Brighton Trail Weekend

Incredible views, coastal tracks, chalky trails, beautiful climbs
Course map is currently available on our website as a Komoot map.

Enjoy the Start Village with concessions on Brighton seafront with friends and family before you set off on your marathon challenge.

On the course, take on six beautiful climbs, including one of the most iconic climbs in endurance sport at Ditchling Beacon.

At the finish, pick up your sustainable, wooden medal and celebrate in the beautiful Event Village in Stanmer Park with friends and family. Kick back with a picnic and enjoy the stunning scenery and activities on offer.

Each runner taking part in Brighton Trail Marathon will be rewarded with 1 ITRA point. We’ve also had Brighton Trail Marathon added to the list of qualifying races for the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc week, and one point will be awarded.

• Sustainable wooden medal
• Live event photography from AWOL
• Inclusion on the mobile app for live tracking and results
• Goody bag
• Race Pack delivery
• Six well stocked aid stations
• Official T Shirt
• Option to plant a tree instead of receiving a T shirt
• Event Village with concessions and entertainment
• Start Village
• ITRA partnership and UTMB qualifier
• Bag drop at the start

Each climb at Brighton Trail Marathon has its own unique personality, offering breathtaking views and an unforgettable challenge. Whether you run, jog or walk them doesn’t matter. Meet them face on. Conquer them one by one. Remember them forever.

Spectating at Brighton Trail Weekend will clearly be a very different experience for friends & family in comparison with a road marathon or 10k event.

If you are running the marathon, you will start on Madeira Drive where our sister event finishes each April!

Your supporters can come along with you and wave you off from our Start Village, where will offer up food, drink and plenty of atmosphere to get you going.

Supporters will then have ample time to catch a train to Falmer Station in order to see you at the finish. Once at Falmer Station, the finish and Event Village in Stanmer Park is a short walk away. Or, they could get a taxi or bus from the city.

The Event Village at the finish will be located in the magnificent Stanmer Park Estate, where supporters can enjoy excellent food, drink, shopping, activities and live music while you complete your trail event.

This will be a fantastic place to sit and wait for you to finish your event either with a picnic or enjoying what is on offer.

More info on picnics, concessions and entertainment will be made available in coming weeks.

While much of the marathon course will be inaccessible to spectators as it is hilly and remote, on arrival there will be several places around the course they can see you through.

We will send all participants a full guide for spectators, how they can see you en route and how to get to the finish. (There will also be live photos streamed online, courtesy of AWOL – so be sure to look out for more info so your supporters can watch you from wherever they are and stay up to date with your progress.)

The 10k looped course will be easier to spectate from, all located within Stanmer Woods.