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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 21st Oct - Fri 31st Dec 2021 | Blackwater Marathon Challenge 'ANYTIME' 2 Oct - 31 Dec 2021 | Challenge | 26.5ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Thu 21st Oct - Tue 30th Nov 2021 | Kilburn Kanter 'ANYTIME' 8 October - 30 November 2021 - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 24ml. | North Yorkshire |
| Thu 21st Oct - Sun 19th Dec 2021 | New Forest Challenge 'ANYTIME' 18 Sep - 19 Dec 2021 | Challenge | 25.4ml. | Wessex |
| Thu 21st Oct 2021 - Sun 9th Jan 2022 | Spring in Lakeland 50 'ANYTIME' 12 April 2021 - 9 Jan 2022 - New Date | Challenge | 50, 36, 34, 32, 18 or 16ml. | Lakeland |
| Thu 21st Oct 2021 - Sun 9th Jan 2022 | That's Lyth 'ANYTIME' 12 April 2021 - 9 January 2022 - New Date | Challenge | 20ml. | Lakeland |
| 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 |
| Sat 11th Dec 2021 | Moors the Merrier 20 | Challenge | 20ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| 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 |
| Sat 15th Jan 2022 | Scarborough Rock 2022 | Challenge | 26 or 16ml. | East Yorkshire |
| 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 19th Feb 2022 | The South Pennine 24 - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 24ml. | South Pennine |
| Sat 26th Feb 2022 | 39th South Shropshire Circular | Challenge | 25ml. | Marches |
| Sat 5th Mar 2022 | Saddleworth Ten Res's | Challenge | 26ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| 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 | 36th Two Crosses Circuit | Challenge | 25 or 17ml. | East Lancashire |
| Sun 20th Mar 2022 | Sevenoaks Circular Walk | Challenge | 32, 22 or 17ml. | Kent |
| Sun 27th Mar 2022 | Blubberhouses Moor | Challenge | 24ml. | Nidderdale |
| Fri 1st - Sat 30th Apr 2022 | Friends of the North Highland Way Challenge | Challenge | 137ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 2nd Apr 2022 | Five Trigs | Challenge | 18.5ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd Apr 2022 | Shropshire Way 80K Festival | Challenge | 50, 26 or 13ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 2nd Apr 2022 | The Three Shires | Challenge | 30, 28, 23 or 21ml. | Staffordshire |
| Sun 3rd Apr 2022 | The Cyril Bean 23rd Annual 'A Coventry Way Challenge' | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 9th Apr 2022 | 42nd Calderdale Hike | Challenge | 36, 26 or 16ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 9th - Sun 10th Apr 2022 | The Woldsman 2022 | Challenge | 50ml. | East Yorkshire |
| Sat 9th Apr 2022 | Wensleydale Wander | Challenge | 23 or 12.9ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 10th Apr 2022 | 10th Essex Walker | Challenge | 26.4 or 17.5ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sun 10th Apr 2022 | Spring in Lakeland | Challenge | 24ml. | Lakeland |
| Sat 23rd Apr 2022 | Black Dragon Challenge | Challenge | 30, 26 or 19ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 24th Apr 2022 | South Downs Marathon | Challenge | 28ml. | Sussex |
| Sat 30th Apr 2022 | The Oxon 40/20 | Challenge | c40 or c20ml. | Thames Valley |
| Sat 30th Apr 2022 | The Wolds 20 | Challenge | 20 or 13ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 7th May 2022 | Ridgeway 40 Walk | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 8th May 2022 | Meridian Meander | Challenge | 26 or 18ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 8th May 2022 | Rodent Wriggle | Challenge | 31, 23 or 13.5ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sat 14th May 2022 | Clun Valley Challenge Walk 2022 | Challenge | 26 or 16ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Tue 17th - Tue 31st May 2022 | Bishop's Castle Round & About Walks 'ANYTIME' 17 - 30 May 22 | Challenge | 23, 13, 10, 7 or 3ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 21st May 2022 | The Chawton Challenge | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Wessex |
| Sun 29th May 2022 | Pick and Mix | Challenge | pick, mix, 12, 8, 6 or 5ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Wed 1st Jun - Sun 31st Jul 2022 | Cotswold Ring 'ANYTIME' 1 June - 31 July 2022 | Challenge | 52ml. | Bristol & West |
| Sat 11th Jun 2022 | 51st Six Shropshire Summits Challenge Walk | Challenge | 36ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 18th Jun 2022 | Farthingstone Foot Fest | Challenge | 26, 15, 13 or 11ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 9th Jul 2022 | Hallow 12 Parish Challenge | Challenge | 40, 26, 18, 14 or 10ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 27th Aug 2022 | 33rd Smugglers Trod | Challenge | 25 or 17ml. | Yorkshire Coast |
| Thu 1st Sep 2022 | Cotswold Challenge 'ANYTIME' 1 - 30 September 2022 | Challenge | 26 or 18ml. | Bristol & West |
