List of future races in North East England
Information about races (e.g., 10K, 10M and half marathon),
both road races and multi-terrain,
in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear,
County Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire
and beyond. Last updated on Fri 9 May at 19:46:50 BST
Latest postal/online entry forms. Sandal Castle 10K, The Stray 5K, Anita Nott Womens Only Jesmond Dene Run, Beltane 10K, Carr Lane Challenge, Sutton Seven, Bramham Park Fun Run, Leeds Half Marathon, Beamish Tram Challenge, Great Cumbrian Run.
Free weekly 5Ks in both Leeds and Middlesbrough. Every Saturday morning at 0900, a free 5K takes place in Hyde Park, Leeds. There are more details at leeds.parkrun.com including a description of the course. And starting on 31st May there will be free 5K races every Saturday morning at 0900 in Albert Park, Middlesbrough. There are more details at albert.parkrun.com including a description of the course.
An explanation.
Below, there is a table of some future races (mainly in NE England,
and mainly more than 5M long and less than 15M).
Here is a link to
a list of the entries of
this table that have recently been added/updated.
The most recent changes are available through
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Feedback. If you want to send praise or details of errors or missing races, please email barry.cornelius@oucs.ox.ac.uk. Thanks.
| date |
day
time |
location
distance |
closing date
EODs? |
links | comments | ||||||||||
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| May 2008 | 11 | Sun 1030 | Bowderdale (Eden Valley) 18K   | none given yes |
| "Bowderdale Wild Race"; T-shirt if you do all three Wild Races; there may be a new route in 2008: in 2004, this went S from Bowderdale, up W side of Bowderdale Beck, then up hill to SD675975, and back via Hazelgill Knott and West Fell | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 11 | Sun 1130 | Knaresborough 10K | none given yes |
| "Knaresborough Fun Run"; 2.5M fun run as well (at 1030) | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 11 | Sun 1100 | Ripon 10M | May03 no |
| "Ripon 10M"; one of the Black Sheep Brewery Races; "memento"; "undulating and scenic"; need to check whether the route is the same; however, when I ran it in 2004, I wrote: "there's a drag [slight incline] from start to 4M with some respites, long steep hill between 5M and 6M, I think the markers at 3M 4M ... 8M were too late recovering at the 9M marker, well marshalled, two water stations at 4.5M and 7.5M, got confused by the swing gate at 9.5M"; 1.5M off-road fun run as well | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 15 | Thu 1915 | Preston Park (Eaglescliffe) 5K | n/a only |
| "Preston Park Trail Race"; part of the Tees Forest Trail Races | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 17 | Sat 1030 | Meanwood Valley (Leeds) 7.5M | May10 or limit yes |
| "Meanwood Valley Trail"; part of the "Airedale Triple"; "limit reached 3 days before race in 2007"; bottle of beer; junior races (1M and 2M) as well; when I did it in 2003 I wrote "tough, because of the terrain I spent most of time looking at the ground, no M/K markers, well marshalled", but I enjoyed it | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 18 | Sun 1000 | Ripon 10K | ? ? |
| "Yorkshire 10K Run"; in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust; "track and field race around Newby Hall Estate starting and finishing at The Church"; "feedback from runners is that it is inspiring and the atmosphere superb"; after the 2005 race, Wetherby Today reported the "course was challenging, not because of the hills but because of the rutted ground conditions, scree and awkward camber in places"; 2K fun run as well | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 18 | Sun 1030 | Seahouses (Northumberland) 10K | Apr24 ? |
| "CHIN-UP Beach Run"; "a beach run from Seahouses to Bamburgh and back"; "the tide will be well out" | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 18 | Sun 1000 | South Shields 7.5M | May09 yes |
