London Halloween Walk
SAT 31ST OCTOBER 2026
- The Oval Cricket Ground Start
- 25 km & 10K
- Walking Only
- Transport Links
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 with other 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!
The Ultra Challenge® Experience
Choose your Challenge, support your charity – do it at your pace, and there are 20 events in the Series with distance options to suit all! The ‘famous’ Ultra Challenge support enables you to go further, whilst enjoying the great outdoors & camaraderie. There are marquee rest stops, lots of food & drink, medical & massage teams, with a fully signed route 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!
Push Yourself Further
10km – Start and finish at ‘The Dungeon’. The looped route heads along the Thames through the heart of the Capital. Perfect for families, teams, or a bit of Halloween exercise with time for the pub afterwards!
25km – starting and finishing at The Dungeon. The route heads along the Thames and then loops through the heart of the Capital. Ideal if you are after some Halloween fun and a proper horror hike.
Deep in the bowels of The Oval – it’s our Halloween Base Camp. It has good tube and train links, plenty of toilets, medics, hot food & drink, and some heat if there’s a chill in the air. Zombie keepers will look after you, and dispatch you out into the night.
2 Halloween Challenges – with start times to suit those who need to get home in the evening (or down to the pub).
- 10km Walk: 3pm only start
- 25km Walk: 2pm-3pm start
Your Challenge
Your Way!
There are 2 distance options: a wicked 10K Walk and a horrific 25km Halloween Hike. All start & finish at the Dungeon, deep in The Oval Cricket Ground, on Saturday 31st. The routes take in highlights of London’s landmarks, some horror hot spots, and a few nasty neighbourhoods. Places are limited – sign up soon…if you dare!
Check out which Challenge is for you….
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How to Join
Sign up online & pay a Registration Fee. You’ll get a confirmation email, which includes a link’ to set up your online JustGiving sponsorship page. You’ll also get access to the ‘Challenge App’ which holds all the details about the event.
Choose how you want to join the Challenge – register via that option and its associated online form. Then enter your personal details.
- Option 1 – Sponsorship for Charity
- Option 2 – Mixed Funding for Charity
- Option 3 – Own Place Charity Fundraising
* A ‘Platform Booking Fee’ of 3% is applied to all event registrations.
Confirm the challenge distance you’ll take on (25KM, 10KM) and then select a provisional start time slot (actual start times are confirmed 4 weeks prior to the event, and for Teams – it will be as per the Team Captain’s choice).
Everyone has to register as we require personal details & declarations. Within the form you can choose to ‘Create’ or ‘Join’ a Team. Teams can be of any size – members can opt for the same or different funding options, charities, or distances.
- Create a Team – you become the Team Captain. You need a Team Name, and a Password for others to join. Then invite friends & family to join you!
- Others join the Team as they register, by searching for the Team Name & using the Password
- Team Start Time – is as per selected by the Team Captain
All sponsorship goes direct to the Charity via your online JustGiving page. At least 50% of the ‘sponsorship target’ should be with the Charity 3 weeks prior to the Challenge. At this time the Charity agrees to pay a Fee for your place to the Organiser (similar to the Self Funding cost – or half of it for Mixed Funding as you’ve already covered half).
Failure to meet the deadline may result in cancellation of your place by your charity.
The remaining 50%, and any extra, should be with your Charity by 4 weeks after the Challenge.
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Get in Touch:
corporate@actionchallenge.com
Costs & Fundraising
Select your Option below to start the sign-up process. Reg Fees are paid online & Fundraising goes to the charity via an online JustGiving sponsorship page that you MUST set up (look for the link within the ‘Confirmation Email’ you’ll receive).
SERIES PARTNER DISCOUNT
With ‘Full Sponsorship’ (option 1) – you get up to 50% OFF the ‘standard’ reg fees below!
