A Challenge Event is a walk mostly on footpaths and other Public Rights of Way (PROWs), across open fields and moors, avoiding tarmac as much as possible. The challenge is to the individual, e.g. 30 miles in 10 hours, it is NOT a race. The distances include at least one option over 20 miles - commonly 25, 26.2 ( Marathon) - with walks over 50 miles, e.g. 62 miles (100 kilometres) in 26 hours giving qualification for the LDWA's 'flagship' Event, held over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in a different part of the country each year, namely, a Hundred Miles in 48 hours, with a limit of 500 participants.
By default this page shows a summary of all LDWA events occurring in the next 365 days. Please use the following options to choose the types of events you wish to see, then click on either the Show as Map or Show as List buttons. To see all events just click on one of the buttons without setting any options. To remove all options use the Clear button.
Date |
Name |
Type |
Mileage | Organiser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1st Aug 2021 | The 35th Poppyline Marathon | Challenge | 26 or 18ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sat 7th Aug 2021 | Bishop's Castle Challenge Walk | Challenge | 24, 13 or 11ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 7th Aug 2021 | Ridgeway 40 Walk - New Date | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Wed 11th Aug 2021 | Shipton Star | Challenge | 25, 18.8, 12.5, 6.3 or 3.1ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 14th Aug 2021 | All COVID-19 GENERATED LDWA 'ANYTIME' CHALLENGE EVENTS - Entries Still Open | Challenge | 62.5, 50, 40, 30, 20 or 18ml. | Anytime Anywhere |
| Sat 14th Aug - Sun 3rd Oct 2021 | Covid Founders Challenge 3 July - 3 October 2021 'ANYTIME' | Challenge | 30 or 19ml. | London |
| Sat 14th Aug 2021 | Heldon Hill Sunset Challenge 25 | Challenge | 25ml. | North of Scotland |
| Sat 14th Aug 2021 | Open to Offas - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 23 or 14ml. | Merseystride |
| Sat 14th - Tue 31st Aug 2021 | Pick and Mix 'ANYTIME' 24 May - 31 August 2021 | Challenge | pick, mix, 12, 8, 6 or 5ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 14th - Sun 15th Aug 2021 | Shropshire Way 80K Festival - New Date | Challenge | 50, 26 or 13ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 14th Aug 2021 | South Pennine 24 'ANYTIME' 17 April - 14 August 2021 - New Date | Challenge | 24ml. | South Pennine |
| Sat 14th Aug - Fri 31st Dec 2021 | Spring in Lakeland 50 'ANYTIME' 12 April - 31 December 2021 | Challenge | 50, 36, 34, 32, 18 or 16ml. | Lakeland |
| Sat 14th Aug - Thu 30th Sep 2021 | That's Lyth 'ANYTIME' 12 April - 30 September 2021 - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 20ml. | Lakeland |
| Sat 14th - Sun 29th Aug 2021 | The Barbondale Round 'ANYTIME' 10 July - 29 August 2021 | Challenge | 24 or 14.5ml. | West Lancashire |
| Sat 14th Aug - Mon 27th Sep 2021 | Ulfkil Stride Challenge 'ANYTIME' 23 April - 27 Sept 2021 | Challenge | 24ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sun 22nd Aug 2021 | 37th Gatliff Marathon | Challenge | 31.5 or 15ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 28th Aug 2021 | 34th Smugglers Trod - Event Cancelled | Challenge | 25 or 17ml. | Yorkshire Coast |
| Sat 28th Aug 2021 | White Cliffs Challenge - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 30 or 16ml. | Kent |
| Wed 1st - Thu 30th Sep 2021 | Cotswold Challenge 'ANYTIME' 1 September - 30 September 2021 | Challenge | 26.4 or 18ml. | Bristol & West |
| Sat 4th Sep 2021 | 58th Across Wales Walk | Challenge | 45ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 4th - Sun 5th Sep 2021 | Peak District Ultras (Limestone 50 & Peveril 33) | Challenge | 50 or 33ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 4th - Sun 5th Sep 2021 | The Bullock Smithy Hike | Challenge | 56ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 5th Sep 2021 | South Downs Marathon - Event Cancelled | Challenge | 28ml. | Sussex |
| Sat 11th Sep 2021 | 14th Tour des Marches (Formally Wistanstow Challenge) - Event Full | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Marches |
