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Fun runs in UK

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Join the Junior Run at Folkestone — feel the sea breeze, race the promenade, make your mark! Fun, fast and friendly for young runners at the heart of the coast.
  • Sun 27 Sep 2026
  • £5
Folkestone, Kent, UK

Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon | Junior Race

Join the Junior Run at Folkestone — feel the sea breeze, race the promenade, make your mark! Fun, fast and friendly for young runners at the heart of the coast.

  • Enter online
  • All ages
  • 600 m road running
Have you got any ‘little monsters’ in your family who would enjoy their own piece of the action at the Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running?
  • Sun 27 Sep 2026
  • £6
Inverness, Highland, UK

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running | Wee Nessie

Have you got any ‘little monsters’ in your family who would enjoy their own piece of the action at the Loch Ness Marathon and Festival of Running?

  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Fancy dress
  • Age up to 5
  • 800 m road running
A fun 400m run around the sports track just before the half marathon itself - the kids will love it! The parents will love it as a warm up and because it's free.
  • Sun 4 Oct 2026
  • FREE
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK

ATW Welwyn Children's Fun Run

A fun 400m run around the sports track just before the half marathon itself - the kids will love it! The parents will love it as a warm up and because it's free.

  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • All ages
  • 400 m track and field
Sun, sea and running as it should be! From kids’ dashes to a coastal half marathon, enjoy sun, sea and smiles at Bournemouth’s ultimate running festival.
  • Sat 10 - Sun 11 Oct 2026
  • £13.50-£51.50
Bournemouth, Dorset, UK

Run Bournemouth

Sun, sea and running as it should be! From kids’ dashes to a coastal half marathon, enjoy sun, sea and smiles at Bournemouth’s ultimate running festival.

  • Families
  • Venue accessible
  • Recycling
  • Newcomers
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Urban
  • Park
  • Coast
  • Sustainability policy
  • Public transport links
  • Age 3 & over
  • Half marathon
  • 10K run
  • 5K run
  • Fun run 3
A traffic-free flat run to let young warriors release lots of energy as they too get to experience racing at the festival, creating tall tales of daring and their own piece of history.
  • Sat 10 Oct 2026
  • £10-£12
Stirling, UK

Wallace Warriors 1 Mile Fun Run

A traffic-free flat run to let young warriors release lots of energy as they too get to experience racing at the festival, creating tall tales of daring and their own piece of history.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Fundraising optional
  • All ages
  • 1 mile road running + 7 m ascent
Open to all the family from serious athletes wanting a shorter race to complete beginners wanting to have fun, get fit and raise money for Anna's Hope, or a different charity cause.
  • Sun 11 Oct 2026
  • £19.90
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Anna's Hope 5K Fun Run

Open to all the family from serious athletes wanting a shorter race to complete beginners wanting to have fun, get fit and raise money for Anna's Hope, or a different charity cause.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 4 & over
  • 5 km road running
  • Sat 22 Nov
London, UK

World AIDS Day RED RUN | 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sun 23 Nov
Towcester, Northamptonshire, UK

Run Fest Silverstone

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • Sun 23 Nov
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK

Clowne Road Runners Half Marathon | Fun Run

  • 1 mile road running
  • Sun 23 Nov
Bournemouth, Dorset, UK

Boscombe 10K | Childrens Fun Run

  • 1.5 km road running
  • Sun 23 Nov
London, UK

Battersea Winter Run Festival | Kids Dash

  • 1 km road running
  • Sun 23 Nov
Edinburgh, UK

Hermitage 10K, 5K & 1.2K Trail Runs | 1.2K Festive Fun Run

  • 1.2 km trail running
  • Thu 27 Nov
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK

The Dave Jones Prom Run Series - Race 3 | Junior 1 Mile

  • 1 mile road running
  • Fri 28 Nov
Glasgow, Glasgow City, UK

3K on the Green

  • 3 km road running
  • Sat 29 Nov
Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, UK

Ravenstonedale 10K Road Race

  • Fun run 2
  • 10K run
  • Sat 29 Nov
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK

Shrewsbury Christmas Jumper Run

  • Fun run
  • 5K run
  • 10K run
  • Sun 30 Nov
Jersey, Jersey

Durrell Dash

  • Fun run 3
  • Sun 30 Nov
Bristol, Gloucestershire, UK

Mojo Muddy Madness Fun Run

  • Fun run 2
  • Sun 30 Nov
London, UK

Santa Fun Run - Bushy Park

  • 5 km trail running
  • Tue 2 - Thu 4 Dec
London, UK

Santa in the City

  • Fun run 3
  • Wed 3 Dec
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK

The Monthly Mile South Shields - Run 12

  • 1 mile road running
  • Fri 5 Dec
London, UK

The Ealing Mile

  • 1 mile road running
  • Sat 6 Dec
Tring, Hertfordshire, UK

Wild Christmas Charity Run | 4K Christmas Walk

  • 4 km trail running
  • Sat 6 Dec
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK

No Walk in the Park | Kids Fun Run

  • 1500 m road running
  • Sat 6 Dec
Portree, Highland, UK

Skye Santa Dash

  • 1.75 miles road running

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