Peak District
Ultra Challenge®
28 - 29 JUne 2025
- Bakewell Basecamp
- 100km, 75km, 50km, or 25 km
- Bakewell 10 mile option
- 'ULTRA MARCH' Option
- Camping Packages
- Transfers
Our basecamp hub in idyllic Bakewell will welcome over 3,000 adventurers who will test themselves in the fabulous Peak District National Park. There’s a full range of camping options, car parking, and extensive hospitality & welfare services across the weekend – with a full 100km Challenge which takes a tough & varied figure of 8 route through Derbyshire’s finest scenery. You’ll get full support all the way, and with 3/4, half, quarter & 10 mile distance options also which pass Chatsworth House – there’s a Peak District Ultra Challenge for everyone!
Payment Plan Now Available!
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 17 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 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!
There’re pink arrows to guide you, distance markers, glow-sticks at night, hazard signs, and a route map in the App. Our ‘Trek Masters’ organise group departures at night so nobody has to walk solo. Our chip timing system enables our Control Room, and your friends / family, to track your progress through the Rest Stops.
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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100 km, at your pace, through the day & night if you’re walking.
Bakewell > Bakewell
- Saturday 28 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- 100 km & ~2150 m climb
- Finish – Bakewell basecamp
Camping options available at Bakewell basecamp.
NEW ‘ULTRA MARCH’ OPTION. See Below.
100 km over 2 days, with optional camping packages at Bakewell basecamp half way (it’s a figure of 8 route) – or book a hotel / B&B – and rest!
Day 1 – Bakewell Northern Loop
- Saturday 28 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- 52 km & ~1250 m climb
- Finish – Bakewell basecamp
Day 2 – Bakewell Southern Loop
- Sunday 29 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- 48 km & ~900 m climb
- Finish – Bakewell basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
Ideal if you want to ‘up your distance’ – without committing to a Full 100km. Do the popular 25km loop – and then head out on the 2nd half of the main challenge.
Bakewell > Bakewell
- Saturday 28 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- ~73 km & ~1500 m climb
- Finish line – Bakewell basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
A scenic & tough Northern Loop of the Peak District.
Bakewell > Bakewell
- Saturday 28 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- 52 km & 1250 m climb
- Finish – Bakewell basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
Take on the Southern Loop of the Peak District.
Bakewell > Bakewell
- Sunday 29 June 2025
- Start – Bakewell basecamp
- 48 km & ~900 m elevation
- Finish line – Bakewell basecamp
Camping options available at Bakewell basecamp
25km Bakewell loop
Bakewell (basecamp) > Bakewell (basecamp)
- Saturday 28th June 2025
- Start- Bakewell – basecamp
- 25km & ~ 600 m elevation
- Finish line – Bakewell – basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
Bakewell 10 Miles (Loop)
Bakewell > Bakewell
- Saturday 28th June 2025
- Start – Bakewell – basecamp
- 10m & ~ 350 m climb
- Finish line – Bakewell – basecamp
Camping options available at Backwell basecamp
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 ultra runner after UTMB points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! Walk, Jog, or Run – as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you. The Peak District Ultra Challenge is fun, safe, and rewarding – with full support all the way, a fantastic figure of 8 route with weekend camping options at the Bakewell basecamp – enabling you to push yourself further in some wonderful rugged countryside.
CHRISTMAS Deal
PAYMENT PLAN OPTION
+ FREE Tech T Shirt worth £20
+ FREE New Year Virtual Challenge
+ SAVE up to 75% OFF Reg Fee!
+ FREE Iceland Challenge Prize Draw
ENDS MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY
Excludes: Winter & Halloween Walks, & 10K/mile events
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!
- Participants opt in to 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.
- Special Finishers Medal & Certificate .
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 special medal & certificate.
- 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
Payment Plan Now Available!
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 a wide range of UK charities which benefit from the Ultra Challenge fundraising which exceeded £10 MILLION in 2024. Our main ‘Series Partners’ are some of the UK’s major national charities – all of which will fully support your fundraising endeavours. For our WINTER DEAL, with the ‘Full Sponsorship for Charity‘ option, you can sign up for ANY of the 600+ Charities involved at an additional 25% OFF. Choose a Charity, sign up, and set up your JustGiving fundraising page NOW.
OFFICIAL PARTNERS
50% OFF FULL SPONSORSHIP FOR CHARITY REG FEE
2025 ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
25% Off Standard Reg Fee
OR CHOOSE FROM over 600 LISTED CHARITIES
OUR OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PARTNER
17 Amazing Challenges
Over 200,000 adventurers have taken on an Ultra Challenge® so far and the 18 unique 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 the great British countryside, and Push Yourself Further at your pace! Whoever you are – If you’re up for a challenge – it has to be an Ultra Challenge®
2 NEW EVENTS FOR 2025
Lake District Ultra Challenge
7-8 June 2025
100 km loop + Half + Marathon + Quarter Challenge options & Ambleside 10K
1 of 17Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge
3-4 May 2025
106 km ‘Full Island’ Loop + Half & Quarter Island options AND ‘Cross Island’ & Medina 10 Mile challenges.
2 of 17London 2 Brighton Ultra Challenge
24-25 May 2025
100 km + Half, Marathon & Quarter Challenge distance options
3 of 17South Coast Ultra Challenge
6-7 Sept 2025
100 km + Half & Quarter Challenge options
4 of 17Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge
17-18 May 2025
100 km + Half & Quarter Challenge options AND Marathon + Double Marathon & Bridport 10K
5 of 17Thames Path Ultra Challenge
13-14 Sept 2025
100 km + 3/4 + Half & Quarter Challenge options
+ Thames Bridges 25km Trek (Sat – Central London)
+ Friday Moonlight 10K Walk (Central London)
+ The Henley 10K (Sunday)
6 of 17South West Coast 50 Ultra Challenge
2 August 2025
50 km Loop + 25 km & 10 km Challenge options
7 of 17The Bath 50 Ultra Challenge
29 March 2025
50 km Loop + 25 km & 10 km Challenge options
8 of 17Gower Peninsula Ultra Challenge
NEW FOR 2025
19-20 July 2025
100 km (fig. of 8) 50 km Loops (West & East) + Marathon + 25 km & 10 km Challenge options
9 of 17Peak District Ultra Challenge
28-29 June 2025
100 km Loop + ~50 km Half & 25km Quarter Challenge options & The Bakewell 10 Mile.
10 of 17Cotswold Way Ultra Challenge
21 – 22 June 2025
100 km + 3/4 + Half & Quarter Challenge options. + Cirencester 10K
11 of 17Chiltern 50 Ultra Challenge
27 Sept 2025
50 km Loop + 25 km & 10K Challenge options
12 of 17North Downs 50 Ultra Challenge
12 July 2025
50 km Loop + 25 km & 10km Challenge options.
13 of 17Easter 50 Ultra Challenge
Sat 12 April 2025
Windsor
50 km, 25 km, 0r 10 km Loops from racecourse basecamp.
14 of 17London Winter Walk
25 & 26 January 2025
Marathon, Half Marathon, 10 KM, or 5 KM looped routes – The Oval Start / Finish
15 of 17London Halloween Walk
Sat 26 October 2024
25 KM or 10 KM spooky looped route options. Start / finish – The Oval Cricket Ground ‘dungeon’,
16 of 17Kent Downs 50 Ultra Challenge
Sat 11 October 2025
50 KM, 25 KM or 10 KM looped routes options. Start / finish – The Kent Showground nr. Maidstone.
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