Tebay Fell Race. 13km/8.1 miles; 914m/2999’ AM category
Saturday 12th July 2025.
A counter in the 2025 English Senior and Junior Fell Running Championships.

Results from the 2025 races can be found here (Juniors) and here (Seniors)

 

Many thanks for all who came and raced!

Senior information is at the top of this page. For Junior information please see the bottom of the page.

This is an ‘AM’ category race, run under the rules of the Fell Runners’ Association (FRA). License number 2025-9490.

FRA Requirements for Runners can be found here. Runners must be 18 or over on the day of the race.

All proceeds to Tebay community groups, Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team and Helm Hill Runners. Many Thanks to all helpers - we will need a lot so if you are available to help, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

One of (if not the) longest midweek races, in 2025 Tebay shifts to the weekend to host a round of the English Fell Running Championships (previously hosted in 2009 and 2017, the latter being a British Championship race). It is classic Howgills terrain with plenty of good running on mostly runnable (if at points slightly boggy) grass, with some sections of path. The route is generally well defined, but in low visibility directional care will need to be taken in places. The race finishes with a haul up Blease Fell, in full view of the M6, before a long runnable descent back to Tebay.

The race route is fairly committing but not on the level of most Lakeland races. Whilst it is not suitable for your first fell race, in good weather conditions it may be suitable for those who have done a few shorter fell races and are looking to run a bit further, and are comfortable with the requirements of fell running.

The Golden Rule: Once you have registered you are in the race. If you retire/are timed out, you must report to Download. Failure to do so could result in us thinking you are still on the hill and instigating a search. Anyone not complying with this rule, or with the FRA Requirements for Runners, will be reported to the FRA.

Car Parking - Senior and Junior

Car park will open from 09:30 and is free. A map of locations of car parking, route to registration, Senior/Junior race start/finish areas and toilets can be found here.

Car parking will be at Junction 38 Truck Stop - CA10 3SS. Please follow instructions from parking marshals. There will be signs at the roundabout in the village to direct you coming off the M6, A685 at Tebay. Do not park in the village as this will annoy the locals, on who's good will this race depends. Please car share where possible. I don’t want to punish those who for family/job reasons can’t lift share, but if everyone comes in one-person cars it doesn’t look good for Fell Running’s environmental credentials and punitive charges may be considered in future. Tebay is unfortunately not good for public transport (unless you fancy jumping off as the west coast mainline passes!).

Registration - Senior and Junior
Will be in in the Tebay Sports, Social and Railway club, Church Street, Tebay, CA10 3SP. 10 minute walk from car park. Route taped - TAKE CARE CROSSING ROADS.

There will be separate registration areas for Senior and Junior races within the club.

Amenities - Senior and Junior 

Portaloos and a portaurinal will be available at the recycling point close to the start/finish field. THe toilet/shower block next to registration will also be open (availability of hot water not guaranteed)
Toilets in the club are reserved for race helpers and the disabled ONLY. 

A food van will be next to the start/finish field all day. Tebay school will be present selling cakes etc. 

Pete Bland Sports red van will be in attendance and positioned outside registration.

 

Senior Race

Entries

FRA members £17. Non-members £19.

Entries will be on SIentries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=15315

Remaining open until Friday 11th July, 21:00. Entry limit 600 runners

Race Registration

Race Registration will be in the Tebay Railway sports and social club. Please enter by the front door - a 1-way system will be in operation.

Senior registration will be open from 11:00. CLoses 15 mins before race start (13:15 women; 14:00 men)

ONCE YOU HAVE REGISTERED ON THE DAY YOU ARE IN THE RACE. YOU MUST REPORT TO THE FINISH AND RETURN YOUR DIBBER, WHETHER YOU FINISH THE RACE OR NOT.

Mandatory Kit 
Kit checks will be carried out at the start and end. As an AM race, all FRA Mandatory Kit must be carried. No exceptions. Even if it's 25 degrees and clear you can chill quickly in case of incident:

• Waterproof jacket (with hood) and trousers, both with taped seams
• Gloves and Hat (buff will suffice)
• Map showing the race route and possible exit routes (Pete Bland map available for £5.50)
• Whistle
• Compass suitable for navigation on the fell
• Emergency food.

If weather requires, a thermal layer, survival bag or water carrying capacity may be mandated. Bring them just in case. 

Race Start/Finish

Women: 13:30; Men: 14:15. Start-line briefing 5 minutes before each start.

This time gap should allow the women's field to clear the narrowest part of the course around Black Force, before the bulk of the men's field arrive. However some areas may still be narrow (e.g. bracken at bottom of Blease Fell). Please be aware of and courteous to other runners - both faster and slower than you!

Start and Finish on the Mount Pleasant Football Field, 5 minutes from registration and car park. Please be aware crossing the road at the start end - it will be marshalled but you need to be aware. There are a few road signs and a cattle grid to negotiate shortly after the start.

