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Halloween Walk

Hair-rising Halloween hike on 24 October 2026

Why not risk a hair-raising hike around some of the City’s scary streets and historic haunts and raise money for your favourite charity! Choose your distance, gather your bravest guys & ghouls to make up a team –or go it alone if you dare and meet up withother chilling challengers. You’ll get full support all the way, dress to distress, and creepy dungeon keepers at The Oval Cricket Ground start & finish will meet, greet & shock. Once you escape there’s ghostly looped routes, with zombie rest stops, and if you manage to get back in one piece there’s a macabre medal, a glass of the Devil’s fizz, some horrific hot food & drink!

Walk
25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/halloween-walk/

Kent Downs 50 Challenge

End of Season Challenge in the Garden of England on 10 October 2026

A basecamp near Maidstone, join up to 2,000 adventurers and you can take it on at your pace as a walk, jog, or run – and fundraise for your favourite charity! The 50km looped route heads anticlockwise on the North Downs Way to Blue Bell Hill, following the River Medway to Mote Park at halfway for a picnic. Along the Len Valley Walk to the majestic Leeds Castle, and the North Downs Way back to the showground finish line. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food & drink, optional camping & transfers, a special medal, T-shirt and celebration finish. With 25km & 10km options also available – there’s a challenge for everyone! Push yourself further in 2026, take on an Ultra Challenge – the UK’s No.1 Series of treks & trail challenges!

Walk, Jog, or Run
50km, ~25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/kent-downs/listed-charity/

Chiltern 50 Challenge

Festival style season-finisher on 26 September 2026

A 50km looped challenge in some of the Chilterns finest countryside, with historic trails, rolling hills, nature reserves, with fantastic views. Join up to 2,000 adventurers and take it on at your pace as a walk, jog, or run – and fundraise for your favourite charity! A basecamp in Henley, and a route with real variety and some wonderful scenery – and easily accessible from London. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food & drink, optional camping & transfers, a special medal, T-shirt and celebration finish. With 25km & 10km options also available – there’s a Chilterns Challenge for everyone! Push yourself further in 2026, take on an Ultra Challenge – the UK’s No.1 Series of treks & trail challenges!

Walk, Jog, or Run
50km, 25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/chiltern-50/listed-charity/

Henley 10K

Tackle the Henley 10k on 13 September 2026

The Henley 10k is alongside the Thames Path Challenge’s main finish venue. It’s a fabulous 10 km loop through Remenham countryside with a start / finish near Henley Bridge on Sunday morning. Take it on as a Walk, a Jog, or as a Run – and get your family and friends involved. Our Henley riverside base camp is a great location for a ‘Mini Challenge’ and with an optional finishers meal, a ‘Toddler 2K’ fun event – there is something for everyone down by the river!

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/the-henley-10k/

Fundraising Challenges Achievements

Two of our wonderful supporters have quite literally gone the extra mile by completing the Thames Path Challenge! And in a follow-up to our earlier blogpost, we can now share that our wonderful supporter Bhaveet has completed his enormous 1000km walk, 100km of which he did in support of Music for my Mind!

Thames Path Challenge

Take on the historic towpath on 12 - 13 September 2026

England’s greatest river provides a fantastic backdrop for an unforgettable challenge, which you can take on at your pace as a walk, jog, or run – and fundraise for your favourite charity! Over 3000 adventurers will join the Putney Bridge start, and the full 100km route heads upstream to Henley along the famous Towpath. It’s through Richmond, Hampton Court, Runnymede, and Windsor, with some wonderful scenery to a riverside finish line. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food & drink, optional camping & transfers, a special medal, T-shirt and celebration finish. With 50km, 25km & Henley 10km options also available – there’s a Thames Path Challenge for everyone! Push yourself further in 2026, take on an Ultra Challenge – the UK’s No.1 Series of treks & trail challenges!

Walk, Jog, or Run
100 km, 50km, 25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/thames-path/listed-charity/

Thames Bridges Trek

Unrivalled views of the London skyline on 12 September 2026

Join 2500 walkers and trek 25 km across the Capital with unrivalled views of the skyline & landmarks – and you can fundraise for your favourite charity! From a Putney Bridge start it’s East towards the City, zigzagging over 16 historic bridges, each with a fascinating story – and a mid-point rest stop at The Oval Cricket Ground for snacks & drinks. 25 km later, beyond the majestic Tower Bridge, it’s a party style finish line celebration & afternoon picnic in Southwark Park. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food & drink, a special medal, T-shirt and celebration finish. With a 10 km optionalso available – there’s a fabulous Thames Walk for you!

Walk
25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/thames-bridges/listed-charity/

Thames Moonlight 10 Walk

Experience London at night on 11 September 2026

Take on either a spirited Friday evening 10km or an energetic 10-mile looped route walk through the heart of London as darkness falls, and the Moon rises – and fundraise for your favourite charity! The Oval Cricket Groundis the start / finish venue – and experience London in a different light, passing famous landmarks –including St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and more. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, a special Moon medal, T-shirt and celebration finish with some hot food & drink.

Walk
10-mile, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/moonlight-10/listed-charity/

South Coast Challenge

Seven Sisters & South Downs on 5 - 6 September 2026

The South Downs National Park is a superb backdrop for 2000 adventurers to take on a real challenge, and you can take it on at your pace as a walk, jog, or run – and fundraise for your favourite charity! An Eastbourne start, up Beachy Head, the magnificent Seven Sisters, and along the South Downs Way, with stunning views over the sea, to a Brighton half-way. Devil’s Dyke, and a few ups & downs lie ahead before Arundel comes into view after an amazing 100 km journey. Sign up as an individual or as a team; you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food & drink, optional camping & transfers, a special medal, T-shirt and celebration finish. With half & quarter distance options also available – there’s a challenge for everyone! Push yourself further in 2026, take on an Ultra Challenge – the UK’s No.1 Series of treks & trail challenges!

Walk, Jog, or Run
100 km, ~50km, 25km, Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/south-coast/listed-charity/

London Summer Walk

Explore the Capital in a new light on 22 August 2026

Get your walking shoes on and explore some of the Capital’s less known historic areas with a tour of the
‘gateway to London’ along the Thames’s eastern section – and fundraise for your favourite charity. Starting alongside the grandeur of Woolwich Barracks (short walk from Elizabeth Line, DLR, & Overground) – there’s a marathon looped route, which heads into the heart of the Capital – alongside a 25km option taking in Greenwich, and a 10km option if you’re after something a bit shorter! Routes steeped in history with iconic sights, a lively warm up, full support all the way, rest stops with snacks & drinks, and capped with a BBQ meal, bar & music at the finish, making for a wonderful active end of summer celebration!

Walk
Marathon, 25km, 10km Options
Food & Drink
Medal & T-Shirt

For full details of prices and to sign up: https://www.ultrachallenge.com/london-summer-walk/listed-charity/