North Downs Ridge 50k Trail Ultra - Sunday 23rd February 2025

  • Great running on the North Downs Way and Surrey Wildlife Trust reserve at Norbury Park

  • 2986 ft ascent in whole race

  • Fully signed Long distance Trail route with extra race signage throughout

  • 4 checkpoints with proper food and hot / cold drinks to support you!

  • NDR 50k qualifies towards your runner performance index for UTMB

  • Based from Denbies Wine Estate, near Dorking and straight on to the North Downs Way

  • Welcoming race route and perfect distance/elevation for those new to Ultras

  • Great wooden ECO medals, using our GREAT race logo to all finishers!

What  -   The race leaves Denbies and runs west along the well known North Downs Way National Trail, to the edge of Guildford. This section of the North Downs Way stays up high and runs along the ridgeline of hills that overlook the Surrey Hills and lovely countryside surrounding the villages of Wotton, Gomshall and Shere. Runners pass the famous Newlands Corner and expansive Albury Downs on their way to the beautiful St Marthas Church and onwards to the edge of Guildford, where after our checkpoint the route is retraced back towards Denbies. Near Denbies the route leaves the Noorth Downs Way and heads north through the village of Westhumble and takes in a scenic loop of the Surrey Wildlife Trust Reserve woodland of Norbury Park before returning to Denbies for the finish! Route map HERE.

Cut Off - There are 10 hours to complete, making it suitable for fast walkers and first time Ultra runners. 

Kit List - This is mandatory for participation on this event.  Details of Kit List HERE

Who  -  Anyone that is suitably prepared and has some experience of distance running or starting out as their first Ultra

When  -  Sunday 23rd February.  Registration from 8.30am.  Race start at 10am.  Cut off 10 hours.

Where  - Start / Finish at Denbies Wine Estate

Parking - Is in Dorking Railway Station car park, a 10 minute walk away. This is pay and display and will be marshalled/signed to Denbies. If the weather and conditions allow the parking will be at the race base in Denbies - this won’t be confirmed until near to the race.

T-shirts… & Trees - We have followed suit with many other events and are offering T shirts as an extra that you can purchase online at time of entry or by editing your entry at a later date. These are a nominal charge of £12. We like participants to have a T shirt to commemorate the event BUT by setting this nominal charge we hope to minimise any wasted T shirts - either by ourselves having too many printed as we do not know the exact numbers until very near the race OR by some participants not actually wanting one in the first place and them not being worn or discarded. We are also now partnered with Trees not tees so you are able to choose to plant a tree instead of OR aswell as the T-shirt! We have more information about this on one of our Environment pages.

Provided  -  Aid Stations at 8, 13, 18 and 24 miles.  Fully signed and supported route.

Event Paramedics.  Sweeper Runner.  Great race route and location!  Lovely wooden Medal to all Finishers.

Entry closes 8pm Wednesday 19th February (or earlier if race capacity is reached).  

The deferral deadline is midday Sunday 16th February - you need to get in touch and let us know by this time as we cannot accept deferral requests after this.

Minimum age 18 years.  Dogs may not accompany you on this race.

ONLINE ENTRIES ONLY - NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY 

By entering you agree to our privacy and terms and conditions.

There are no refunds or substitutions for this event.  Places can be deferred to this or another event of a lesser or equivalent value with no refund on price given until the deferral deadline.  

Freedom Racing events largely take place off road, and can be on rough, rocky, muddy surfaces in potentially unforgiving outdoor locations and therefore have inherent risks associated with them. It is your responsibility to ensure you are fit and healthy to take part in them and aware of the nature of the event & to take due care at any roads that the route crosses or joins in the event.