Race route and checkpoints
Pete Bland Sports Race maps will be available to buy at the red van.

Once you have registered you must report to the RO/finish marshals at the Finish Field, regardless of whether you start or finish the race. 

Basic map of the route checkpoints can be found here. Do not take the direct line between checkpoints 2 and 3. It is definitely slower, mainly because being dead impinges upon your ability to move quickly. The race line skirts east-ish to cross the beck before following a well defined trod/path above Black Force, to the col before Linghaw.

The finish will be a finish line, with an SI box shortly after. The box should be punched in the order of crossing the line.

Cut-off at CP1 Rispa Pike: Return with CP marshalls to start/finish with marshals by foot.
Cut-off at CP3 Linghaw: With marshals, drop from Linghaw down to Carlingill beck and road at SD624005, and get lift with marshals.
These cut-offs are ~10 minutes longer than the usual cut-off used when the race is run on an evening.
Cut offs are set to ensure marshal/runner safety, based on getting everyone home by ~17:30 at the very latest. They are based roughly on a doubling of the RO’s race time from 2017 (1:21), plus a bit extra. WOmen will be allowed a bit more time due to their earlier start. If weather is good cut offs may extend slightly. In case of poor weather the RO reserves the right to tighten cut-offs. This will be communicated at registration and the start. In really severe conditions the race may be called off. This is the RO's decision and there is a robust risk assessment and safety plan underpinning this requirement.

Race Records 
Male Record: Simon Bailey, 2009, 01:09:44.
Female Record: Vic Wilkinson, 2017, 01:21:55.

Prizes

Prize giving will be outside registration (inside if wet!) as close to 16:45 as possible.

Prizes Top 10 M/W; Top 3 M/W in each age category. Open teams as per the English championships..

TIME BOUNTY:
£100 and a bounty bar for first man running under 01:09:44
£100 and a bounty bar for first woman running under 01:25:00*

(*Vic's women's record was set in a mixed race. As the 2025 women's race will be separate from the men, a scaling factor of ~1.04 has been applied for the purposes of the women's time bounty. This is based on the difference between women's world records in mixed and women-only races over the 10km (1.024), half (1.038) and marathon (1.045)).

 

Junior Races 

JUNIOR info updated 14th June - updated race routes and start times. Registration time updated 4th July.
JUNIOR RACE ROUTES CAN BE FOUND HERE

Entries

General info for the English Junior Championships can be found here
Entries are by the usual CrazyLegs systems used for the Junior English Championships.
If you are already entered in the series please bring your number to registration

NO ENTRY ON DAY AVAILABLE - PRE-ENTER HERE BY THURSDAY 10th July: 

Registration opens from 09:30 in the Tebay Sports and Social Club. REgistrationnforeach race will close ~ 10 minutes before the race start time.

Juniors must be prepared to carry: Waterproof jacket, hat (buff OK), gloves. SIgns at registration will confirm what needs to be carried

Junior races will run from 11:00. Initial timings are below - these are the earliest times each race will start. Please only get your children into the pen ~5 mins before these times.  

Race	Distance/climb	Start time (earliest)	Start pen opens (earliest)	Registration closes
U9	0.9km / ~35m	11:00	10:55	10:50
U11	2km / ~75m	11:15	11:10	11:05
U13	2.9km / ~100m	11:30	11:25	11:20
U15	3.7 km / ~160m	11:50	11:45	11:40
U17	6.3km / ~190m	12:10	12:05	12:00
U19	7.6km / ~220m	12:15	12:10	12:05

JUNIOR RACE ROUTES CAN BE FOUND HERE
Races will start and finish above the main fell gate so as to remove road crossing, though tracks are run on and will be monitored to avoid farm traffic. U9/11/13 races will run south towards Roger Howe on a roughly out-and-back course with turn-around points. U15/17 races will cross the fence at a gate, skirt Roger Howe to the west before crossing back at a gate in the col, before a steeper climb to the ridge. U15 will head straight to the finish, with U17 running out on the ridge for a bit before turning around and heading to the finish. U19s will run clockwise, close to the senior route before taking in Hare Shaw, dropping to the sheep-fold in Tebay Gill before a steep climb to spot-height 410m, before running down the ridge to the finish. Routes to the finish coincide for all courses, with U15/17/19 courses all running back over Roger Howe. 

Junior routes will be fully flagged with marshals at major points. The majority of races will be on generally fast grass land with some trods. However there will be sections of rougher ground (bog, reeds, tussocks) commensurate with the age groups' abilities.

Junior age categories are defined by the age of the runner on 31st December 2025, as per FRA Junior Championship rules.

Previous Results

Fellrunner — Results

Race Organiser
Nicholas Barber, 07908115088, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 2 Woodside Close, Endmoor, Kendal, LA8 0HP.
Race organised on behalf of Tebay community with help from the Tebay Community, with help/support from Kirkby Stephen MRT and Helm Hill Runners members. Special thanks to Gary Murphy for coordinating the in-village logistics.