| "Pier to Pier Run"; "fleece"; "start on the beach at SS Pier and continue around a superb scenic route, following the cliff top paths past Marsden Rock, Souter Point Lighthouse, passing very quickly by the Firing Range, onto the beach at Whitburn and finishing at Roker Pier"; bus from Roker to SS | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 18 | Sun 1030 | Windermere marathon | none given ? |
| "Brathay Windermere Marathon"; re-established in 2007 after a break since 1986 | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 20 | Tue 1900 | Alnwick 10K | ? yes |
| "Les Allcorn 10K"; "pick up your number at the race"; "on private roads and tracks in the stunningly scenic Hulne Park"; 3K junior fun run as well (at 1815) | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 21 | Wed 1915 | Whitley Bay 10K | May09 yes |
| "Clive Cookson 10K"; formerly the "WoW Race"; "fast, two lap course on road and trail"; "dry fit T-shirt"; "collect numbers on the night"; "generous and unusual spot prizes"; 5K race as well (at 1845) | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 24 | Sat 1430 | Elsdon (Otterburn) 10K | May19 no |
| "The Winters Gibbet 10K"; "race limit of 70"; free bus to start leaves at 1430; race starts around 1450; "scenic country roads"; "the course is from Harwood Gate along the road to the gibbet and into Elsdon finishing at Elsdon Village Green"; "last 2.5M is down the Gibbet Hill"; "goody bag" | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 25 | Sun 1030 | Druridge Bay (Northumberland) 10K | May09 yes |
| "Druridge Bay 10K"; "in the Druridge Bay Country Park, running on gravel track, grass, tarmac and sand, incorporating the National Cycle Route and beautiful Druridge Bay beach" | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 25 | Sun 1100 | Ilkley 6.9M | May18 yes |
| "Ilkley Trail Race"; this race makes "its inaugural appearance on the race calendar this year"; "FRA CM (Category C, Medium) fell race - 6.9 miles, 930' climb"; "based on a course very similar to the previous Middleton Trail race organised by the Round Table, the 6.9 mile out-and-back route takes in tracks through woodland, fields and moors, interspersed with some brief road sections"; "virtually all of the climb is on the way out, but runners will be reinvigorated by the views over the Wharfe Valley and across to Ilkley Moor when they hit the moorland on the top......and of course, what goes up must come down, making for a very fast second half of the race";."goody bag" | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 25 | Sun 1130 | Melmerby 10K | May17 no |
| "Melmerby (Ripon) 10K"; one of the Black Sheep Brewery Races; although described as "undulating", I think it's a flatish type of "undulating" (as the OS heights vary just between 34 and 48 metres)! "medal"; 2.25M fun run as well (at 1030 with a cd of 1000) | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 25 | Sun 1115 | Raby Castle 10K | May09 yes |
| "Raby Castle 10K"; "2 lap traffic-free scenic route in the grounds of Raby Castle"; "memento"; 5K fun run as well | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 26 | Mon 1930 | Jesmond Dene 5.488K | ? yes |
| "Jesmond Dene Handicap Races"; "undulating tarmac roads and footpaths within Jesmond Dene, Armstrong and Heaton Parks"; "competitors will start at staggered times based on the information provided on the entry form"; "handicap times will be amended accordingly in subsequent races"; "competitors may enter individual races later in the series" | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 31 | Sat 1400 | Allendale (Tyne Valley) 8M | May24 yes |
| "Allendale 8"; "mug"; "on scenic country public roads in an area of outstanding natural beauty"; "undulating"; "held in conjunction with Allendale Village Fair"; 1M junior fun run (at 1410) as well | |||||||||
| May 2008 | 31 | Sat | Garburn (Lake District) 23K | ? ? |
| "Garburn Trail Race"; in 2007 the race became full by the cd (May 10) and in 2006 on May14; limit also reached in 2005; "new course"; "footpaths and bridleways from Staveley to Windermere"; "short sections of tarmac, grassy footpaths, stoney bridleways with some stiles"; "fast, graded runnable climbs and descents"; "T-shirt to all finishers, and spot prizes"; "K markers"; challenge, nordic walking, sport trail and and children's fun trail as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 01 | Sun 1100 | Roberttown (Liversedge) 7M | none given yes |
