Lake District Ultra Challenge charity places | Lakes Marathon
Secure your charity place in the Lake District Ultra Challenge today. Walk, jog or run a marathon for charity and support top UK charities. Find a cause and join their team today!
Find a charity- Sat 6 Jun 2026
- Fundraising required
08:30
Age 18 & over
£139
- 42 km trail running + 1200 m ascent
Event overview
Thousands of adventurers have taken on the Lake District Ultra Challenge® - part of the UK’s biggest and best series of treks and trail runs for a wide range of ages, fitness and experience levels which raises £10+ million a year for charities!
You’ll get full support all the way so you can set a new marathon-distance goal, conquer the Lake District National Park and push yourself further for an important cause. If you’re up for a charity challenge this year, make it the Lake District Ultra Challenge®.
The Ultra Challenge Experience
Do it at your own pace. The level of support enables you to go further. There are marquee rest stops, lots of food and drink, medical and massage teams, with a fully signed route to guide you.
A big finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement for you personally and also for your fundraising efforts.
Get Sponsored for Charity
You’ll be amazed how much you can raise on these tough challenges as friends and family will recognise and support your courageous endeavours – a marathon is impressive! All fundraising goes directly to your charity via an online JustGiving page.
£10+ Million Fundraising
The series raises £10+ million a year for charities. Choose your charity, set up a JustGiving sponsorship page and make your challenge count!
Prefer to enter directly? General entry options are explained on the Lakes Marathon page.
Charity places
The charities below have places in the event. To secure your charity place, simply find a charity then book a charity place or join a charity team with your own place.
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Health and Medical
Cure Parkinson's
Here for the cure; working with urgency to find new treatments to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson’s.
- Fundraising support
- Fundraising materials
- Dedicated contact
Sign up
£30
Fundraise
£375
Event details
- All fitness levels
- Beginner-friendly
- Event village
- Families
Route
- First aid
- Food stations
- Hilly
- Marshals
- Mass start
- No headphones
- Point to point
- Toilets
- Water stations
- Way markers
Location
- Accommodation
- Bag transfer
- Bar
- BBQ
- Cafe
- Camping
- Changing facilities
- Entertainment
- Music
- Paid parking
- Rural
- Secure bag storage
- Showers
- Toilets
- Urban
Fundraising
- Fundraising materials
- Fundraising required
- Fundraising support
What's included
- Camping
- Event app
- Map
- Medal
- T-shirt