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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 - Sun 8th Sep 2024 | 48th Bullock Smithy Hike | Challenge | 56ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| 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 | 30, 24, 17 or 8ml. | Cornwall & Devon |
| Sat 21st Sep 2024 | September Saunter | Challenge | 13.6ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| 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 Five Valleys Walk 2024 | Challenge | 21.6ml. | (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 - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 25 or 12ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sat 2nd Nov 2024 | Kilburn Kanter | Challenge | 24ml. | North Yorkshire |
| Sat 9th Nov 2024 | Six Dales Circuit | Challenge | 25ml. | Staffordshire |
| Sun 17th Nov 2024 | Shillington Shuffle | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sat 7th Dec 2024 | Rudolph's Romp | Challenge | 25ml. | East Yorkshire |
| Sat 14th Dec 2024 | The 19th Regular Irregular | Challenge | 11.6, 7.2 or 4.2ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sat 21st Dec 2024 | Wandering Wintertime Wobble | Challenge | 20ml. | Marches |
| 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 5th Jan 2025 | Stansted Stagger | Challenge | 26ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sat 11th Jan 2025 | Filey Flyer | Challenge | 23 or 16ml. | East Yorkshire |
| Sun 19th Jan 2025 | 46th Winter Tanners | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sun 26th Jan 2025 | That's Lyth | Challenge | 23.5ml. | Lakeland |
| Sun 26th Jan 2025 | Wilmot Wander | Challenge | 32ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 1st Feb 2025 | Rombald Stride Winter Challenge | Challenge | 23ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 8th Feb 2025 | Anglezarke Amble | Challenge | 24 or 17ml. | West Lancashire |
| Sun 9th Feb 2025 | 54th Punchbowl Marathon | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 15th - Sun 16th Feb 2025 | Roundhay 50 | Challenge | 50ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sat 22nd Feb 2025 | 42nd South Shropshire Circular | Challenge | 27ml. | Marches |
| Sat 22nd Feb 2025 | The South Pennine 24 | Challenge | 24ml. | South Pennine |
| Sun 2nd Mar 2025 | 23rd Chiltern Kanter | Challenge | 26, 18 or 13ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sun 23rd Mar 2025 | Cerne Giant 2025 | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Dorset |
| Sun 6th Apr 2025 | The Cyril Bean 26th Annual 'A Coventry Way Challenge' | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 12th Apr 2025 | Wensleydale Wander | Challenge | 12.6 or 23ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 26th Apr 2025 | Bath Beat | Challenge | 12.5, 17, 21 or 26.5ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 10th May 2025 | The Gwyn Matthews' Rhondda Rollercoaster | Challenge | 26 or 16ml. | South Wales |
| Sat 17th May 2025 | The Great Riveraside Ramble | Challenge | 26.2 or 13.1ml. | (Non LDWA) |
