GPS Race Maps
The following links show the altitude profile, political and/or Landsat pictures of various races in England (mostly in the North west), sorted by month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
For and aerial view showing
the relative positions of the Blackstone Edge, Knowl Hill, Waugh's Well,
Holcombe Two Towers and Bull Hill fell races click here.
|
Name |
Location |
Description |
Map Drawn |
|
Joe
Salt New Years' Day Awakener |
Cowm Ressie, Whitworth |
A
little gem. 4.2 miles slippery and trippy race with a fast finish |
1
Jan 2008 |
|
Ogden,
Yorkshire |
8.2
mile runnable fell race in Siberian Yorkshire |
3
Jan 2009 |
|
|
Stockport |
7
mile 'proper' XC course with great facilities |
8
Jan 2011 |
|
|
Two Crosses Circuit (LDWA) (Updated 2014 with partial results) |
Tottington,
near Bury |
18 or 25 mile gastronomic extravaganza |
11
Jan 2009 |
|
Leigh Cross Country Course, Red Rose (updated 2015) |
Leigh
Sports Village |
5.8 mile pancake flat course |
November
2015 |
|
Blackley,
Manchester |
Rather
tasty cross country course with a bit of everything |
17
Jan 2009 |
|
|
Long
Causeway to Hebden Bridge |
13
miles of uppiness on good paths |
Recce
Jan 2009 |
|
|
Callis
Bridge to Calderbrook Road |
Same
ascent as Leg 2 but only 8.2 miles |
Recce
Jan 2011 |
|
|
From
Summit to Whitworth, near Rochdale |
5.6
mile fast but undulatingly painful leg |
Recce
in Jan 07
|
|
|
Pennine Bridleway Relay Race, Leg 5 (updated
Dec 2010 to include Google Earth, .gpx and .mmo files for route viewing and naviagtion) |
From
Whitworth to Waterfoot, Rossendale |
9.75 mile leg with a real slog of a climb up Rooley
Moor Road |
Race
Feb 08
|
|
Heaton
Park, Manchester |
Challenging
and well-attended weekly 5K |
28
Jan 2012 |
|
|
|
Platt Fields Park, near Manchester Uni |
Flat
and floodable 5K |
Feb
2011 |
|
Alexandra
Park |
5K
route with plenty of character |
Feb
2011 |
|
|
Wadsworth Trog Fell Race (updated 2015) |
Wadsworth,
North of Hebden Bridge |
21.3
mile/ 4,000ft beast (old stats), for endurance fell runners only |
Feb
2009 and updated 2015 |
|
Winter
Hill Fell Race (updated 2011 to include
checkpoints and electronic files) |
Rivington,
Lancs |
Very
tough fell race, technically and physically, with best part of 3000' ascent. |
11
Feb 2007
|
|
From
the Summit pub, near Littleborough |
Up across and down fell
|
Feb
2012 |
|
|
Alton
Towers, Staffordshire |
12km
cross country course with a 16% discount |
23 Feb 2008 19th Feb 2011 |
|
|
Parliament
Hill, London |
Badass 12km
/820ft cross country course |
Feb
2009 and 2012
|
|
|
Todmorden,
Lancs |
AM,~9 mile, 2000' hard |
1
March 2008
|
|
|
Penshaw, Sunderland |
12
km cross country course |
10th
March 2007
|
|
|
Barley
Village, Pendle, Lancs |
AM,
9 mile 2250' fell race |
11
March 2006
|
|
|
Wilmslow,
Cheshire |
13.1
Miles - a race of two halves |
March
2007
|
|
|
Littleborough,
Rochdale |
5K
with a ruddy great hill in the middle |
March
2006 and 2009
|
|
|
Rossendale |
5
mile/800' entry level fell race |
March
2007
|
|
|
Partington,
Manchester |
Fastest,
flattest 10K in town |
March
2011 |
|
|
Hope
Valley, Peak District |
5.7
mile/1,500ft fell race, suitable for all |
March
2013 |
|
|
Heaton
Park Manchester |
Hilly
5.5 miles for the long leg, and 3.05 for the short |
March
2014 |
|
|
New
York, near Manhattan |
Flat
10k two lapper round the Island |
1st
April 2012 |
|
|
Manhattan,
New York
|
10K
loop around Central Park |
April
2007
|
|
|
Capital
of Estonia |
9km
