Incredible Hike

Ability level

Incredible Hike is designed to offer a challenge to walkers and hikers of all abilities. You will need a good level of fitness in time for the event, as each day you will be walking around 20 miles, for up to 9 hours, incorporating several hills and potentially rough terrain. The event training plan will help you get ready and offer you ideas to be event-fit. 

Walking groups

You’ll be guided all the way in groups of 10.

Each group will start the day at a staggered time, ensuring pace and safety along the route. If you wake up on day two and decide you would like to join the slower-paced group, the team will make that happen. You will also be supported throughout your route to ensure you have the flexibility to join different groups if needed.

Guided hike

Unlike many hiking events, you won't be sent off with a map and in waves.

Leaders will be right there with you; guiding you along the route, providing basic medical assistance when required, leading on safety and ensuring you are on track to reach pit stops for breaks and your destination each day.

Your evenings

Dinner, drinks, mingle, relax.

Your evenings are chance to mingle, relax, have a nice evening and probably get an early night. Dinner is included (drinks at own cost) each evening and this is funded from your registration fee. There’s going to be a lot of camaraderie with Team Hike so that’s 50 hikers and all the Hike Support crew!

Kit list

A helpful, simple kit list is readily available.

Itinerary

2027 itinerary to be confirmed.

• Day 1

• Day 2

• Day 3

Event HQ

South West Coast Path
Bideford
Cornwall
UK

Start/finish locations for 2027 are to be confirmed.

Hikers make their own travel arrangements to get to registration at the start on Friday morning and to travel home from the finish on Sunday. 

Included

As an Incredible Hiker you'll receive:

• Incredible Hike top

  All Incredible Hikers will receive their very own technical walking T-shirt for this year’s route. You’ll receive your t-shirt at registration.

• Training plans and kit list 

  To help you get in shape and look the part.

• Fully guided route 

  No need to navigate and no getting lost - you're in safe hands all the way.

• Pit stops with snacks and drinks 

  Hike Support will be on board and on hand throughout your 3-day guided walk and that includes providing snacks and drink stops along the route. This is funded from your registration fee. You are advised to carry your own treats and drink in your day backpack, so you have the flexibility to rehydrate as you need to along the route.

• Accommodation and food

  Joining Team Hike means that while you focus on the walking, the challenge and the fundraising, Hike Support can make your ultra challenge as comfortable as possible. As part of your registration fee, you are provided with accommodation for 2 nights.

• Bag transfers

  All transfers from the coast path to your accommodation and back are arranged! Your main luggage will be transferred too, so you don’t need to carry everything over the weekend.   

• Finishers’ medal and bubbly 

  At the end of your ultra hiking challenge, you will be handed your much-deserved medal! Your medal will be specific to the route you’ve just walked so if you decide to sign up for the Incredible Hike again, you’ll be adding to your medal hook at home! 

  Whether it’s bubbly lemonade or bubbly Prosecco, it's covered.  While you ‘cheers’ to your incredible experience and fundraising, we’d love to get a team photo for prosperity!

Not Included

• Transport to the start/from the finish
• Accommodation on Thursday night
• Single room supplement (subject to availability)
• Personal hiking kit

How to 'raise a grand'

Raising £1,000 might seem like the ultimate challenge but there are so many tips to help you reach and smash your fundraising target.

Here are 10 easy fundraising ideas to raise £100 each - sorted!

• Have a clear out and go to a car boot sale 
• Post your training pics to social media with a link to JustGiving 
• Create a Vinted or other online re-sell account and sell your unwanted clothes and accessories 
• Hold a quiz or bingo night at your local pub 
• Charity car wash 
• Bucket collection at your local supermarket with an official CHSW collection bucket
• Hold a bake sale at work 
• Guess the number of sweets in a jar 
• Hold a coffee morning at your local church or village hall 
• Put a collection tin in your local shop

Take it steady

You don’t need to hit your £1,000 target all in one go! Fundraising little and often can be the most effective way to reach your target.

Bake sales, bingo nights, and bucket collections can all raise over £100 a time.

Share your story

Harnessing the power of social media will kick-start your fundraising journey. It’s so quick and simple to setup a JustGiving page, and make sure you regularly share your page and the story of why you’re taking on the Incredible Hike with your friends and followers. Reports from JustGiving and GoFundMe say that each share on Facebook can be worth anything from £10 to £35 per share!  

Fundraising at work

Your workplace may also be able to support you, from swear jars and sponsored silences to matched funding or hosting a company quiz night, reach out to your employer to see how they can support you.

• Run a tuck shop from your staff room/office
• Hold a sponsored ‘dress down day’
• Have a ‘swear jar’ or ‘jargon jar’

You are supported

Once you register for the Incredible Hike, the team are here to support you at every step of the way too. You’ll have access to exclusive fundraising support and materials.

• Regular Zoom calls with the rest of Team Hike and CHSW Fundraising Team 
• Check-ins and contact with your local Area Fundraiser 
• Access to a private Facebook group to support each other and share fundraising tips 

Children's Hospice South West

Your sponsorship helps the hospice make the most of short and precious lives across the South West. Without the support of wonderful fundraisers like you, the hospice would not be able to keep caring for children and young people across the South West and their families.

Fundraising downloads

You'll get a downloadable handy guide with loads of ideas on how to fundraise, including:

• Logos

  To help make your online fundraising look great!

• Sponsor form

  Traditional paper sponsor forms are available if you prefer.

• Email banner

  Tell everyone what you're doing in your communications.

• Word template

  To help share the charity's branding and cause.

• Bunting

  Decorate your events easily.

• Events poster

  Show everyone the challenge you're taking on.

• Sweepstake

  Making fundraising as easy as possible with ready-made ideas.

• About CHSW poster

  Raise awareness of this important local cause.

• Social media and press coverage

  Share online and watch the donations come in.

• Fundraising pack

  It's all here - you're ready to get started!

You are welcome to pay a deposit of £175, followed by the balance of £175.

Entry fees