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5K runs in Essex

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Incorporating the Essex 5K County Championships. An ideal venue to chase a fast time as the course is traffic-free, pancake flat and on smooth tarmac.
  • Fri 8 Aug
  • £19-£21
  • Fri 8 Aug
  • £19-£21
Colchester, Essex, UK

ATW Colchester Friday Night Runs | 5K Road Race

Incorporating the Essex 5K County Championships. An ideal venue to chase a fast time as the course is traffic-free, pancake flat and on smooth tarmac.

  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5 km road running
Join ATW for the 5K Remembrance Run at The Carver Barracks, (Formerly Debden Airfield), in Essex to help honour our fallen heroes and raise money for this fantastic military charity.
  • Sat 8 Nov
  • £19-£21
  • Sat 8 Nov
  • £19-£21
Saffron Walden, Essex, UK

ATW Remembrance Runs | 5K

Join ATW for the 5K Remembrance Run at The Carver Barracks, (Formerly Debden Airfield), in Essex to help honour our fallen heroes and raise money for this fantastic military charity.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • Traffic free
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5 km road running + 46 ft ascent
This disused airfield has a fast, flat, tarmac course with no sharp corners, and the surrounding tree cover makes for relatively still conditions on most days - but your PB or run stress-free.
  • Sun 15 Mar 2026
  • £16-£18
  • Sun 15 Mar 2026
  • £16-£18
Saffron Walden, Essex, UK

ATW Debden 5K

This disused airfield has a fast, flat, tarmac course with no sharp corners, and the surrounding tree cover makes for relatively still conditions on most days - but your PB or run stress-free.

  • Enter online
  • Flat
  • PB
  • Traffic free
  • Age 11 & over
  • 5 km road running + 46 ft ascent
  • Tue 29 Jul
Harwich, Essex, UK

Harwich Runners 5K Series - Race 5 | 5K

  • 5 km road running
  • Sat 6 Sep
Brentwood, Essex, UK

Nuclear Races Mud Tribe | Mud Sisters

  • 5 km trail running
  • Sat 6 Sep
Brentwood, Essex, UK

Nuclear Races Mud Tribe | Mud Misters

  • 5 km trail running
  • Sat 6 Sep
Brentwood, Essex, UK

Nuclear Races Mud Tribe | Mud Family

  • 5 km trail running
  • Sun 14 Jun 2026
Colchester, Essex, UK

Boxted 10K | 5K

  • 5 km multi terrain running

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