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Keswick Half Marathon
Welcome to Keswick Half Marathon. 🙂
Keswick Half Marathon is said to be one of the most scenic half marathon routes in the country. The challenging course takes you around Derwentwater with an extra loop beforehand into the Newlands valley.
The half marathon is organised by Keswick Rugby Club to raise money to operate a successful grass roots rugby program developing all age groups with quality coaching and the necessary equipment. We’re proud of the levels of involvement and inclusivity that we achieve within the town and surrounding area and boast mixed junior teams, seven junior boys teams, four junior girls teams, two senior men’s teams and a senior women’s team. Not bad for a town of roughly 5,000 people!
New for 2026. We’re excited to have partnered with Events Up North, to provide chip timing for the first time in the race’s history. Your chip will be embedded in your race number. Chip timing will provide us with a slicker results system with a live results feed directly onto our website.Â
Feedback we never tire of hearing is how great our marshals are. The event is staffed by a huge team of volunteers from the rugby club and the local community and we’re often told that it’s their enthusiastic encouragement and support that gets the runners around the course!
Come and take part in this very popular annual event; we appreciate that we’re biased but believe wholeheartedly that it is the most scenic 13 miles 192.5 yards in the country. If the running doesn’t take your breath away, the elevated views of Derwentwater certainly will.
A runner emailed after the 2025 race to say ‘This half marathon meant so much to me, I have got my mojo back!.’ For us, this sums up the event perfectly. Thank you, Mark. 🙂
Event entry and timings:
Race entry – £37.00 plus booking fee. Discounted for affiliated runners.
Saturday 4th October 2025, 7pm – Registration opens (including free t-shirt and the option to purchase a commemorative medal).
Wednesday 9th September 2026, 7pm – The option of your free t-shirt and medal purchase closes (to allow our suppliers time to process). Registration will remain open.
Friday 18th September 2026, 7pm – Registration closes.
On the day registration – 9am-10am – in the club house. Note a £5.00 supplement will apply and your entry will not include a free t-shirt.
Number collection – Keswick Rugby Club.
Saturday 19th September 2026, 3pm – 5pmÂ
Sunday 20th September 2026, 9am – 10.30am.
11am – Race starts.
2.15pm – Prize giving and raffle.
Keswick Rugby Club
After our annual Beer Festival the Half Marathon is our second largest fundraiser at the club, ensuring that we can provide grass roots sport in our local community. For years our dream was to replace our old, flood damaged, facilities with a fit for purpose club house and we have now achieved that through everyone’s hard work during the ‘Big Build’. It is worth mentioning that the revenue from the Keswick Half Marathon has also been a significant help during this fundraising effort.
At Keswick Rugby Club we have a strong ethos of participation and inclusivity and are proud that we have regular rugby players from 3 year olds to 63 including boys, girls, men and women. The benefits that can be derived from team sport include physical and mental wellbeing and a heightened sense of community and we’re particularly proud of our small club and the positive role it plays in our town.
As a club we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the volunteer organisers, our team of brilliant marshals and of course you, the runners, for making the Keswick Half Marathon a truly special event as we approach our 50th year. When you register please know that your entry fee is making a difference to young people’s lives and that we’re truly grateful.
Tim Green, President, Keswick Rugby Club