run from Old Town to Kadriorg Park |
April
2011 |
|
|
Parque
Del Retiro |
Beautful location in a busy city |
Easter
2008 |
|
|
Slovak Republic, |
Great site seeing run with hills a plenty |
13th
April 2009 |
|
|
Cyprus |
Four runs from 4.6m to 14.7m, with some culture thrown in. |
April
2010 |
|
|
Pendle,
where the witches live |
4.4
mile/1500ft fell race toughy |
5th
April 2008 |
|
|
Wardle,
Rochdale |
7
mile/1250' medium difficulty feel race |
8
April 2006
|
|
|
Norden,
Rochdale |
4.0 mile undulating road race |
16
April 2008 |
|
|
Stratford-upon-Avon |
26.2
miles |
24
April 2005 |
|
|
Three Peaks Fell Race (Updated
2013 with ~ 180 race pictures) |
Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire Ingleborough Webcam added |
23.5
miles/4,900' killer cat AL fell race |
29
April 2007 and updated 2013 |
|
Cowpe, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancs
|
4.5
mile up and down in the coldest place in the known Universe |
1st
May 2014 |
|
|
Munich,
Germany |
3 mile jog |
May
2007
|
|
|
Mytholmroyd |
6.8
mile/950ft fast fell race with an awkward stile |
4th
May 2009 |
|
|
Belmont,
near Bolton |
4.6m/1000'
BS fell race |
5th May, 2007
|
|
|
Diggle,
2 miles from nowhere |
10
mile / 1,700 ft trail / entry level fell race |
5th
May 2012 |
|
|
Lake
District |
16.5km/1,600ft
over priced and under
prized trail race |
7th
May 2011 |
|
|
Downham
Village, nr Clitheroe, Lancashire |
14
mile/4,800ft fell race requiring navigational skills |
8th
May 2010 |
|
|
Mytholmroyd,
near Halifax
|
6.1
mile/1600' fell race with its own traffic jam |
14
May 2006
|
|
|
Crowden Horseshoe Fell Race
(updated 2008)
|
Crowden
(near Glossop), Peak National Park |
8.3
mile fell race, BM, 1600' |
25th May 2008 |
|
Whitworth
from Red Lion |
5km
tough trail race with 400ft ascent |
26th
May 2010 |
|
|
Lydgate
Hamlet, Littleborough, Rochdale |
3.75
mile fell race, AS, 1200' climbs |
Updated May 2006 |
|
|
|
Norden,
Rochdale |
1.8 mile fun run |
16
May 2004 |
|
Dave
Lewis Romanian Street Children
|
Cowm Reservoir, Rochdale |
4.1 mile multi terrain |
18
May 2004 |
|
|
Manchester
City Centre |
10K
flat road race |
23
May 2004 |
|
Aberystwyth
|
5K
run with 13 bends |
May
2013 |
|
|
Greenfield,
Saddleworth
|
3
mile fell race, AS, 950'
|
Updated
2011
|
|
|
Avebury
to Stonehenge |
Hilly
off road marathon |
May
2013 |
|
|
Edenfield
surprisingly enough |
6.3
miles / 1,300ft beauty |
June
2012 |
|
|
Kirkstone Pass to Dunmail Raise
|
7.2
miles / 3,000 ft ascent and 3,700 ft descent
|
July
2013 |
|
|
Cumbria,
Dunmail to Sty Head
|
10.5
miles with 4,800 ascent
|
5th
June 2010 |
|
|
|
Sty Head to end
|
11.2
miles with 4,800 ascent
|
Eternal
link kindly provided by Scodler |
|
Coniston,
Lake District |
Hilly
marathon with beautiful views |
7
June 2015 |
|
|
Turn
Village, Rochdale. Learn
history. |
4
mile Fell race, AS, 1200' |
8
June 2004 |
|
|
The
Rochdale 3 day event: |
West
from Norden, Rochdale |
6 mile road race (undulating), ~700' |
Updated
2012
|
|
South
from Norden, Rochdale |
5.7 mile multi-terrain (1000' ascent) |
Updated
2012 |
|
|
Norden
to Knowl Hill, Rochdale |
6
mile fell race, AM, 1300' climbs |
Updated
2012 |
|
|
Holcombe Two Towers Fell Race
(updated 2024) |
Holcombe
Brook, near Bury |
4
mile fell race wiuth a good 1,200ft packed into a
short distance |
August
2024 |
|
Yorkshire
Dales National Park |
7
mile fell race, AM, 1650-1700' |
27
June 2004 |
|
|
Crompton
Moor, near Oldham |
Shiny
new 3.7 mile fell race, AS, 1050' |
27
