GOWER PENINSULA
Ultra Challenge®
19-20 JULY 2025
- Walk, Jog, or Run
- South Wales
- 100km, 75km, 50km, Marathon, 25km
- + 10K Penrice Castle
- Penrice Castle Basecamp
- Camping
- Transfers
- Parking
- Food & Drink
- Bar
- Solo Challenger Start Option
- Ultra March Option
- Medal
- T Shirt
A NEW Ultra Challenge for 2025, set in the stunning Gower Peninsula – the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and famous for its golden beaches, limestone cliffs, wild moors, ridges, and woodlands. Our basecamp is in the grounds of the historic Penrice Castle, with weekend camping options and the 100km challenge is a figure of 8 route made up of west & east loops which take in the best of the Peninsula, its history, and its varied, unique landscape. With 75km, 50km, Marathon, 25km, and 10K challenge options, as well as a bar & entertainment at basecamp – this event will be the highlight of the season!
The Ultra Challenge Experience
Endurance events for a wide range of fitness & ages and the UK’s #1 series of treks & tril runs. Choose your Challenge – do it at your pace, and there’re 18 events in the Series. Our support enables you to go further, whilst enjoying the great outdoors & camaraderie. There’re marquee rest stops, lots of food & drink, medical & massage teams, with a fully signed route & GPS tracking to guide you. A big finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement, and once the aches subside you’ll feel energised, and up for more of life’s real challenges!
Good preparation & smart planning are key, and from the moment you sign up you’ll have access to our Challenge App – with training guides, optional training walks, maps, online forums, and the latest news & updates.
Rest Stops every ~12.5 km with ‘major’ ones every ~25 km, and are much more than the shaky gazebo with water that you see on some events. We’ve marquee cover, large medical & welfare tents, catering services, seating areas for recovery, changing rooms, and a friendly welcome!
00’s of pink arrows + glow-sticks (at night) mark the route, and with Google route maps in the App you won’t get lost on an Ultra Challenge®!
Our Timing System scans you at rest stops, with your progress logged and monitored by our Control Room.
For 2025 – we’ve upgraded our system, with an APP for your mobile with GPS Tracking – which you can share in ‘real time’ with family & friends – without draining your phone’s battery – and you also get all the info on the route lying ahead!
Keeping you well fed & hydrated is key. We pride ourselves on the quantity & quality of our catering, and whichever distance you are on – meals, snacks & drinks are included – so no need to carry much!
- Snacks & drink stops every 12.5 km
- Snacks – from the healthy to treats
- Meal / food every 25 km
- Energy drinks
- All dietary requirements catered for
- Lighter options for ‘runners’
- Hot food finishers meal
We generally have a ~50 km campsite for rest & sleep if you’re on the 2 day ‘Daylight’ 100 km option, or if you finish / start a 50 km ‘half’ Challenge. Book an inclusive package or ‘pitch your own’ – there’re showers and chill out areas.
We’ve experienced Doctors, Paramedics, First Aiders, Podiatrists, and Massage Teams at Rest Stops. There’re ‘Self Help’ areas with blister plasters, talc, Vaseline, and tape if you want to patch your own feet. Our mobile Emergency Medical Teams are only a phone call away, via our 24 hour Control Room
We don’t want you to forget that finish-line moment – our Cheer Squad will ensure you won’t! You’ll get a medal, finisher’s T-shirt, and a glass of fizz, before heading to a finishers meal and a well earned rest. Download your official Challenge certificate when you’re ready.
Looking for a great event for your team without all the hassle, risk, or costs of organising it? These events are the PERFECT solution – and we had over 400 company teams joining us in 2024.
Your Team will be energised, exercised, bonding & motivated on a fun, accessible, safe, high quality outdoors event. With optional hospitality packages available – make an Ultra Challenge® your company’s special event – maybe supporting your ‘charity of the year’.
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Get in Touch:
corporate@actionchallenge.com
Your Challenge,
Your Way!
Whether you’re a walker and new to challenge events, an experienced trekker, a marathon enthusiast upping the distance, or a seasoned runner after UTMB points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! From our Penrice Castle basecamp – Walk, Jog, or Run your chosen challenge – as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you. There’s an Ultra March® option for ‘fast walkers’ – and a new ‘Solo Challenger’ start time to join up with others. The Gower Peninsula Ultra Challenge is fun, safe, and rewarding – with full support all the way, enabling you to push yourself further in breathtaking landscapes and scenery. With weekend camping options, plenty of parking & shuttle bus transfers from nearby Swansea – it will be a weekend in Wales not to miss!
100 km – as figure of 8 route with 50km west & east loops – at your pace – through the day & night if you’re walking.
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19 July 2025
- Start – Penrice Castle basecamp
- 100 km & ~2200 m climb
- Finish – Penrice Castle basecamp
Camping options available at Penrice Castle basecamp.
