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 9th Dec 2023 | Moors the Merrier | Challenge | 21ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 9th Dec 2023 | The 18th Regular Irregular | Challenge | 11.6, 7.2 or 4.2ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sat 16th Dec 2023 | Santa's Stiperstones Stomp - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 19ml. | Marches |
| Mon 1st Jan 2024 | Surrey Inns Kanter | Challenge | 12 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Mon 1st Jan 2024 | The 17th Hangover Hike - New Date | Challenge | 21, 13 or 10ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sat 6th Jan 2024 | Reservoir Roundabout | Challenge | 21 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 7th Jan 2024 | Stansted Stagger | Challenge | 26ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sat 13th Jan 2024 | Scarborough Rock 2024 | Challenge | 26 or 16ml. | East Yorkshire |
| Sat 13th Jan 2024 | Winter Poppy Marshals Event | Challenge | 50ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sun 21st Jan 2024 | 45th Winter Tanners | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sun 28th Jan 2024 | That's Lyth | Challenge | 23.5ml. | Lakeland |
| Sun 28th Jan 2024 | Wilmot Wander | Challenge | 32ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 3rd Feb 2024 | Rombald Stride Winter Challenge | Challenge | 23ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 10th Feb 2024 | Anglezarke Amble | Challenge | 24 or 17ml. | West Lancashire |
| Sat 10th - Sun 11th Feb 2024 | The Winter Poppyline | Challenge | 50ml. | Norfolk & Suffolk |
| Sun 11th Feb 2024 | 53rd Punchbowl Marathon | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Surrey |
| Sat 24th Feb 2024 | 41st South Shropshire Circular | Challenge | 27ml. | Marches |
| Sat 24th Feb 2024 | The South Pennine 24 | Challenge | 24ml. | South Pennine |
| Sat 2nd Mar 2024 | Saddleworth Ten Res's | Challenge | 26ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 3rd Mar 2024 | 5th Hannington Hike | Challenge | 26.6 or 15.5ml. | Beds, Bucks & N'hants |
| Sun 17th Mar 2024 | 38th Two Crosses Circuit | Challenge | 25 or 17ml. | East Lancashire |
| Sun 17th Mar 2024 | Sevenoaks Circular | Challenge | 15, 22 or 30ml. | Kent |
| Sat 23rd Mar 2024 | South Wales Three Peaks Trial | Challenge | 20, 17, 15 or 10ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 24th Mar 2024 | Blubberhouses Moor | Challenge | 24ml. | Nidderdale |
| Sun 24th Mar 2024 | Cerne Giant 2024 | Challenge | 30 or 20ml. | Dorset |
| Sat 6th Apr 2024 | The 8th Capital Challenge | Challenge | 28ml. | London |
| Sat 6th Apr 2024 | The Three Shires | Challenge | 30, 28, 23 or 21ml. | Staffordshire |
| Sat 6th - Sun 7th Apr 2024 | The Woldsman 2024 | Challenge | 50ml. | East Yorkshire |
| Sun 7th Apr 2024 | The Cyril Bean 25th Annual 'A Coventry Way Challenge' | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 13th - Sun 14th Apr 2024 | Cymoedd Sir Fynwy 50 | Challenge | 51 or 30ml. | South Wales |
| Sat 13th Apr 2024 | The Calderdale Hike | Challenge | 35.2, 26.8 or 17.9ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 13th Apr 2024 | Wensleydale Wander | Challenge | 23 or 12.6ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 14th Apr 2024 | Essex Walker | Challenge | 27 or 17ml. | Essex & Herts |
| Sun 14th Apr 2024 | Spring in Lakeland | Challenge | 24ml. | Lakeland |
| Sat 20th Apr 2024 | Black Dragon Challenge Walk | Challenge | 30, 26 or 19ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 20th Apr 2024 | The Peak District Birthday Bash | Challenge | 43.8 or 21.9ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 27th Apr 2024 | Corvedale Cake Walk | Challenge | 22 or 10ml. | Marches |
| Sun 28th Apr 2024 | The South Downs Marathon | Challenge | 28ml. | Sussex |
| Sat 4th - Mon 6th May 2024 | Speyside 100 Marshal's Walk | Challenge | 100ml. | North of Scotland |
| Sat 4th May 2024 | Steel City 60 | Challenge | 60ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 4th May 2024 | Wolds 20 | Challenge | 20 or 13ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 11th May 2024 | Clun Valley Challenge Walk 2024 | Challenge | 26 or 16ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 11th May 2024 | Ridgeway 40 Walk | Challenge | 40ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 11th May 2024 | The 14th Marsden Moors Meander & Marathon | Challenge | 26, 23 or 18ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sun 12th May 2024 | The Joe Beswick Sandstone Trail Challenge | Challenge | 34ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 18th May 2024 | CRO Ingleborough Challenge 2024 | Challenge | 26 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sun 19th May 2024 | Leaden Boot Challenge | Challenge | 26.2ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| Sat 25th - Mon 27th May 2024 | Speyside 100 | Challenge | 100ml. | North of Scotland |
| Sat 1st Jun 2024 | Farthingstone Foot Fest | 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) |
| 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 | Purbeck Plod | Challenge | 25, 16 or 12ml. | (Non LDWA) |
| 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 20th - Sun 21st Jul 2024 | Afoot in Two Dales Challenge Walk - Event Details Updated | Challenge | 50ml. | The Irregulars |
| Sat 3rd Aug 2024 | Calderdale Crawl | Challenge | 24ml. | Calderdale |
| Sun 11th Aug 2024 | Birmingham Canal Canter | Challenge | 26 or 18ml. | Heart of England |
| Sun 18th Aug 2024 | Dorset Doddle 2024 | Challenge | 32ml. | Dorset |
| Sat 24th Aug 2024 | 35th FINAL SMUGGLERS TROD | Challenge | 26 or 17ml. | Yorkshire Coast |
| Sat 7th Sep 2024 | One Foot in the Gargrave | Challenge | 23ml. | West Yorkshire |
| Sat 14th Sep 2024 | 17th Tour des Marches (Formally Wistanstow Challenge) | Challenge | 26, 18 or 12ml. | Marches |
