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Beginner-friendly Trail runs in North West
Find beginner-friendly trail runs in North West in 2025/2026 - filter by date, location or category, display on a map or use the advanced search to find your perfect race.
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- Sun 22 Feb 2026
- £24-£26
Stockport, UK
Stockport Trail Half Marathon
The perfect race to add to your calendar as a challenge in its own right, and ideal preparation for the spring marathon season.
- Beginner-friendly
- Chip timing
- Enter online
- Flat
- Event village
- Age 17 & over
- 13.1 miles trail running
- Fri 15 - Sun 17 May 2026
- £30
- Early bird
Keswick, Cumbria, UK
Keswick Mountain Festival
The UK's top outdoor sports festival! Incredible entertainment, sports events, speakers, live music, activities, brand expo, bars, food, drink and much more.
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- Families
- Venue accessible
- Beginner-friendly
- Dogs allowed at venue
- Entertainment
- Music
- Enter online
- Event village
- Event expo
- Park
- Rural
- Mountains
- Sustainability policy
- All ages
- 5K run 2
- 10K run
- Half marathon
- 50K ultra run
- Fell run
- + 14 more races
- Sun 13 Sep 2026
- £38.50
Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK
Cheshire 3 Peaks Half Marathon
This event takes in some of Cheshire's finest country, and certainly its highest! Summit Tegg's nose, Shuttlingsloe and Shining Tor with views, diverse terrain and finisher medal.
- Beginner-friendly
- Enter online
- Hilly
- Event village
- Park
- Age 18 & over
- 13.1 miles trail running + 847 m ascent
- Sat 14 Feb 2026
Keswick, Cumbria, UK
Whinlatter Moon Runner 10K Head Torch Trail Race
- 10 km trail running
- Sat 6 - Sun 7 Jun 2026
Kendal, Cumbria, UK
Lake District Ultra Challenge
- Trail run 2
- 50K ultra run 2
- 100K ultra run 2
- Marathon
- Sun 23 Aug 2026
Keswick, Cumbria, UK
Borrowdale Trail Half Marathon
- 13 miles trail running + 765 m ascent