Shropshire Way 80K Festival
The Shropshire Way 80k is a spring running and walking festival in the Shropshire Hills. The first weekend of April attracts hundreds of runners and walkers to routes that showcase local food, history and landscape. The event is organised by the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre and operated by the charity Grow Cook Learn.
The festival is a fundraiser for Grow Cook Learn. Funds raised are used to support the charity’s education programme, including teaching children from inner‑city areas about how food is grown.
Routes run across varied trail terrain, including high peaks, ancient woodlands, market towns, hillforts, castles and river valleys. Checkpoints on longer routes provide local food and drink. The festival includes these distances:
- 80 km SW80K, 24 hour time limit
- 42 km Mammothon, 12 hour time limit, about 1000 m elevation
- 21 km Half Mammothon, 6 hour time limit, about 650 m elevation
- 10 km Tusker 10k, 4 hour time limit
Spaces are limited for the event. The festival is centred at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms, Shropshire. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.