| "Roberttown 7"; | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 01 | Sun 1000 | Watergate (Lobley Hill) 10K | May28 yes |
| "Watergate 10km Trail Race"; "goodie bag"; "undulating off road course on forest trails and cycle tracks"; "collect numbers on day"; use this link to see photos of the course | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 07 | Sat 1100 | Harrogate 5K | Jun02 yes |
| "The Stray 5K"; "a flat accurately measured course crossing Harrogate's famous stray"; young athletes 2M as well (at 1030) | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 07 | Sat 1400 | Kirkby Malzeard 10K | May31 yes |
| "Kirkby Malzeard 10K"; one of the Black Sheep Brewery Races; "undulating"; "all on road"; "includes refreshments"; "all runners must register 30 minutes before the race start"; 2M fun run as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 07 | Sat 1400 | Old Hutton (Kendal) 10K | none given yes |
| "Bendrigg 10K"; "award"; 2M fun run and a summer fete as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 07 | Sat 1100 | Threshfield (Wharfedale) 13M | ? yes |
| "Wharfedale Off-Road Half Marathon"; although described as a half marathon, it is 13M; conducted under fell running (FRA) rules; "well established paths including The Dales Way, the Monks Road and Mastiles Lane"; T-shirt and hot meal; marathon (25M) at 1030 as well; can walk either instead ("Rugger Ramble") | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 08 | Sun 1030 | Egton (Whitby) 10K | Jun01 ? |
| "Egton Road Race"; aka "The Gooseberry Run"; need to check details; is this the right start time? 2M fun run as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 08 | Sun 1045 | Grasmere 7M | none given yes |
| "Grasmere Gallop 7"; "7+ miles over roads, timber trails and footpaths around the spectacular scenery of Grasmere and Rydal lakes"; 3+ miles fun run/jog/walk as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 08 | Sun | Harewood 10K | May24 yes |
| "Harewood House Chase"; men's at 1100, women's at 1030; T-shirt; "scenic course mainly inside the grounds of the beautiful Harewood estate" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 08 | Sun 1100 | Leeds 10K | May30 ? |
| "Leeds Pulse Race"; "T-shirt"; 5K fun run (at 1000) as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 09 | Mon | Blaydon 5.7M | ? ?no |
| "Blaydon Race"; all 2000 online entries were taken within 20 hours; another 2000 entries are available; "Entries are planned to open 4 March 2008 and close 31 March or on reaching the 4000 limit, whichever comes first"; RACE FULL ON MARCH 21ST; "in 2007 the total race limit of 4000 entries was reached 14 days from opening; the on-line share (2000) was taken up in only 6 days" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 12 | Thu 1915 | Acklam Grange (Middlesbrough) 5K | n/a only |
| "Acklam Grange School Trail Race"; part of the Tees Forest Trail Races | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 15 | Sun 1115 | Castle Howard 10K | none given yes |
| "Mizuno Wave Harrier 10K Trail Race"; 6K trail race (at 1000) and kids dash (at 1005) as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 15 | Sun 1000 | Newton Aycliffe 10K | Jun08 yes |
| "3M Newton Aycliffe 10K"; "fast and flat PB course"; "K-markers"; "T-shirt"; "spot prizes"; 3K fun run as well (at 0915) | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 15 | Sun 1000 | Peebles (Borders) 10K | none given yes |
| "Beltane 10K"; "fast, rural, scenic and undulating"; "medal"; 3K junior race as well (at 0930) | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 15 | Sun 1045 | Seaburn 10K | Jun03 ?no |
| "Great Women's Run 10K"; "course starts at Seaburn Park and takes in some stunning views along Roker beach as well as Roker Park with its lake, bowling greens and immaculately tended gardens"; "what separates this route out from so many other 10km runs around the world is the 300m run along the firm sand of Roker beach before turning onto Roker Pier for a run out to sea and back" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 18 | Wed 1930 | Newburn 6.5M | Jun09 yes |
