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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 20th May - Sun 2nd Jun 2024 | Round and About Walks | Challenge | 23, 13 or 10ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 25th - Mon 27th May 2024 | Speyside 100 | Challenge | 100ml. | North of Scotland |
| Sat 1st Jun 2024 | Farthingstone Foot Fest - Event Full | Challenge | 26, 15, 13 or 11ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 2nd Jun 2024 | Pick and Mix | Challenge | 4.5, 6, 8 or 10ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 8th Jun 2024 | 53rd Six Shropshire Summits Challenge Walk | Challenge | 36ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 8th - Sun 9th Jun 2024 | Stanza Stones Ultra | Challenge | 50ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 9th Jun 2024 | Settle Saunter | Challenge | 23, 13 or 6.5ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Fri 14th - Sat 22nd Jun 2024 | Annual South Downs Way Walk | Challenge | 105ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 15th Jun 2024 | Baslow Boot Bash | Challenge | 26 or 14ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 22nd Jun 2024 | Malvern Midsummer Marathon | Challenge | 26 or 14ml. | Heart of England |
| Sun 23rd Jun 2024 | Herts Hobble | Challenge | 26.2 or 18ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sun 23rd Jun 2024 | Purbeck Plod | Challenge | 25, 16 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 29th Jun 2024 | Bude Beast | Challenge | 30, 24 or 6ml. | Cornwall & Devon |
| Sat 29th Jun 2024 | Durham Dales Challenge | Challenge | 30 or 14ml. | Northumbria |
| Sat 6th Jul 2024 | Hallow 12 Parish Challenge | Challenge | 40, 26, 18, 14 or 10ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 13th Jul 2024 | High Weald Challenge | Challenge | 26, 20 or 15ml. | Kent |
| Sat 20th - Sun 21st Jul 2024 | Afoot in Two Dales Challenge Walk - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 50ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sat 27th Jul 2024 | Rodent Wriggle | Challenge | 13.5, 23 or 31.5ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sat 3rd Aug 2024 | Calderdale Crawl | Challenge | 24ml. | Calderdale |
| Sun 4th Aug 2024 | The Sussex Loops | Challenge | c31ml. | Sussex |
| Sat 10th Aug 2024 | Open to Offas | Challenge | 31, 23 or 15.5ml. | Merseystride |
| Sun 11th Aug 2024 | Birmingham Canal Canter | Challenge | 26 or 18ml. | Heart of England |
| Sun 18th Aug 2024 | Dorset Doddle 2024 - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 32ml. | Dorset |
| Sat 24th Aug 2024 | 35th FINAL SMUGGLERS TROD - Entries Closed | Challenge | 26 or 17ml. | Yorkshire Coast |
| Sat 7th Sep 2024 | One Foot in the Gargrave | Challenge | 23ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sun 8th Sep 2024 | Notfast Ponton Plod Challenge | Challenge | 26.4, 17.1, 12 or 6.3ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Fri 13th - Sat 14th Sep 2024 | Peak District Challenge 2024 by Wilderness Development | Challenge | 62.5, 15.6, 31.3 or 46.9ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 14th Sep 2024 | 61st Across Wales Walk - New Date | Challenge | 45ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 14th - Mon 23rd Sep 2024 | Barmouth Walking Festival 2024 | Challenge | TBCml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 15th Sep 2024 | 17th Tour des Marches (Formally Wistanstow Challenge) - Event Full | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Marches |
| Sun 15th Sep 2024 | Chagford Challenge - 15 Sept 2024 | Challenge | 32, 24, 17 or 8ml. | Cornwall & Devon |
| Sat 21st - Sun 22nd Sep 2024 | Surrey Tops | Challenge | 50ml. | Surrey |
| Fri 27th - Sun 29th Sep 2024 | Trailwalker 2024 | Challenge | 62.5ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 29th Sep 2024 | The Marlow Donkey | Challenge | c25 or c16ml. | Thames Valley |
| Sat 5th Oct 2024 | Goyt Valley Challenge | Challenge | 26.2 or 14.3ml. | High Peak |
| Sat 5th Oct 2024 | The 41st Round Rotherham | Challenge | 50ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 12th - Sun 13th Oct 2024 | Potter Around The Otter 50 - 12/13 Oct 2024 | Challenge | 50ml. | Cornwall & Devon |
| Sat 12th Oct 2024 | Wye Not Wander | Challenge | 27, 20 or 14ml. | Kent |
| Sat 19th Oct 2024 | 40th Gatliff Marathon | Challenge | 31.5 or 15ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 20th Oct 2024 | Signpost Challenge | Challenge | 24 or 19ml. | South Manchester |
| Sat 26th Oct 2024 | Cracoe Cracker Challenge | Challenge | 25 or 12ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sat 2nd Nov 2024 | Kilburn Kanter | Challenge | 24ml. | North Yorkshire |
| Sun 17th Nov 2024 | Shillington Shuffle | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 14th Dec 2024 | The 19th Regular Irregular | Challenge | 11.6, 7.2 or 4.2ml. | The Irregulars |
| Wed 1st Jan 2025 | 50th Surrey Inns Kanter | Challenge | 20 or 12ml. | Surrey |
| Wed 1st Jan 2025 | The 18th Hangover Hike | Challenge | 21, 13 or 10ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sun 19th Jan 2025 | 46th Winter Tanners | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 1st Feb 2025 | Rombald Stride Winter Challenge | Challenge | 23ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 9th Feb 2025 | 54th Punchbowl Marathon | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sun 2nd Mar 2025 | 23rd Chiltern Kanter | Challenge | 26, 18 or 13ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 26th Apr 2025 | Bath Beat | Challenge | 12.5, 17, 21 or 26.5ml. | (Non LDWA) |
