Lake District Ultra Challenge 2026

Choose a full charity sponsorship place and sign up for £10 until 30 April! Use code ‘ALZHEIMERSSOC10’.

Offer excludes 10km and 10 mile distances.

The challenge

Take on England’s finest countryside at your pace as a walk, jog, or run while fundraising for Alzheimer's Society! Challenge basecamp is in Kendal, and it’s a 100km looped route with a few tough hills to Ambleside, a halfway point by Lake Windermere, with stunning views enroute and a huge welcome back at basecamp! 

Join up to 2000 adventurers and sign up as an individual or as a team - you’ll get full support all the way, plenty of food and drink, optional camping and transfers, a special medal, t-shirt and celebration finish. 

With 50km half, marathon, quarter and 10km distance options also available – there’s a Lake District Challenge for everyone! Push yourself further in 2026, take on an Ultra Challenge – the UK’s number one series of treks and trail challenges.

The route 

Distance options

• Full Challenge (100km) –Kendal to Kendal loop
• 1st Half Challenge (50km) – Kendal to Lakeside, Windermere
• 2nd Half Challenge (50km) – Lakeside, Windermere to Kendal
• 1st Quarter Challenge (29km) – Kendal to Ambleside

Fundraising

You'll pay a small registration fee and then get fundraising for Alzheimer's Society! You only need to raise half of the fundraising target three weeks ahead of the Lake District Ultra Challenge to confirm your place, you can then top up the rest during, and after, the challenge!

• Full Challenge (100km): £50 registration fee + £575 in fundraising
• Half Challenge (50km): £40 registration fee + £375 in fundraising
• Quarter Challenge (29km): £30 registration fee + £75 in fundraising
• 10km Challenge: £20 registration fee + £100 in fundraising

You can also do mixed funding and pay a higher contribution to the cost of your place and fundraise less:

• Full Challenge (100km): £110 registration fee + £330 in fundraising
• Half Challenge (50km): £75 registration fee + £225 in fundraising
• Quarter Challenge (29km): £50 registration fee + £150 in fundraising
• 10km Challenge: £22.50 registration fee + £70 in fundraising

We're on hand to help you reach your goal, with lots of fundraising materials at the ready! If you have any questions, email [email protected]

FAQs

For further information about the challenge, its inclusions and FAQs, please visit the Ultra Challenge's website. Alternatively, you can email [email protected]

If you have any fundraising questions, you can get in touch with the Alzheimer's Society's Events team.