Incredible Hike
Fri 16 - Sun 18 May 2025 Westward Ho!, Devon, UK Fundraising required

Incredible Hike

The ultimate coast path challenge! Walk 60 miles of the South West Coast Path over 3 days and take in the breathtaking sights, soak up the camaraderie, make friends and make a difference.

  • Fri 16 - Sun 18 May 2025
  • Fundraising required
Westward Ho!, Westward Ho! > Trethevy, Tintagel

Incredible Hike

07:00

Age 18 & over

Sign up £175

Fundraise £1,000

  • 60 miles hiking

Overview

A fully guided 3-day challenge event where hikers take on 60 miles of the stunning South West Coast Path.

Every year, another 60 miles is tackled, walking to complete the South West Coast Path while raising money for children and young people living with life-limiting conditions.

Sign up for the Incredible Hike and take in the breathtaking sights, soak up the camaraderie, make friends and make a difference. The dedicated Event Team handle your meals, luggage transfers and hotel stays so you can fully enjoy and embrace your experience.

This year it's Westward Ho! to Trethevy.

  • Average fitness

Walking groups

You’ll be guided all the way in groups of 10.

Each group will start the day at a staggered time, ensuring pace and safety along the route. If you wake up on day two and decide you would like to join the slower-paced group, the team will make that happen. You will also be supported throughout your route to ensure you have the flexibility to join different groups if needed.

Guided hike

Unlike many hiking events, you won't be sent off with a map and in waves.

Leaders will be right there with you; guiding you along the route, providing basic medical assistance when required, leading on safety and ensuring you are on track to reach pit stops for breaks and your destination each day.

Physio support

A fully trained Physiotherapist will be available each evening.

Each night when you arrive at your accommodation, it’s possible that you’ll be feeling your 20-ish miles! In addition to that, a Physiotherapist will be available at the pit stops on route, providing advice and support where needed - all included.

Your evenings

Dinner, drinks, mingle, relax.

Your evenings are chance to mingle, relax, have a nice evening and probably get an early night. Dinner is included (drinks at own cost) each evening and this is funded from your registration fee. There’s going to be a lot of camaraderie with Team Hike so that’s 50 hikers and all the Hike Support crew!

  • Coast
  • Rural

Event HQ

Westward Ho!
Westward Ho!
Devon
UK

  • Check points
  • First aid
  • Food stations
  • Hilly
  • Point to point
  • Return transport
  • Sleeping facilities
  • Traffic free
  • Undulating
  • Water stations

Itinerary

Detailed route for 2025 coming soon!

  • Day 1 | Westward Ho! to Titchberry
  • Day 2 | Titchberry to Bude
  • Day 3 | Bude to Trethevy

badge

  • Medal
  • Technical t-shirt
  • Training plan

Included

As an Incredible Hiker you'll receive:

  • Incredible Hike top and buff 

    All Incredible Hikers will receive their very own technical walking T-shirt for this year’s route. You’ll receive your t-shirt at registration. Added to that you’ll also get your very own buff, which will help to shield you from the sun or maybe keep warm in the rain! 

  • Training plans and kit list 

    To help get you in shape and looking the part.

  • Fully guided route 

    No need to navigate and no getting lost - you're in safe hands all the way.

  • Pit stops with snacks and drinks 

    Hike Support will be on board and on hand throughout your 3-day guided walk and that includes providing snacks and drink stops along the route. This is funded from your registration fee. You are advised to carry your own treats and drink in your day backpack, so you have the flexibility to rehydrate as you need to along the route.

  • Accommodation and food

    Joining Team Hike means that while you focus on the walking, the challenge and the fundraising, Hike Support can make your ultra challenge as comfortable as possible. As part of your registration fee, you are provided with accommodation for 2 nights.

  • Bag transfers

    All of your transfers from the coast path to your accommodation and vice versa are arranged! Your main luggage will be transferred too, so you don’t need to carry everything over the weekend.   

  • Finishers’ medal and bubbly 

    At the end of your ultra hiking challenge, you will be handed your much deserved medal! Your medal will be specific to the route you’ve just walked so if you decide to sign up for the Incredible Hike again, you’ll be adding to your medal hook at home! 

    Whether it’s bubbly lemonade or bubbly Prosecco, we’ve got it covered.  While you ‘cheers’ to your incredible experience and fundraising, we’d love to get a team photo for prosperity!

  • Fundraising materials
  • Fundraising required
  • Fundraising support

How to 'raise a grand'

Raising £1,000 might seem like the ultimate challenge but there are so many tips to help you reach and smash your fundraising target.

Here are 10 easy fundraising ideas to raise £100 each - sorted!

  • Have a clear out and go to a car boot sale 
  • Post your training pics to social media with a link to JustGiving 
  • Create a Vinted or other online re-sell account and sell your unwanted clothes and accessories 
  • Hold a quiz or bingo night at your local pub 
  • Charity car wash 
  • Bucket collection at your local supermarket with an official CHSW collection bucket
  • Hold a bake sale at work 
  • Guess the number of sweets in a jar 
  • Hold a coffee morning at your local church or village hall 
  • Put a collection tin in your local shop

Take it steady

You don’t need to hit your £1,000 target all in one go! Fundraising little and often can be the most effective way to reach your target.

Bake sales, bingo nights, and bucket collections can all raise over £100 a time.

Share your story

Harnessing the power of social media will kick-start your fundraising journey. It’s so quick and simple to setup a JustGiving page, and make sure you regularly share your page and the story of why you’re taking on the Incredible Hike with your friends and followers. Reports from JustGiving and GoFundMe say that each share on Facebook can be worth anything from £10 to £35 per share!  

Fundraising at work

Your workplace may also be able to support you, from swear jars and sponsored silences to matched funding or hosting a company quiz night, reach out to your employer to see how they can support you.

  • Run a tuck shop from your staff room/office
  • Hold a sponsored ‘dress down day’
  • Have a ‘swear jar’ or ‘jargon jar’

You are supported

Once you register for the Incredible Hike, the team are here to support you at every step of the way too. You’ll have access to exclusive fundraising support and materials.

  • Regular Zoom calls with the rest of Team Hike and CHSW Fundraising Team 
  • Check-ins and contact with your local Area Fundraiser 
  • Access to a private Facebook group to support each other and share fundraising tips 

Children's Hospice South West

Your sponsorship helps the hospice make the most of short and precious lives across the South West. Without the support of wonderful fundraisers like you, the hospice would not be able to keep caring for children and young people across the South West and their families.

Fundraising downloads

You'll get a downloadable handy guide with loads of ideas on how to fundraise, including:

  • Logos

    To help make your online fundraising look great!

  • Sponsor form

    Traditional paper sponsor forms are available if you prefer.

  • Email banner

    Tell everyone what you're doing in your communications.

  • Word template

    To help share the charity's branding and cause.

  • Bunting

    Decorate your events easily.

  • Events poster

    Show everyone the challenge you're taking on.

  • Sweepstake

    Making fundraising as easy as possible with ready-made ideas.

  • About CHSW poster

    Raise awareness of this important local cause.

  • Social media and press coverage

    Share online and watch the donations come in.

  • Fundraising pack

    It's all here - you're ready to get started!

  • Age 18 & over
  • Entries open
  • Enter online
  • Fundraising required

Entry fees

Deposit

£175.00

Balance

£175.00

Minimum sponsorship

£1000.00

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