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Beginner-friendly Trail runs in UK

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Boosted
The award-winning 10km-ish trail run is back for a fourth year and takes in quiet country lanes, off-road trails, moorland and rivers within Nidderdale AONB as part of the annual village Family Fete.
  • Sun 7 Jun
  • £25
Ripon, North Yorkshire

Crackpots Trail Run

The award-winning 10km-ish trail run is back for a fourth year and takes in quiet country lanes, off-road trails, moorland and rivers within Nidderdale AONB as part of the annual village Family Fete.

  • 11 km trail running + 193 m ascent
  • Families
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Entertainment
  • Chip timing
  • Enter online
  • Undulating
  • Event village
  • Rural
  • Free venue entry
  • Age 15 & over
  • Sun 21 Jun
  • £24.99
Llanwddyn, Powys

Lake Vyrnwy 10K

  • 10 km trail running
  • Sun 21 Jun
  • £33-£35
Dunstable, Bedfordshire

Dunstable Downs Half Marathon

  • 21.2 km trail running + 450 m ascent
  • Sun 21 Jun
  • £59
Beer, Devon

Jurassic Coast 33K Challenge

  • 33 km trail running + 1050 m ascent
  • Tue 23 Jun
  • £27-£29
Stockport, Cheshire

Lyme Midsummer Trail 10K

  • 10 km trail running + 272 m ascent
  • Fri 26 Jun
  • £133-£135
Polegate, East Sussex

The Longbridge 100 Backyard Ultra Summer

  • 4.17 miles trail running
  • Fri 26 Jun
  • £24
Epsom, Surrey

Epsom Oddballs 2000 Perch 10km

  • 10 km multi terrain running + 186 m ascent
  • Sat 27 Jun
  • £78-£128
Beverley, East Yorkshire

Hardwolds 40

  • 47 miles trail running
  • Sun 28 Jun
  • £12-£18
Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston in Blue

  • 5 km trail running
  • Sun 28 Jun
  • £24-£26
Morpeth, Northumberland

Trail Blazer: Costal Edition

  • 10 km trail running + 144 ft ascent
  • Sun 28 Jun
  • £68-£140
Bideford, Devon

The Lundy Island Race

  • 13.5 miles trail running
  • Sat 4 Jul
  • £70-£72
Fort Augustus, Highland

Great Glen Ultra Marathon 42

  • 42 miles trail running + 6000 ft ascent
  • Sat 4 Jul
  • £118-£120
Fort William, Highland

Great Glen Ultra Marathon

  • 72 miles trail running + 8500 ft ascent
  • Sun 5 Jul
  • £30-£32
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon

  • 21.3 km trail running + 526 m ascent
  • Wed 8 Jul
  • £10-£12
Oldham, Greater Manchester

The Royton Trail

  • 6.4 miles trail running
  • Fri 10 Jul
  • £15
Bristol, Somerset

The Great Western Runners Towpath Series - Race 3

  • 10 km trail running
  • Sun 12 Jul
  • £65-£67
Whitby, North Yorkshire

Eight Stations Ultra

  • 30 miles trail running + 3322 ft ascent
  • Sat 18 Jul
  • £130-£140
Penrith, Cumbria

Rab Helvellyn Sky Ultra

  • 57 km trail running + 3700 m ascent
  • Sat 18 Jul
  • £110-£120
Penrith, Cumbria

St Sunday Sky Race

  • 29 km fell running
  • Sat 25 Jul
  • £175
Bishops Castle, Shropshire

Runningmonk's Rollin' 100

  • 100 miles trail running
  • Sat 1 Aug
  • £57-£59
Hope Valley, Derbyshire

Esk Valley Way Ultra

  • 36 miles trail running
  • Fri 14 Aug
  • £12.50
Bristol, Somerset

The Great Western Runners Towpath Series - Race 4

  • 5 km trail running
  • Sun 23 Aug
  • £52-£57
Keswick, Cumbria

Scafell Pike Marathon

  • 27 miles trail running
  • Sun 23 Aug
  • £32-£37
Keswick, Cumbria

Borrowdale Trail Half Marathon

  • 13 miles trail running + 765 m ascent
  • Sat 29 Aug
  • £75-£117
Liverpool, Merseyside

Leeds & Liverpool Canal 130 Mile Race

  • 130 miles trail running
  • Sat 5 Sep
  • £35-£37
Skipton, North Yorkshire

Malham Trail Half Marathon

  • 13.1 miles trail running

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