Due to circumstances beyond our control, the race is cancelled this year.
It will be back next year. We are really sorry for the inconvenience. The Hope Fell Race has been scheduled for Wednesday 26th, so why not try that local race instead?
New route. Short, fast and challenging. Don’t underestimate the course. It may be the little brother of the other village races, but it holds nothing back. The route is also great for spectators, who can see much of the race from the sports pavilion. The new route is also suitable for juniors from U15 upwards
** NO DOGS are allowed at the car park, around the sports pavilion, on the camping meadow or on the course **
Final instructions from 2023 can be found here
Please carshare.
If you have pre-registered there will be a simple process. Your number will be ready on a clothesline on the side of the Mutli-Use-Games-Area (MUGA). Collect your number and warm up. Make your way to the start 10-15 minutes early for a brief safety talk.
The races start from the main road near ‘Beggar’s Plot’. For pre-race safety checks, all runners will be marshalled into this sports field for a head count before the race.
There is no planned kit requirement, but we will update this close to the race, depending on the weather forecast.
Recce Route: before race day, you are NOT allowed on any of the private land used, i.e. the track to Lee Fram, plus the fields around Brough Lee Farm and Bothams Farm. We have published a recce route below, giving you a good feel for the course. If runners ignore the safe recce route and try to cross the private land, they will be disqualified from the event, and ultimately Bradwell may lose permission to hold this race.
On Race Day:
The 2024 race is similar to the 2023 route.
There is NO ACCESS to the private tracks and land sections until 6.30 pm on race day. If you recce the route before the race day, then you risk the entire event. If you are caught on the private land before race day then you will be banned from the event and reported to the FRA
On the day the route will be well marked and marshalled.
Here is a great blog with some excellent pictures from the top of Bradwell Edge looking back down onto the village
Here are some photos from above Point E (the bottom of Bradwell Edge) The album starts with the Ladies’ race, then the Men’s but misses some of the mid-race men as the photographer was called on to help at the water station water in a rush period.
Here are photos from the bottom of the first hill and at the finish (in reverse order). Thank you to Susie Whitlam from Hallamshire Harriers for sharing these.
What a fantastic race. So well organised and what a fabulous route. The Peak District is stunning!
