Long distance walks

Long distance walks

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Long distance walks in the UK

These distance walking events generally cover 20 miles or more in rural, mountainous or moorland areas across the UK. Select your location for long distance walks in your area or scroll down to see events coming up.

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Long distance walks in 2024/2025

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Get ready, Kiltwalkers! Experience the banter, fun, bagpipes, support and sheer emotion in the City of Discovery over a challenging 20 mile route.
  • Sun 11 Aug
  • £20
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Dundee, Dundee City, UK

The Kiltwalk Dundee | Mighty Stride

Get ready, Kiltwalkers! Experience the banter, fun, bagpipes, support and sheer emotion in the City of Discovery over a challenging 20 mile route.

  • 21.5 miles
Visiting the heartland of the Scottish Borders walkers will stand on the start line with the ultra runners to take to the Borders Abbey Way to complete the loop as a team of 4.
  • Sat 24 Aug
  • £200-£400
Melrose, Scottish Borders, UK

Run the Borders | Walking Challenge

Visiting the heartland of the Scottish Borders walkers will stand on the start line with the ultra runners to take to the Borders Abbey Way to complete the loop as a team of 4.

  • 109 km + 1900 m ascent
Get ready, Kiltwalkers! Experience the banter, fun, bagpipes, support and sheer emotion in Scotland's capital this year over a challenging 21 mile route.
  • Sun 15 Sep
  • £20
  • 11 charities
Edinburgh, UK

The Kiltwalk Edinburgh | Mighty Stride

Get ready, Kiltwalkers! Experience the banter, fun, bagpipes, support and sheer emotion in Scotland's capital this year over a challenging 21 mile route.

  • 21 miles
Show solidarity with women and girls who walk daily for water. Walk 155km over the month of march or 5km every day and raise funds to make sure no woman or girl is held back by a lack of clean water.
  • Sat 1 - Mon 31 Mar 2025
  • FREE
Anywhere

Walk for Water | WaterAid UK

Show solidarity with women and girls who walk daily for water. Walk 155km over the month of march or 5km every day and raise funds to make sure no woman or girl is held back by a lack of clean water.

  • 31 days
Challenge yourself to walk (or run) 200km in 40 days to help fight global poverty. Walk when and where you choose, alone or with friends, and receive goodies!
  • Wed 5 Mar - Thu 17 Apr 2025
  • FREE
Anywhere

The Big Lent Walk

Challenge yourself to walk (or run) 200km in 40 days to help fight global poverty. Walk when and where you choose, alone or with friends, and receive goodies!

  • 40 days
  • Sat 3 Aug
  • £32-£39
Buxton, Derbyshire, UK

The Dovedale Dipper | The Big Dipper Walk

'Marathon-Ish' or '15 Mile-Ish' open to runners & walkers

  • 26 miles
  • Sat 17 Aug
  • FREE-£25
Achnasheen, Highland, UK

Great Wilderness Challenge | 25 Miles Walk

Annual charity event offering a range of runs and walks across some of the wildest and most beautiful terrain in the Highlands.

  • 25 miles
  • Sat 24 Aug
  • £50-£52
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK

Gloucester Track Races | 50K Walk

Gloucester Track Races - 24 hours/100km/50km - running and walking

  • 50 km
  • Sat 24 - Sun 25 Aug
  • £123-£125
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK

Gloucester Track Races | 24 Hour Run

Gloucester Track Races - 24 hours/100km/50km - running and walking

  • 24 hrs
  • Sat 24 - Sun 25 Aug
  • £123-£125
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK

Gloucester Track Races | 24 Hour Walk

Gloucester Track Races - 24 hours/100km/50km - running and walking

  • 24 hrs
  • Sat 14 Sep
  • £110
Clun, Shropshire, UK

The Across Wales Walk

Now in its sixty-first year: a Classic of the Challenge Walking Calendar.

  • 45 miles
  • Sun 22 - Sun 29 Sep
  • £68
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, UK

Somerset and Exmoor Coast Festival | Somerset Coast Challenge | 80 Miles in Eight Days

A fantastic opportunity to take in the spectacular Somerset and Exmoor coast walking on two of England’s coastal National Trails.

  • 8 days
  • Fri 27 - Sun 29 Sep
  • £280
Horndean, Hampshire, UK

Trailwalker

Are you Trailwalker strong? As a team of four, trek 100km non-stop across the South Downs in under 30 hours, raising vital funds for the Gurkha Welfare Trust.

  • 100 km trekking
  • Wed 2 - Sun 6 Oct
  • £150
Normandy, France

The Frontline Walk

Discover the history of the D-Day landings on this epic 100km adventure through Normandy. Taking place this year.

  • 3 days
  • Sat 19 Oct
  • £16-£20
Edenbridge, Kent, UK

Gatliff Marathon | 50K Walk

The Gatliff Marathon is an annual challenge walk, jog or run of 25 or 50km mostly on footpaths and tracks in the Kent and Surrey countryside.

  • 50 km
  • Sat 19 Oct
  • £14-£18
Edenbridge, Kent, UK

Gatliff Marathon | 25K Walk

The Gatliff Marathon is an annual challenge walk, jog or run of 25 or 50km mostly on footpaths and tracks in the Kent and Surrey countryside.

  • 25 km
  • Sat 14 Dec
  • £25-£27
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK

Moors The Merrier | Walk

Start the Christmas period with a great walk or run around the moors of Hebden Bridge in 2024.

  • 21 miles

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