Dark Skies Series | Storm the Fort | 5K Night Run

Timetable

• 18:15 | Registration opens
• 19:20 | 10km run brief
• 19:25 | 10km starts
• 19:30 | 5km run brief
• 19:35 | 5km starts

Series

Enter the whole three-event series or just Storm the Fort. The choice is yours. The bespoke wooden finisher’s medals are available as an optional extra, can you collect all three?

• Mendip Aurora | Mendip Activity Centre, Churchill – 1st November 2025
• Storm the Fort | Brean Down, Brean – 17th January 2026
• Moonlit Meadow Run | Longrun Meadow, Taunton – 7th February 2026

Equipment

Torches are mandatory.

These events are taking place in the winter months and therefore all entrants must ensure that they have appropriate clothing for the weather conditions. All runners are required to wear a head or chest torch with at least 250 lumens of power – those who do not have a head or chest torch on the night will not be allowed to enter. 

Event HQ

Brean Down
Burnham-on-Sea
Somerset
TA8 2RS
UK

Parking

Please park in the main National Trust car park and follow the signs to the Brean Down cafe. If you are a National Trust member, please scan your membership card at the ticket machine.

GPX route

The route is displayed on the map above.

Overview

Storm the Fort utilises Brean Down, a ridge-like land mass that protrudes into the Bristol Channel between Weston-Super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea to deliver a traffic-free course on the down that even enters the old fort buildings to really add to the atmosphere!

The course has a couple of cheeky climbs to access the down but all on good trails and tracks. Making your way around the course you’ll climb steeply onto the down before a nice steady section out to the fort before climbing a short technical section to gain the main ridge before dropping back down to the finish line.

Map

Optional eco-medals.

Eco-medals

£6

All medals are dated with the year. This event firmly believe that a medal should be a memento of the event you’ve completed and you’ll never receive the same medal year on year. 

Photos

You are celebrated as you cross the finish line! There will be a camera linked to a laser to automatically take your finish photo! Don’t forget to smile and get those arms raised.

Entry fees

The course was so much fun to run around, and it's nice to have encouraging and friendly marshals along the route. As a 'slow runner' it's great to be treated the same as any other runner and still have people cheering me through the finish line! No better way to spend a Saturday night! We look forward to the next one! Thanks to the team and everyone who organises the events! Paige D

Fantastic event. Loved every moment of this event! The atmosphere was great! Always well organised and freindly and made to feel welcome . Great team of supportive volunteers that motivate you round the course and over the finish line. Thank you! Linda P

Loved it! Loads of marshalls and all jolly. Kev B

Great race, well marked and friendly marshals - a fun event 🙂 Dee F

First time running this event. I really enjoyed it, the atmosphere was amazing and the marshalls were very enthusiastic and friendly. Sonia B

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