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Ultra Challenge series

  • Various locations
  • Dates throughout 2025
  • Registration fee: £7.50 - £37.50
  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £575
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Ultra Challenge events are a chance to push yourself in some of the UK's most stunning locations. You can walk, jog or run, and there are different distance options to suit your level of fitness.

Choose your event and sign up on Ultra Challenge's website. Don't forget to select Shelter as the charity you're fundraising for! Every step you take will bring us closer to ending the housing emergency.

Get 25% off the standard registration fee when you sign up to fundraise for Shelter. We also give you a free Shelter T-shirt, fundraising advice and training tips. On the day, you'll get:

  • free food and drink at regular rest stops

  • full support, including medics, marshals and massage

  • a glass of fizz, a T-shirt and a medal when you cross the finish line

London

London Winter Walk

  • Date: 25 and 26 January 2025

  • Starting location: The Oval Cricket Ground

  • Distance options: marathon, half marathon, 10km

  • Registration fee: £7.50 - £22.50

  • Fundraising pledge: £150 - £300

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Easter 50 Challenge

  • Date: 12 April 2025

  • Starting location: Windsor Racecourse

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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London Summer Walk

  • Date: 23 August 2025

  • Starting location: Woolwich Barracks

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Thames Moonlight 10

  • Date: 23 August 2025

  • Starting location: Woolwich Barracks

  • Distance options: 10 miles or 10km

  • Registration fee: £15

  • Fundraising pledge: £150

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Thames Bridges Trek

  • Date: 13 September 2025

  • Starting location: Putney Bridge

  • Distance options: 25km or 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £22.50

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £275

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South East

North Downs 50 Challenge

  • Date: 12 July 2025

  • Starting location: Guildford

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Chiltern 50 Challenge

  • Date: 27 September 2025

  • Starting location: Henley

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Kent Downs 50 Challenge

  • Date: 12 October 2025

  • Starting location: Maidstone

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Isle of Wight Challenge

  • Date: 3-4 May 2025

  • Starting location: Chale

  • Distance options: 100km, 50km, 25km, 10 miles

  • Registration fee: £15 - £37.50

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £575

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South West

Bath 50 Challenge

  • Date: 29 March 2025

  • Starting location: Bath Racecourse

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Cotswold Way Challenge

  • Date: 21-22 June 2025

  • Starting location: Cirencester

  • Distance options: 100km, 75km, 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £37.50

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £575

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South West Coast 50 Challenge

  • Date: 2 August 2025

  • Starting location: Dunster

  • Distance options: 50km, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £30

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £375

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Wales

Gower Peninsula Challenge

  • Date: 19-20 July 2025

  • Starting location: Penrice Castle

  • Distance options: 100km, 50km, marathon, 25km, 10km

  • Registration fee: £15 - £37.50

  • Fundraising pledge: £100 - £575

Sign up

Contact us

You can find frequently asked questions on Ultra Challenge's website.

If you have any other questions, please get in touch by emailing running@shelter.org.uk.