the surrounding countryside, this route has variety, wonderful scenery & fabulous views out to the south – and easily accessible from London!  

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Starting alongside the grandeur of Woolwich Royal Artillery Barracks – the full 50km looped route heads along the Thames Path capturing some of London’s iconic sites.

From Greenwich to the O2, Old Royal Naval College, the Cutty Sark, the Tower of London, and the Olympic Park, before returning to Woolwich via the foot tunnel.    

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An Eastbourne start, up Beachy Head, over the magnificent Seven Sisters, and along the famous South Downs Way National Trail with stunning views over the sea to a Brighton mid-point.  

With Devil’s Dyke next a few ups & downs lie ahead, before historic Arundel comes into view after an 100km amazing journey.   

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A 25km trek taking in unrivalled views of the skyline from its best vantage points.

Setting out from Putney Bridge – it’s East towards the City, zig-zagging over the array of historic bridges – each with its fascinating story – and a midpoint stop in Vauxhall for some snacks & drinks. 25km later, it’s a finish line celebration in Southwark past the majestic Tower Bridge.    

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England’s greatest river provides a fantastic backdrop for an unforgettable challenge.

The full 100km route follows England’s greatest river, from Putney Bridge past Hampton Court to Runnymede of Magna Carta fame at 50km – passing wonderful historic scenery including Windsor, then on all way to Henley. 

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This 50km looped route covers some of the best of the Chilterns countryside.

You can walk, jog, or run along historic trails and over rolling hills.  Starting & finishing in Henley Showground, you’ll pass through nature reserves, forests, and a few hills with great views – it’s a route with real variety, and some wonderful scenery – and it’s all easily accessible from London. 

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The end of season Ultra Challenge^®– in the ‘Garden of England’

Set in the ‘Garden of England’ with a basecamp near Maidstone, this 50km looped route heads anticlockwise around the Kent Downs – starting on the North Downs Way to Blue Bell Hill, around picturesque Aylesford, and following the River Medway to Mote Park stopping halfway for a picnic. Along the Len Valley Walk to the majestic Leeds Castle, then the North Downs Way back to the finish line. 

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