100 km over 2 days, with optional camping packages at Penrice basecamp half way (it’s a figure of 8 route) – or book a hotel / B&B – and rest!
Day 1 – Western Loop
- Saturday 19 July 2025
- Start – Penrice basecamp
- 50 km & ~1200 m climb
- Finish – Penrice basecamp
Day 2 – Eastern Loop
- Sunday 20 July 2025
- Start – Penrice basecamp
- 50 km & ~1000 m climb
- Finish – Penrice basecamp
Camping options available at Penrice Castle basecamp
75 km – as figure of 8 route with a 25 km west loop first followed by the 50 km east loop – at your pace – through the day & night if you’re walking.
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19 July 2025
- Start – Penrice Castle basecamp
- 75 km & ~1550 m climb
- Finish – Penrice Castle basecamp
Camping options available at Penrice Castle basecamp.
Content
A scenic & tough Western Loop
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19 July 2025
- Start – Penrice basecamp
- 50 km & 1200 m climb
- Finish – Penrice basecamp
Camping options available at Penrice Castle basecamp
Take on the Eastern Loop
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19, or Sunday 20 July 2025
- Start – Penrice basecamp
- 50 km & ~1000 m elevation
- Finish line – Penrice basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
If the classic 26 mile challenge is your thing – this is a special one!
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19 July 2025
- Start – Penrice basecamp
- 42 km & ~900m elevation
- Finish line – Penrice basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
25km Penrice Loop
Penrice (basecamp) > Penrice (basecamp)
- Saturday 19th July 2025
- Start- Penrice – basecamp
- 25 km & ~ 550 m elevation
- Finish line – Penrice – basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
Perfect for all the family. Penrice (Loop)
Penrice > Penrice
- Saturday 19th July 2025
- Start – Penrice – basecamp
- 10 km & ~ 250 m climb
- Finish line – Penrice – basecamp
Camping options available at Penrice basecamp
LAST CHANCE JUNE!
UP TO 75% OFF CHARITY REG FEE
+ ‘MULTI DEALS’ – UP TO 25% OFF
+ ‘DUO SELF FUND’ – 10% OFF
Ends Sunday 22 June
Official Charity Partners
Walk, Hike, or Trek
100km < 24 hours
& 50 km < 12 hours
Up for a NEW Style of Ultra Challenge?
An Ultra March® is about WALKING at a brisk & consistent pace with like minded challengers to achieve it – a bit like a march! – but taking in the great rest stops & services of an Ultra Challenge!
- Opt into the Ultra March® category
- Up to 300 will set off together as a big Ultra March® group.
- Single Start Time – 8.30am Saturday
- Ultra March® Pace Chart in the App sets a minimum pace.
- Exclusive Ultra March Medal.
THE RULES:
Over & above the general Ultra Challenge Rules – with an Ultra March® it’s:
- STRICTLY WALKING ONLY (no jogging / running)
- Stage times will be checked.
- You must complete 100km in sub 24 hours – or 50km is sub 12 hours to qualify for exclusive medal.
- If you are outside of the time target you still celebrate with a conventional Ultra Challenge medal / certificate.
You will be able to opt into the Ultra March Category Start Time on the Registration / Sign Up Form. So follow the normal Sign Up links.
How to Join
Do it for yourself/ Self Fund
Pay for your event place in full, with no fundraising required. Sign up & pay online today!
Do it and support a charity/ Fundraise
Pay a registration fee & commit to fundraise for a charity of your choice.
'MULTI DEALS' for 3 events or more. SAVE up to 25%!
2025
FACTSHEET
All you need to know about the Challenge & how you can take it on. Print it off - or send it to your friends!
Check out
the routes & maps
Corporate Team Packages
Looking for an event to get your team energised - download our information sheet for more information.
Choose your charity
We’re proud to work with hundreds of UK charities which benefit from the Ultra Challenge fundraising which exceeded £10 MILLION in 2024.
Our main ‘Series Partners’ & ‘Challenge Partners’ are some of the UK’s major national charities – and if you support one of these ‘Official Partners’ – it’s 75% OFF standard Reg Fees for ‘Full Sponsorship’ sign ups in JUNE (use code JUNEDEAL at Checkout to get extra discount)
Choose a Charity, sign up, and set up your JustGiving fundraising page NOW.
OFFICIAL PARTNERS
75% OFF FULL SPONSORSHIP FOR CHARITY REG FEE IN JUNE
2025 ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
25% Off Standard Reg Fee
OR CHOOSE FROM over 600 LISTED CHARITIES
OUR OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PARTNER
Amazing Challenges
Over 200,000 adventurers have taken on an Ultra Challenge®, and the 18 events make up the UK’s biggest & best series of treks & trail runs – which also raises £10+ million a year for charities.
Whichever challenge you choose, you’ll get full support all the way so you can set a new goal, enjoy or wonderful countryside, and Push Yourself Further. If you’re up for a challenge in 2025 – make it an Ultra Challenge®.