June 2007 |
|
|
Ambleside,
Lake District |
57.5Km
ultramarathon in the hills |
27
June 2015 |
|
|
Whitworth, near someone's back garden |
2.9 mile blast on part of the Brown Wardle race course
|
30
June 2008 |
|
|
Fitz
Park, Keswick |
9.4 mile / 2,700ft, spectacle |
July
2012 |
|
|
Springfield
Park, Rochdale |
10K
undulating road race |
1st July 2008 |
|
|
From
Loveclough near Burnley |
Lovely
42 mile route with 6,600 ft of upiness |
4th
July 2009 |
|
|
Todmorden,
near Royston Vasey |
2.9
miles, 700'. The i in the name should be a u |
11
July 2007 |
|
|
Bull Hill Fell Race
(updated with new 2013 route) |
Hawkshaw,
Bury |
5.1
mile fell race, BS, 1,080', a little cracker |
11
July 2013 |
|
Radcliffe 3 Day Challenge
(updated 2013) |
Bull
Hill, Giant's Seat and Nob End |
Three
5 ish mile races on consecutive days in places with
funny names |
8th
- 10th July 2013 |
|
Holmfirth
and Crowden |
17.1
mile/4000ft, category AS beast of a fell race |
13
July 2008 |
|
|
Calderbrook,
Rochdale |
Tough
8 Mile Fell Race AM, 2000'+ climbs |
21
July 2007
|
|
|
Southern
Lake District, not too far from Windermere |
11.6
mile / 3,000ft medium+ difficulty fell race |
July
2012 |
|
|
Tandle Hill, near Oldham |
Nippy
5.6 mile/510ft trail race with an upside-down profile |
15
July 2009 |
|
|
Zakynthos/Zante,
Greece |
A
7 miler with 1600 ft of ascent right from your apartment |
July
2006
|
|
|
Filerimos Mountain,
Rhodes |
Rhodes,
Greece (not Middleton) |
10
mile up to what is locally called a mountain (but only 250m high) |
July
2010 |
|
Cheshire |
Painfully
hilly 10 mile road race |
July
2014 |
|
|
Turkey |
5.2
miles, flat and hot. |
August
2004 |
|
|
Dubrovnik,
Croatia |
See
the war-torn cable car station and view the old town from way on high |
August
2005
|
|
|
near
Malia and Stalis, Crete |
A
13.4 mile/2900ft hot ascent with great views |
August
2008 |
|
|
Stacksteads,
near the World Gravy Wrestling championships |
A
6 mile relentless up and down free fell race |
August
2011 |
|
|
Radcliffe,
Manchester |
6.5
miles through forest, along Irwell under and over M60. |
12
Aug 2004 |
|
|
Istrian
region of North Croatia |
14 mile shaded trail south of Rovijn |
August
2007 |
|
|
Pilgrim's Cross Fell Race
(Updated 10)
|
Helmshore,
nr Haslingden |
6 mile toughy with a bit of everything |
12
Aug 2009 |
|
Italy
|
Three
5-6 mile runs |
Aug
2011 |
|
|
Golf Ball Fell Race (Updated 10) |
Loveclough, Rossendale |
5.5miles
and 980 ft but feels harder |
Aug
2010 |
|
near
Warrington |
Fastish
10K |
21
August 2011 |
|
|
Sedbergh,
near Kendal |
17.3
mile/ 5,300 ft quad-hating stonker |
23
Aug 2009 |
|
|
Radcliffe,
Manchester |
Probably
the shortest 5K in town (race no longer run, new route now) |
26
August 2004 |
|
|
Fleetwood,
near Blackpool |
Flat course, can be windy |
August
2012 |
|
|
Near
Clitheroe, Lancashire |
Hard
7.6m/1,800ft fell race |
27
Aug 2011 |
|
|
Korbielow, Poland |
4.8
mile/3,200ft uphill only race organised by Basil Fawlty |
28
August 2010 |
|
|
Littleborough,
Rochdale |
Hard
5mile trail race |
2
Sept 2007 |
|
|
Old
Glossop, Peak National Park |
5.9
Mile fell race, AS, 1500' |
5
Sept 2004
|
|
|
Hades Hill Race
(updated 12)
|
Whitworth
near Rochdale |
4.6
Mile AS fell race, 1200' |
Updated
Sept 2007 |
|
Sesto,
Italian Dolomite Alps |
17.5
km mountain race up to over 8,000ft |
13
Sept 2009 |
|
|
from
Oxford Pub, Whitworth Road, Rochdale |
5.1
mile fell race, 700' |
Updated
2006 |
|
|
Mytholmroyd |
15
mile/ 2800 ft beast in lambs clothing |
