Coniston

Public Transport

With bus prices capped at just £3 per journey, why not relax and take in the views along the route, save on the cost of parking and reduce your carbon footprint?

Coniston is accessible from Ambleside on the 505 bus. You can find the latest timetable HERE
 

Send us a photo of your public transport ticket for all or part of your journey and we'll award one lucky winner at each event with a FREE ENTRY to a future event. Email your photos HERE
 

Car Sharing

The environmental impact of travelling by car is much reduced if it's full so why not join up with your friends / running club members to travel together? If your car has 4 or more occupants, parking is FREE! 

As well as saving £5, for the first time, to encourage car sharing we will award a FREE entry to a runner who sends a photo of them with 4 or more people with their car at the event car park. Submit the photo HERE.

There's always plenty to do in and around our venue and visiting local businesses helps support them too. Visit our Car Share group on Facebook HERE to start planning!

We have bus information under the 'sustainable travel' tab above. With bus tickets only £3 per journey, why not arrive at the event relaxed and enjoy the scenery on the way?

If you arrive by bike, we’ll have a bike rack available (bikes left at your own risk).

All day parking is £5 cars and £6 for vans. Alternatively, fill your car with 4 or more passengers and park for FREE. Cash payment for parking is preferred at this location due to occasional issues with signal and our card readers. All being well we can also take card payments. Please use our Car Sharing Facebook group to either offer or request a lift.

The car park opens at 8:45am and is located in fields close to our event centre at Coniston Sports and Social Club. Please follow our Car Park signs, be patient and follow the directions of our parking marshals. (Do not attempt to access or park at the Sports Club itself - vehicle access is not permitted at the Sports Club itself apart from official event vehicles for safety reasons).

Nearly all of our runners and polite and friendly but, for some reason, a few people abuse our hardworking car park crew because they have had to wait a few minutes or they're being asked to park considerately. We have a zero tolerance policy to this sort of behaviour and will not hesitate to ban people from our events if they behave in this way.

If the weather is very wet leading up to the event, please check the event website for any announcements about possible changes in arrangements.

Non-event parking in Coniston is limited and the roads are narrow so please use our car parks so that residents aren’t inconvenienced.

No exit from parking field before 1pm as vehicles will still be arriving and it is a single access gate to the parking field. When you are leaving the venue, please be patient if you’re asked to wait a couple of minutes, either for other cars to arrive or to give priority to runners.

Directions – The postcode LA21 8AL will direct you to Coniston Village then once in the village please follow event signs for parking rather than your sat nav. We will have two car parks in use depending on what time you arrive. It’s really important that you follow our instructions to avoid causing congestion in the village.

Please be very careful when you when you are driving through the village and exiting our car parks as there may be runners alongside the route.

Start

All contests set off from Coniston Sports and Social Club.
 

Finish

The finish is under our INOV8 gantry. When you cross the finish line, it’s really important that your whole number is clearly visible so we can give you a shout out and cross check our timing system in case of any queries. Failure to display your number may result in disqualification.

Once you’ve finished, if you've ordered a t-shirt, you will be available to collect it from inside the marquee.

Results will be available in real-time via our website.

The deadline to order an event t-shirt has passed but you may be able to buy a surplus one at the event.

Your race number will indicate the style (unisex or female) and size of your t-shirt. If you have deferred from last year, we will order you a t-shirt if you requested one when you entered. T-shirts are available in the marquee after you have completed your run and cannot be collected on behalf of other people.

Please note - if you are not attending the event and want us to post your event t-shirt to you, we can do so for £5. Please make that payment HERE a minimum of 2 days before the event (by June 4th). We cannot arrange this any later and refunds are not available, in line with our Ts and Cs.
 

All courses will be well marked and marshalled by our magnificent Lakeland Trails volunteers, all of whom work hard to make your run as enjoyable and safe as possible. The courses have a variety of terrain, mainly beautiful, scenic hard packed trails with the occasional muddy section!

Please stay alert on any road sections and keep close to the right hand side. Our marshals don’t have authority to stop traffic, so please be prepared to slow down and wait if necessary.

Please be attentive at the end of the 16k as the route takes you through one of our parking fields.

If you think the terrain is too tricky, it’s fine to slow down or walk and take in the views! Some gates on the course may not be staffed so if you arrive at a closed gate, please close it after you – there will be lots of lambs in the fields and we want them to stay there. There are sections of private land which may only be used on race day and please put any litter in your pocket until you reach a bin.

For safety, in ear headphones are not allowed - but we do allow bone conductor headphones which enable peripheral sound to be heard.

Please also be considerate to other trail and road users. We share access with them and we rely on the goodwill of others to make our events possible.

VERY IMPORTANT: DOGS AREN’T ALLOWED ON THE COURSE

Pete Bland Sports will be onsite providing expert advice, selling a wide range of the latest inov8 products and race essentials with great discounts on all inov8 footwear and clothing – even their exciting new products.

We use all small local businesses who sell locally sourced food. There will be some great food and drink stalls including exciting offerings from our local caterers. Our regular caterers include Fiery Mammas Pizza and Wrap Ninjas, with great coffees from The Coffee Bug and Podda and Wren Coffee. We sometimes have guest traders too!

A PA system with race commentary from our fantastic MC will keep you informed of progress of runners and give you a warm welcome as you cross the finish line!

Portable loos and a urinal unit are also on site.

Results will appear LIVE on the Results page on our website.

10k Prizegiving is at 12.45pm and 16k Prizegiving is at 4.30pm.

Prizes are awarded as follows:

Trail Run 10k

Open Class: First 3 Men & First 3 Women

Veteran Classes: First Man & First Woman (V40, V50, V60, V70, V80)
 

Trail Race 16k

Open Class: First 3 Men & First 3 Women

Veteran Classes: First Man & First Woman (V40, V50, V60, V70, V80)

Please note that if a Vet finishes in the top 3, they will receive the corresponding Open Class prize. There is only one prize awarded per person.

V70 and V80 competitors in the 16k can compete in either the Race or Challenge to be eligible for a prize. In all other categories, prizes are only awarded for runners in the 'Race' start at 2pm.

Unfortunately we are unable to post prizes out.

Why not relax and take in the stunning scenery along the route, save on the cost of parking and reduce your carbon footprint? It's just £3 to travel by bus!

Coniston is on the 505 Bus Route from Ambleside. You can find the latest timetable HERE.
 

Send us a photo of your public transport ticket for all or part of your journey and we'll award one lucky winner at each event with a FREE ENTRY to a future event. Email your photos HERE before the Monday after the event.

The environmental impact of travelling by car is much reduced if it's full so why not join up with your friends / running club members to travel together? There's always plenty to do in and around our venue and visiting local businesses helps support them too. Visit our Car Share group on Facebook HERE to start planning!

If there are 4 or more people in your car, parking is FREE!