Castle Carr

2021 will see the fifth running of this tough race that takes in the superb private estate of Castle Carr as well as much of Midgley, Warley and Wadsworth Moors

AL- 24km (15miles)/1200m (4000′)
Date TBC (usually held in Sept)

Main start: 11am (early start available at 10:30am for runners who would expect to be in the last 20% of the field.)

Facebook  Castle Carr FB page. Link here
Where? The Hare and Hounds Pub, Chiserley (Old Town)
near Hebden Bridge. HX7 8TN.
Grid ref: SE 005 280
How much? Pre-entry only. Fee TBC.
Prizes 10 year categories with prizes for u21s & u23s
Age limit Over 18.
Race Organiser Bill Johnson – contact: watchcave@hotmail.com or (07918) 913300
What shall
I carry?		 The race is licensed by the FRA under UKA rules. FRA mandatory minimum kit is compulsory.

You must carry:

  • waterproof whole body cover with hood and taped seams
  • hat or a buff and gloves
  • map of the route, suitable for navigating with
  • a proper compass (not out of a Christmas cracker!)
  • whistle
  • emergency food

If you want water during the race, carry a cup or water bottle with you. Two marshals on the route (at CP4 and before CP8) should have water containers. But they won’t have plastic cups.

Bring your kit to registration because it will be checked there.
Route Map The race route goes across the Castle Carr estate to checkpoint 1, then does a complete anticlockwise circuit around the estate and moors. Once the circuit is done (to checkpoint 8), you will head back across the estate to the finish.The route will be flagged through the private Castle Carr estate, but apart from that will only be flagged at a few key points.  

Please do not go through the out-of-bounds area shown on the recce map before race day. Instead this is a map of the recommended route to use to recce: The recce route is roughly 14 miles with 3000′ climb.

On race day this is the actual race route:

Checkpoints 1: SE027307 trod
2: SE011303 standing stone
3: SE007276 path junction
4: SE010264 path at bottom of woods
5: SE014278 sheepstones trig
6: SE020267 gate
7: SE022276 crow hill (timeout at 14:00)
8: SE034302 rocking stone
NB: there is a timeout at CP7. If you arrive there after 2pm you must check in with the marshal there, retire and make your own way back to the start/finish.
Results PDF: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016
Excel: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016
With checkpoint times: 2019
Photos (courtesy Woodentops) 2019 checkpoint 3 | 2019 wicken hill | 2019 first finishers

 

Records

 

Male Sam Tosh 1:56:22 Rossendale 2017
MU21 Noah Hurton 2:15:32 Eden Runners 2017
MU23 Noah Hurton 2:15:32 Eden Runners 2017
MV40 Karl Gray 2:04:40 Calder Valley 2017
MV50 Mark Roberts 2:16:22 Borrowdale 2017
MV60 William Procter 2:37:15 Helm Hill 2017
MV70 David Tait 3:09:41 Dark Peak 2017
Female Victoria Wilkinson 2:16:12 Bingley 2017
FU21 Hannah Russell 2:44:51 Helm Hill 2017
FU23 Annie Roberts 2:36:27 Todmorden 2017
FV40 Lou Roberts 2:21:35 Ambleside 2017
FV50 Anna Jane Meeks 2:55:13 Borrowdale 2017
FV60 Pat Goodall 3:09:37 Totley 2017