Option 1
FULL SPONSORSHIP
FOR CHARITY
Pay a small Registration Fee & Fundraise for your Charity (who then pay for your place)
25km CHALLENGE
£30 Reg Fee & at least
£275 fundraising/sponsorship
10km CHALLENGE
£20 Reg Fee & at least
£150 fundraising/sponsorship
Option 2
MIXED FUNDING
FOR CHARITY
Pay for half your place cost & fundraise less for Charity (who pay half your place cost)
25km CHALLENGE
£50 Reg Fee & at least
£150 fundraising/sponsorship
10km CHALLENGE
£30 Reg Fee & at least
£100 fundraising/sponsorship
Option 3
OWN PLACE CHARITY
FUNDRAISING
Pay for your place & fundraise whatever you can (with no event place cost to them)
25km CHALLENGE
£89 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
10km CHALLENGE
£59 Fee paid online &
fundraise whatever you can
NOTE – The registration system provider is Active Network – you’ll need to create an account, or log into an existing one as you register. All Reg Fees are paid online. A 4% Platform Booking Fee applies to all transactions.
FAQs
You must be 18 or over (on the day of the challenge) if taking on a Full Challenge (~100km) or Three Quarter Challenge (~75km); 16+ and accompanied by an adult if taking on a Half Challenge (~50km ), 14+ and accompanied by an adult if taking on a Quarter Challenge (~25km) or Marathon); for a Half Marathon aged 12+ and accompanied by an adult; and finally 8+ & accompanied by an adult for a 10km/mile Challenge.
Under 18s taking part must be signed up by someone over 18.
You’ll receive a ‘transaction receipt’ (via email) along with a Confirmation Email welcoming you, and detailing any next steps, timelines you need to be aware of, and how & where to find all the info / details you’ll need for your Challenge. (NOTE– If you don’t receive that e mail within 12 hours, please check your spam/junk mail folders)
You can expect to hear from your charity within 14 days. If for some reason you do not hear from them – please contact them directly, and also email us at charity@actionchallenge.com & we will follow up with the charity for you.
We ensure that registered teams are assigned the same start wave (where distance/challenge option allows), and your team name will be printed onto your bib.
There are no restrictions on our regular teams – you can be any mixture of charities / distances / funding types (i.e. Self Funding, Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding), and can have any number of members. (even 2).
Even if you are not fundraising for the same charity, you can still create a challenge team with us.
Whilst you are signing up and registering for your challenge – in the TEAM INFO section (towards the end of the registration questions), you will be asked if you would like to ‘Join a team’ or ‘Create a team’.
If selecting to create a team, you will be asked to create a Team Name and Password. Subsequent team members can then register and select to join your team, and will need to provide the team password in order to join it.
Yes – as long as you are fundraising for the same charity, you can create a team fundraising page on Just Giving (we recommend letting your charity know this is how you will be fundraising together). However, please be advised that the minimum fundraising targets remain per person (not per team), so you will need to reach the combined total fundraising amount on your page for your group.
If you are entering on a Charity Sponsorship or Mixed Funding place then NO – you must select one prime charity for your fundraising. This is because your charity will be paying for a portion of your place on the event (out of the fundraising that you generate). If you wish to also fundraise for another charity, you can do so on your own terms but only as long as you reach the minimum fundraising target your first/prime charity.
If you join as ‘Own Place Charity Fundraising’ however, you have complete flexibility on who you fundraise for – with no targets or deadlines.
All sponsorship goes direct to the Charity via your online JustGiving page – WHICH YOU MUST SET UP.
At least 50% of the ‘sponsorship target’ should be with the Charity 3 weeks prior to the Challenge. At this time the Charity agrees to pay a Fee for your place to the Ultra Challenge Organiser (similar to the Self Funding cost – or half of it for Mixed Funding as you’ve already covered half).
Failure to meet the deadline may result in cancellation of your place by your charity.
The remaining 50%, and any extra, should be with your Charity by 4 weeks after the Challenge.
All charity sponsorship and mixed funding places close 4 weeks before each challenge, so that you have enough time to fundraise and reach your target. Self funding places close for online registration on the Tuesday before each challenge.
Visit the ‘HELP CENTRE’ on the Ultra Challenge Website:
If you still need additional help or guidance – you can contact the Ultra Challenge Team at:
Tel: 0207 609 6695
Amazing Challenges!
Over 225,000 adventurers have taken on an Ultra Challenge®, and the 19 events make up the UK’s biggest & best series of treks & trail runs – which also raises £12+ million / year for charities.
Whichever challenge you choose, you’ll get full support all the way so you can set a new goal, enjoy the wonderful countryside & friendly community, fundraise for you favourite charity – and achieve something to be proud of!
If you’re up for a challenge – make it an Ultra Challenge®.
