Lake District

The registration fee for the full marathon is £25, and for the half marathon is £20. You pay your registration fee online upon completing the registration form. The registration fee is non-refundable.

For the full marathon and the half marathon we ask everyone to pledge to raise £250 to support people living with cancer. Click on Your Hike in the navigation bar where we have lots of useful information and resources to help you get started.

Due to COVID-19 the Lake District Mighty Hike will not be taking place on Saturday 20 June. For this reason we have closed registrations until we have more information. Please keep checking the website for updates.

It is only possible to transfer from the full marathon to the half marathon event. Please know that if you request to transfer to the lower distance the £5 difference in registration fees will not be refunded.

Transferring to the half marathon distance is not possible if the request is made less than 2 weeks before the event as registration will be closed or if the half marathon event is full.

If you wish to change from the half marathon to the full marathon you will need cancel your place and re-register for the full marathon and pay the full registration fee.

There is a 10% discount on the registration fee for teams of 5+. The discount code is generated when you complete the registration form which you need to enter in the promotional code box before proceeding to payment.

1. Appoint a Team Captain who will complete the first online registration. N.B. the Team Captain will receive essential information about your team registration so must be someone who can easily access their emails and is happy to coordinate the team.
2. Make sure the Team Captain has a list of all the names and email addresses of the people in the team before registering. Once the Team Captain has completed the first online registration, each team member will receive an invitation email to complete their own online registration.
3. The Team Captain can pay the registration fee for as many members of the team as they like or just themselves. If the Team Captain doesn’t pay your registration fee you will be asked to pay this when you complete your own registration form.
4. On the booking form, the Team Captain will choose the start time which will be reserved for the whole team.
5. The Team Captain will also choose their parking and shuttle arrangements; however, this does not apply to the whole team. Each team member will be asked to choose their personal parking and shuttle arrangements upon registration.
6. Once the Team Captain has completed the team registration, all members of the team will receive an invitation email with a link to their own registration form.
7. Please complete your registration and booking form as soon as possible. We will hold your team start time but parking is allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
8. The Team Captain will receive a confirmation email each time a member of the team completes their registration, which will allow you to monitor who has and has not joined the team.

The Team Captain will receive a unique registration link in their confirmation email which can be forwarded on to any new individual who wants to join the team. Please note that the team start time may not be available if all places have been filled.

Yes, you will need to raise the minimum fundraising amount of £250 for each member of your team. You can, however, choose to split the total in any way you like between the team if some people are comfortable raising more than others.

The full and half marathon start at Dalemain House and Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HB. See it on this Google map.

The full marathon finishes at Lowther Castle, Lowther, Penrith, CA10 2HH. 

The half marathon finishes at Jenkins Field, Glenridding, Penrith, CA11 0PB.

See the full marathon route on this Google map.

See the half marathon route on this Google map.

Parking is available at the start at Dalemain Country House and at the finish at Lowther Castle, and you can book this through the registration form.

If you park at the finish at Lowther Castle, complimentary shuttles will be running to the start from 5.30am – 8.30am. It’s a 20-minute drive so leave in plenty of time for your start wave. If you park at the start at Dalemain House, complimentary shuttles will be running from the finish back to the start until 10pm.

Parking is available at the start at Dalemain Country and at the full marathon distance finish at Lowther Castle, which you can book when you register.

Complimentary coaches will be running from the finish at Jenkins Field back to Dalemain House from 1pm until 5pm.

It’s a 10-minute taxi ride from Penrith Station to the start at Dalemain Country House. For the full marathon, complimentary coaches will be running from the finish at Lowther Castle to Penrith Station until 10pm.

The full marathon will set off in waves 20 minutes apart, between 6.50am and 9.30am.

The half marathon will set off in waves 20 minutes apart, between 9.50am and 10.10am.

Registration will be open at Dalemain House between 5pm and 8pm on the Friday before the event, and will re-open between 5.50am and 9.10am on event day.

We ask everyone to arrive one hour before their start time and no earlier.

We estimate that the fastest full marathon walkers will finish in 7.5 hours while the slowest walkers could take around 12.5 hours. Due to venue restrictions we have to start closing our finish area at 10pm.

We estimate that the fastest half marathon walkers will finish in 4 hours while the slowest walkers could take around 6 hours. Due to venue restrictions we have to start closing our finish area at 6pm.

Therefore, when you choose your start time, please select an earlier wave if you consider yourself a slower walker and a later wave if you consider yourself a faster walker.