Endurance events for a wide range of fitness & ages – and the UK’s #1 series of treks & trail runs.
Choose your Challenge – do it at your pace, and there’re 9 events in the Series. Our support enables you to go further, whilst enjoying the great outdoors & camaraderie. There’s marquee rest stops, lots of food & drink, medical & massage teams, with a fully signed route to guide you. A big finish-line celebration awaits with an amazing sense of achievement, and once the aches subside you’ll feel energised, and up for more of life’s real challenges!
Which distances are available?
Whether you’re a walker and new to challenge events, an experienced trekker, a marathon enthusiast upping the distance, or a seasoned runner after UTMB points – there’s an Ultra Challenge® for you! Walk, Jog, or Run your chosen challenge – as an Individual or a Team, for a charity of your choice or just for you. The Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge is fun, safe, and rewarding – with full support all the way, enabling you to push yourself further in stunning scenery. With pre & post challenge camping options, and basecamps with plenty of parking & shuttle bus transfers – it will be a weekend by the coast not to miss!
Most of Team DA will be participating in the 10km, 25km and 34km options, but you’re welcome to take on any distance that suits you.
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From the new start in Corfe Castle – 100 km, at your pace, through the day & night if you’re walking.
Corfe Castle > Bridport
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Corfe Castle, Nr. Wareham
100 km & ~2300m climb
Finish – Bridport, Dorset
Fees: Full Sponsorship £50 / Mixed Funding £110
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £575 / Mixed Funding £330
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100 km over 2 days, with optional camping packages at half way (Weymouth) – or book a hotel / B&B (there’re many in Weymouth) – and rest!
Fees: Full Sponsorship £50 / Mixed Funding £110
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £575 / Mixed Funding £330
Day 1 – Corfe Castle > Weymouth
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Corfe Castle
58 km & ~1700m climb
Finish – Lodmoor, Weymouth
Optional camping package
Day 2 – Weymouth > Bridport
Sunday 17 May 2024
Start – Weymouth
42 km & ~600m climb
Finish – Bridport, Dorset
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Corfe Castle > Bridport
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Corfe Castle
76km & ~1800m climb
Finish – Bridport
Fees: Full Sponsorship £45 / Mixed Funding £90
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £475 / Mixed Funding £270
Note – this can also be done over 2 days (with camping option at Weymouth)
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A scenic & tough ‘half’ Challenge – the best of the Jurassic Coast.
Corfe Castle > Weymouth
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Corfe Castle, nr. Wareham
58 km & ~1700m climb
Finish – Weymouth
Fees: Full Sponsorship £40 / Mixed Funding £75
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £375 / Mixed Funding £225
Optional Camping at Weymouth
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A 42 km ‘marathon’ distance along varied Jurassic coast scenery.
Weymouth > Bridport
Saturday 16 May 10am walkers/11am runners or join a Full Challenger or Sunday 17 May 2026
Start – Weymouth
42 km & ~600m elevation
Finish line – Bridport
Fees: Full Sponsorship £40 / Mixed Funding £75
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £375 / Mixed Funding £225
Optional camping at Weymouth (pre challenge)
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A NEW looped marathon route from / back to Weymouth - along the best of the Jurassic Coast route (same price as the ‘half’ challenge)
Weymouth > Weymouth
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Weymouth, Dorset
42 km & 1100 m elevation
Finish line – Weymouth, Dorset
Fees: Full Sponsorship £40 / Mixed Funding £75
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £375 / Mixed Funding £225
Optional camping at Weymouth
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A great loop down to Swanage, along the coast, and back up.
Corfe Castle > Corfe Castle
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start- Corfe castle, nr Wareham
25 km & ~570 m elevation
Finish line – Corfe Castle (Church Knowle – different venue)
Fees: Full Sponsorship £30 / Mixed Funding £50
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £275 / Mixed Funding £150
Transfers back to main start venue & station
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Classic Jurassic – with Lulworth & Durdle Door
Corfe Castle > Weymouth
Saturday 16 May 2026
Start – Corfe Castle, Nr Wareham, Dorset.
34 km & ~1110 m elevation
Finish line – Weymouth.
Fees: Full Sponsorship £30 / Mixed Funding £50
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £275 / Mixed Funding £150
Optional camping at Weymouth (after) or Corfe Castle (prior)
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Bridport > Bridport
Sunday morning 17 May 2026
Start line – Bridport, Dorset
10 km & ~ 256 m elevation
Finish line – Bridport
Fees: Full Sponsorship £20 / Mixed Funding £22.50
Fundraising minimum: Full Sponsorship £100 / Mixed Funding £70
Your challenge, your way!
Pay a registration fee online and fundraise for Diverse Abilities through three options with different registration fees and fundraising targets:
Full Sponsorship: pay the lowest registration fee and we’ll cover the rest of your entry with a small fundraising target, aiming to hit at least 50% of your target three weeks before the event.
Mixed Funding: pay a slightly higher registration fee, we’ll cover the rest of your entry fee, and there’ll be a lower fundraising target because you’re covering more of the costs. You should aim to have raised at least 50% of your target three weeks before
Self Funding: cover the full cost of your entry fee and your fundraising target can be set to whatever you wish it to be, with no time deadlines prior to the event taking place.
When you raise over £25 you’ll get a free Diverse Abilities technical t-shirt or vest.
Join our team on JustGiving for this event
Click here to join our team on JustGiving and spread the word about your fundraising. You can fundraise anyway you wish - ask friends and family for donations, host a bake sale or a quiz, or perhaps clear out your wardrobe! Anything you raise offline can be added to your total within your page’s settings, all counting towards the overall total for the event.