Keswick

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?

Travel from Lancaster through the lakes on the 555 bus or from Penrith on the X4 or X5 bus.

Plan your bus journey HERE

Car Sharing

Fill your car to reduce your environmental impact. 4 runners in the car and we'll give you FREE parking on our managed car parks.

Visit our Car Share group on Facebook HERE to start planning!

Arrive By Bike

We’ll have a bike rack available (bikes left at your own risk).

WIN a FREE Entry

EMAIL US with a photo of your public transport ticket, a car full of runners or your bike at the event to be in with a chance of winning a free entry to a future event.

Limited all day parking is available at Keswick School CA12 5QB is £5 cars and £6 for vans. Card payment preferred. Follow Sat Nav until you pick up our signs

The car park opens at 8:45am and is a 1km walk from our Event Centre in Fitz Park CA12 4NF.

Once it's full, there are plentiful signed public car parks (and the one at Keswick Leisure Centre is usually quiet after Parkrun)

• Registration opens in the main marquee at 9:00am on Saturday. You can collect your number up to 45 minutes before your allocated start time.
• Start lists will be published on our website a couple of weeks in advance and we'll send you an email reminder a couple of days before the event.
• If you’ve got any questions about your entry, please go to the Enquiries desk on the right-hand side of the main marquee and a friendly face will help you.
• There will be a baggage storage adjacent to the main marquee.
• Entries are not transferrable and we will disqualify and ban anybody caught running with the wrong number as it presents a huge safety risk.

Start

All contests set off under our gantry in Fitz Park.

Finish

When you finish, your whole number must be 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.

If you've ordered a t-shirt it will be available to collect in the marquee.

Results

Will be available in real-time via our website.

Event T-shirts can be ordered at any time up until midnight on Sunday, 17th August

Add one to your order in your account HERE.

Event T-shirt

Unfortunately, the window for ordering an event specific Keswick technical T-shirt has closed.

If you have already ordered one, please check your account HERE to check that it's correct.

There will be a range of other Lakeland Trails merch available on the day to purchase as a memento.

If you have entered and ordered a T-shirt and you cannot attend the event, you can pay £5 using the payment link HERE by 7pm on the Thursday before the event to get it posted to you.

Organic Cotton Event Merch - GREAT OFFER

Pre-order from our NEW online shop HERE your organic cotton Keswick event merch before 25th August and you'll receive a FREE Speedcup (worth £8.50) when you collect your order.

On the day we will also have more merch for sale including our popular Langdale design cotton T shirts and hoodies, Speedcups, NEW Lakeland Trails caps and a range of other items. Stocks will be limited and we know you're going to love them so arrive early to avoid disappointment!

We can accept card payments or cash.

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.

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 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

As part of our commitment to reduce our environmental impact, please play your part by coming self-sufficient with your own water supplies or bring your own re-useable cup. We will not be supplying cups at the Water Stations so please bring your own to be filled with Lake District water.

There will be one water station on the 15k course (at approximately 11k) and on the 10k course (at approximately 6k). Drinking water will also be available at the finish.

We recommend you wear suitable trail running shoes. The inov-8 Roclite or Trailfly shoe would be ideal for the course - possibly the Mudtalon if it was very wet. In adverse weather a jacket, tights, hat and gloves may be required, so do come prepared, just in case. The Lake District is a mountainous region and the weather can deteriorate at any time of the year but especially in the autumn.

Advanced Life Support Medics from Event Safety Group will be in attendance and our in-house Comms Team will provide radio coverage to the marshals and crew. The medics' priority is medical emergencies and more severe injuries. With that in mind, they may not be able to help you with minor cuts and scrapes that you’d normally be able to sort out yourself.

If you are unable to finish your event and need to retire, you must report to the finish line or an event marshal and hand in your race number.

Please remember to treat fellow runners, members of the public, our volunteers and crew with respect. We want everyone to have an enjoyable day!

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 Katvandhu, with great coffees from The Coffee Bug and Podda and Wren Coffee. We also have MacNCheese from Ellie at Maclicious!

We also have the ever popular Kev Kendal and Pete Lashley, playing and singing for you and 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.

If it's your first event and you want to find out more about how the event works or have any questions, please introduce yourself to one of our friendly marshals and we will be happy to make sure you get the information you need!

All children Under 12 have the chance to run alongside, or maybe even in front of, Zeraffa, the long-lost cousin of the late and much-loved Gerry the Giraffe. Entry is only available on the day and is free for competitors’ children.

The Fun Trails give children the buzz of the race day experience so please give them your support. You never know – they might be the next world champions! All the children are rewarded with a special finishers’ medal.

As the emphasis is on FUN and participation, there are no winners’ prizes. Bring your whole family along to make a great day of it! At Keswick the Fun Trail sets off at 12.30.

We will have a fantastic selection of NEW event and general merchandise available, including  organic cotton hoodies & tees as well as Lakeland Trails' technical tees, caps and Speedcups. Check out our SHOP page for further information.

Spectators are very welcome and really help create a fantastic atmosphere in the event village. There is plenty of entertainment at the start and finish arena; bring deck chairs, rugs, cameras and a smile!

We will have James Kirby, our professional photographer on the course. FREE photos will be available to download from www.Facebook.com/lakelandtrails on the Monday after the event.

The legendary singer / songwriter Pete Lashley will be performing live for an hour with Prize Giving following on afterwards. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow competitors, the organising and marshalling teams.

There will be a great range of Spot Prizes up for grabs. We’ll choose the winning numbers at random during our Prize Giving ceremony.

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

Prizegiving is at 4.30pm and prizes are awarded as follows:

Trail Run 10k (please note: runners in the 10K early start at 10.45 are not eligible for a prize)

Open Class: First 3 Men & First 3 Women

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

Trail Race 15k (please note: runners in the 15k Challenge event are not eligible for a prize)

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 15k 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.

The event requires over 40 marshals and stewards, so if you want to volunteer to help us in any way we would love to hear from you. Check out our volunteers' page for more details.

After the excitement of the race, it can be easy to forget to pick something up. If you think you've lost / forgotten something, please contact us HERE and we'll see if we can locate the item. Items can be collected at a future event free of charge or posted back to you for £5. For the latter, please pay HERE after we've confirmed we've got your item.