- Sun 28 Sep 2025
09:30
Age 17 & over
£32
- 13.1 miles trail running + 1010 ft ascent
Event overview
For those unfamiliar with the area, it’s trail running heaven!
Runners will pass through one of the many beautiful villages, but often mile upon mile of wide-open countryside which stretches out before you, with unspoilt vistas over rolling fields and woodland.
Highlights
- Special 7th Anniversary event
- Great trails and great views
- Undulating downland and ancient tracks
- Woodland paths and nature reserve
- King John's hunting ground
- Bronze Age burial mounds
- Bockerley Dike - Iron Age boundary earthwork
- WW2 rifle range
- Friendly atmosphere and fantastic facilities
- Close to Salisbury city centre
This event is part of Race on the Chase.
Event photos
- Average fitness
- Event village
- Newcomers
Timetable
- Mostly traffic free
- Single start
- Undulating
- GPX available
GPX route
The route is displayed on the map above.
Overview
All race distances follow a similar type of terrain.
Undulating downland is the key feature, following ancient tracks, or droves as they are known due to their historic role as routes to market for cattle and sheep. We also use grassy field margins, shady woodland paths, and the ancient turf of Martin Down Nature Reserve.
History
Your run will take you through a landscape full of history.
The race name comes from Cranborne Chase, King John’s favourite hunting ground, but earlier on it was influenced by the Romans, who built a large villa in the village of Rockbourne. Pre-dating this, you see countless Bronze Age burial mounds, and for a couple of miles, runners in the marathon and half follow Bockerley Dike, an Iron Age boundary earthwork. The whole area has been rich in Neolithic archaeology, and a huge earth mound on Martin Down gives a clue to the site of a WW2 rifle range.
- Free parking
- Rural
- Showers
- Toilets
Event HQ
Salisbury Racecourse
Salisbury
Netherhampton
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SP2 8PN
UK
Race HQ
This venue offers loads of inside space with permanent loos and hot showers as well as a large area of hard parking. Access could not be easier, being only 3 miles from Salisbury city centre.
- Medal
- Trophy
Medal
Every finisher will receive a beautiful medal.
Prizes
The first 3 in each event (male and female) will receive a trophy.
How to enter
- Age 17 & over
- Enter online