| "Newburn River Run"; "free buffet supper"; "mainly off road", "very flat, scenic tracks crossing the Tyne at both Wylam and Newburn bridges" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 21 | Sat | Kirkheaton (Northumberland) 10K | ? ? |
| "Kirkheaton Show Fun Run"; need to check with Diane as to whether the 10K race will take place; try for details in 1st week May 2008 | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 21 | Sat | Wheldrake (York) 10K | ? ? |
| "Wheldrake 10K"; RACE CANCELLED for this year | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 22 | Sun ?0900 | Leeds 10K | ?Jun14 ?no |
| "Leeds 10K - Jane Tomlinson's 'Run For All'"; T-shirt; K markers | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 23 | Mon 1930 | Jesmond Dene 5.488K | ? yes |
| "Jesmond Dene Handicap Races"; "undulating tarmac roads and footpaths within Jesmond Dene, Armstrong and Heaton Parks"; "competitors will start at staggered times based on the information provided on the entry form"; "handicap times will be amended accordingly in subsequent races"; "competitors may enter individual races later in the series" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 25 | Wed 1915 | Penshaw 3M | Jun18 yes |
| "Penshaw Hill Race"; two laps | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 29 | Sun 0930 | Beamish 10K | Jun16 no |
| "Beamish Tram Challenge"; T-shirt; fun run as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 29 | Sun 1145 | Carlisle 10K | ? ? |
| "Stephen Unwin Memorial 10K"; for 2008 the race has moved from Dalston to Carlisle; "flat, fast", "goody bag, T-shirt and a medal"; "food and drink will be laid on"; 3M and 1.5M runs as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 29 | Sun 1030 | Humber Bridge half marathon | Jun14 or limit yes |
| "Humber Bridge Half Marathon"; "medal and T-shirt (to be confirmed)"; "a single loop circuit run entirely on road surface, undulating throughout, crossing the bridge in both directions and passing through the villages of Hessle and Barton on Humber"; "mile markers"; family 2.5M fun run as well | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 29 | Sun 1100 | Leeds 5K | ? ? |
| "Vision 5K: Leeds"; the race takes place at Roundhay Park; "the course is twice around the lake"; "suitable for both runners and wheelchair users"; "we are inviting pairs of runners to undertake one lap blindfolded and led by the non blindfolded partner at the half way mark the runners will change around, challenging each person's senses whilst making the event unique" | |||||||||
| Jun 2008 | 29 | Sun 1145 | Rainton 10K | Jun15 no |
| "Rainton 10K"; one of the Black Sheep Brewery Races; limit has been "reached in 9 out of the last 10 years well before the day"; new off-road 2M fun run as well | |||||||||
| Jul 2008 | 01 | Tue 1930 | Stanhope 5M | n/a only |
| "Saltwell Harriers Fell Race"; "1000 feet of ascent"; in previous years the start was 2 miles N of Stanhope (NY996416) | |||||||||
| Jul 2008 | 02 | Wed 1900 | Newcastle-Gateshead 5K | ? ? |
| "Sunshine Run"; "forms will be available from May"; "run starts outside The Pitcher and Piano on St Anne's Quay, then goes inland past The Copthorne Hotel, towards Newcastle Busniess Park, and then back on itself, over the Millenium Bridge and finishing in Baltic Square" | |||||||||
| Jul 2008 | 02 | Wed 1930 | Tynedale 10K | Jun21 yes |
| "Tynedale 10K"; "flat rural, along minor roads and tracks"; enclose SAE for race number; cheaper to enter both this race and Jelly Tea; registration is at a school in Ovingham; start line is in Ovington which is about 1M from registration; finish is near river bridge in Low Prudhoe; free pie and peas in the school afterwards | |||||||||
| Jul 2008 | 05 | Sat 1300 | Burn Valley half marathon | Jun23 no |
| "Burn Valley Run"; one of the Black Sheep Brewery Races; MUST ENTER BEFORE CD AS NO EODS; "memento"; "spot prizes"; "course is one of the most demanding and most beautiful in the UK"; free food afterwards; in 2004, I wrote "good water and sponge stations and a good tea afterwards"; fun run as well (at 1315) on a new course | |||||||||