20
Sept 2008 |
|
|
Bludenz, Austria, a long way from Lancashire |
9.2km/2700'
and uphill all the way |
23
Sept 2007 |
|
|
Rochdale |
Pricey,
undulating road race |
Sept
2014 |
|
|
Hathersage,
Derbyshire |
Entry
level fell race BM, 5.8 miles, 1050' |
25
Sept 2005
|
|
|
Thieveley Pike Fell Race (updated 2014) |
Cliviger, near Burnley |
4.2
mile classic with steep climbs and descents |
25
Sept 2010 |
|
Littleborough,
Rochdale |
Possibly
the fastest 1.00 miler on the planet |
27
Sept 2006 |
|
|
Macclesfield
surprisingly enough |
Hilly
half by anyone's standards |
25
Sept 2011 |
|
|
Windgather Fell Race
(updated 2010)
|
Near
Buxton, Derbyshire |
Tiring
but beautiful 13.5 mile, 2500', BL fell race |
October 2010 |
|
Edgbaston,
Birmingham |
Flat
5K in yam yam land |
2nd
October 2010 |
|
|
Saddleworth Edges fell race, Red Rose League |
Greenfield,
Oldhamish |
Slog
up, along, sprint down |
October
2012 |
|
Witton
Park Cross Country, Red Rose League |
Blackburn,
but quite hard to find |
Exhausting
5.8 mile XC course with 8 climbs for the men, feels
longer than it is |
October
2012 |
|
Autumn
Leaves Fell Race (also see the Cake Race above) |
Diggle,
2 miles from nowhere, near Oldham |
Piece
of cake, literally (8.8m/1400' in 2006) |
7
Oct 2006 |
|
Tintwistle, near Hyde |
See
the Bulls Head in the Bulls Head (8m/1050', BM) |
7
Oct 2007 |
|
|
Soll,
Austria |
Full
marathon with 2 mountains and 6,700ft ascent |
October
2008, includes .gpx trace |
|
|
Hyndburn Cross country, Red Rose league (updated 2015) |
Clayton-le-moors,
up north |
Trippy
and muddy XC course with deceptively large total ascent |
November
2015 |
|
Watergrove Parkrun,
Rochdale |
Wardle,
near Rochdale |
Parkrun
that would qualify as a Cat CS fell race |
October
2014 |
|
Cheshire 10K,
Arley Hall |
Near
Northwich, Cheshire |
Pretty
flat road 10K |
October
2014 |
|
Shepherds' Skyline Fell Race
(updated 07)
|
Todmorden,
West Yorkshire |
6.2
mile fell race, BM, 1150' |
3
Nov 2007 |
|
Wheelton, near Chorley |
Ouch!
Really tough 8.45 mile road race with 900ft of
climbs |
4th
Nov 2012 |
|
|
Tokyo,
Chioda-ku |
Handy,
flatish 5K loop around the palace |
9
Nov 2008 |
|
|
Broadoak Cross Country, SELCC |
Ashton-Under-Lyne |
Mens = 6.3 mile energy sapping XC |
11
Nov 2006
|
|
Leverhulme Park Cross Country, Red Rose |
Bolton |
Mens = 6.1 miles of har XC |
12
Nov 2011 |
|
Chesham
Fields, Bury
|
Fast,
flat and incredibly boring XC course |
17
Nov 2007
|
|
|
Prestonish |
Fast,
flat two-lap road race with a nice technical T-shirt |
Nov
2012 |
|
|
Todmorden
Cricket Club and Park |
Fastish
5K in the dark with head torches |
Nov
2014 |
|
|
Near
the Man City ground |
Fast,
flat unmuddy 10K course |
Nov
2010 |
|
|
Heaton Park Cross Country,
SELCC (updated 2010) |
Blackley,
Manchester |
Men
6.1 miles, ladies 4 miles, mudy, windy and stream
crossings |
25
Nov 2006
|
|
Part
of an off-road loop around Halifax |
7.5
mile/1000' section of a 51 mile relay race split
into 6 legs |
10
Dec 2006
|
|
|
The
next part of an off-road loop around Halifax |
9.4
mile/1800' section of a 51 mile relay race split
into 6 legs |
14
Dec 2008
|
|
|
|
Route
thanks to Nick Barton |
13
May 2012 |
|
|
Stockport,
Manchester |
10 mile road race with some trail thrown in. |
Dec
2004 and 2005 |
|
|
Marl
Pitts Cross Country |
Rossendale,
Lancs. |
Killer
4.8 mile cross country course with ~ 500' climbs and
more mud than Weston-Super-Mare in August. |
3
Dec 2005
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