| Sat 11th Sep 2021 | One Foot in the Gargrave | Challenge | 23ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sat 11th - Sun 12th Sep 2021 | Three Forests Way 2021 - Event Cancelled | Challenge | 54ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sun 12th Sep 2021 | The Ponton Plod | Challenge | 27, 17 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Fri 17th - Sun 19th Sep 2021 | National Forest Trek | Challenge | 75, 40 or 25ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Fri 17th - Sat 18th Sep 2021 | Peak District Challenge | Challenge | 62.5, 46.9, 31.3, 15.6 or 6.3ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 18th Sep 2021 | Beat the Beacons Challenge Walk | Challenge | 22, 15 or 10ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 18th - Sun 19th Sep 2021 | Surrey Tops | Challenge | 50ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 18th Sep 2021 | Wensleydale Wander - New Date | Challenge | 23 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 25th Sep 2021 | 40 For The Federation | Challenge | 26ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 25th Sep 2021 | Lakeland Four Passes | Challenge | 19ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 26th Sep 2021 | Chagford Challenge 2021 | Challenge | 31, 22 or 17ml. | Cornwall & Devon |
| Tue 28th Sep - Sat 2nd Oct 2021 | Snowdonia Slate Trail | Challenge | 83ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Fri 1st Oct - Tue 30th Nov 2021 | Kilburn Kanter - Anytime Challenge - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 24ml. | North Yorkshire |
| Sat 2nd Oct 2021 | Goyt Valley Challenge - Event Cancelled | Challenge | 24.5 or 13.2ml. | High Peak |
| Sat 2nd Oct 2021 | Kerry Hills Challenge Walk | Challenge | 19ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 2nd Oct 2021 | Three Circles of Machen | Challenge | 30, 22, 20, 18,12, 10 or 8ml. | South Wales |
| Sun 3rd Oct 2021 | Hangers Heroes Challenge 2021 - New Date | Challenge | 26.2, 13.1 or 6.2ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 9th - Sun 10th Oct 2021 | 2021 Laich o' Moray 50 | Challenge | 51ml. | North of Scotland |
| Sat 9th Oct 2021 | Round Rotherham | Challenge | 50ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 16th Oct 2021 | Silverdale Circuit | Challenge | 21ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 6th Nov 2021 | Six Dales Circuit | Challenge | 25ml. | Staffordshire |
| Sun 21st Nov 2021 | Shillington Shuffle - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Mon 3rd Jan 2022 | Surrey Inns Kanter | Challenge | 20 or 12ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 8th Jan 2022 | Reservoir Roundabout | Challenge | 21 or 13ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 9th Jan 2022 | 20th Stansted Stagger | Challenge | 25.6ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sun 16th Jan 2022 | 44th Winter Tanners | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sun 30th Jan 2022 | CoSARC Stonehenge Stomp | Challenge | 25, 19, 12, 6 or 3ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 30th Jan 2022 | That's Lyth 40th Event | Challenge | 23.5ml. | Lakeland |
| Sat 5th Feb 2022 | Rombald Stride Winter Challenge | Challenge | 23ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 12th Feb 2022 | Anglezarke Amble | Challenge | 24 or 17ml. | West Lancashire |
| Sat 12th - Sun 13th Feb 2022 | The Winter Poppyline 2022 | Challenge | 50ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sun 13th Feb 2022 | 51st Punchbowl Marathon | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 26th Feb 2022 | 39th South Shropshire Circular | Challenge | 25ml. | Marches |
| Sun 6th Mar 2022 | 4th Hannington Hike | Challenge | 27, 18 or 14ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 19th Mar 2022 | The Kettlewell | Challenge | 23ml. | North Yorkshire |
| Sun 20th Mar 2022 | Sevenoaks Circular Walk | Challenge | 32, 22 or 17ml. | Kent |
| Sun 3rd Apr 2022 | The Cyril Bean 23rd Annual 'A Coventry Way Challenge' | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 21st May 2022 | The Chawton Challenge | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Wessex |
