- Sun 31 Aug 2025
Rocky Horror SwimRun | Short
13:30
Age 16 & over
£28-£35
- 1000 m sea swimming
- 5 km trail running

Event overview
The Something Wild Festival has the stunning venue of Hope Cove and the South West Coast path once again!
The trail races follow favourite routes between Salcombe and Aveton Gifford, with Outer Hope Cove at the heart of the festival weekend.
With its own luscious camping field just a stone's throw from the idyllic Hope Cove, the races are within view of the campsite, offering the perfect vantage point to spectators and family members. The festival site is also the fulcrum for the trail running and swim run events.

Highlights
- An annual festival - now in its 11th year!
- Wonderful venue and routes
- Scenery of the Avon and Salcombe estuaries
- Some of the best sections of the SW Coast Path
- Full weekend itinerary, or event-only
- Camping, music, local food and beer
- Live acoustic guitar music around the campfire
- Expert speakers line-up
- Family-friendly with kids runs and forest schools
This event is part of Something Wild Festival.
Event photos
- All fitness levels
- Dogs allowed
- Event village
- Families
- Newcomers
- Spectators
- Swim hat provided
- Teams
- Traders at event
- Wetsuit required
2025 details to be confirmed.
Weekend itinerary
Such a great value weekend with so much included! The 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, Ultra, SwimRuns and the Rock Hard Coast Sea Swim events may be booked separately and are at an additional cost. Everything else is included in your Weekend Festival ticket!

Friday

Children can have film night in an adjacent tent.
Saturday

Included with your weekend festival ticket!
Sunday
Kids
The Something Wild Festival is super family-friendly so come and make a weekend of it! There are plenty of activities throughout the weekend including kids races, forest schools, fun food and drinks bar, film night, outdoor yoga, walks, book swap and Capture the Flag too!

Walkers
There will be guided walks as part of your Weekend Festival ticket however you are also welcome to walk the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon events.
Dogs
Well-behaved dogs on leads are allowed and you can also run with your dog on a harness as per canicross rules of the Trail Running Association.
- Accommodation
- Bar
- Cafe
- Camping
- Coast
- Entertainment
- Free parking
- Music
- Rural
- Showers
- Toilets
Event HQ
Hope Cove
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 3HW
UK
Festival site
The farmer has kindly given access to his fields, overlooking the idyllic Hope Cove, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better location to wake up to in the south west. It is close to ideal swimming spots in Hope Cove, East Soar and Bantham Bay.
This year, there will be a camp village and festival village, which will be clearly separated to allow flow and easy access and there'll be two lovely venues for the speakers evening!

Campsite
The campsite is suitable for up to 50 tents, parking and camper vans, as well as and serving as the base for all the trail events, which is an ideal vantage point for spectators.
This year there will be extra toilet facilities and basic shower facilities.
Other accommodation
If camping isn’t your thing, there are plenty of Air BNB places around Hope Cove and the South Hams. Burton Farm is perhaps the nearest, as the farmer owns the festival fields. It’s a charming restored 15th century farmhouse, set among 325 acres.
Parking
Parking is available at the campsite for £10.
- First aid
- Food stations
- Marshals
- No cut off time
- Out and back
- Single start
- Way markers
The Short is 6K total (2 x swims of 500m and 1 x 5K run).
Kit check
There will be a mandatory equipment check at registration and here's the kit list. If participating as a pair, some items are one per pair:
- Wetsuit/tri suit/swimrun suit (suitable for water temperature of minimum 14 degrees C)
- Pair goggles
- Off road trainers
- Whistle
- Hydration system, soft bottle or cup
- Tow buoy (one per pair or one for solos)
- Emergency food
- £20 in sealed bag
- Swim cap (provided)
- Race chip/tracker (provided)
- Extra emergency food (strongly recommended)
- Mobile phone in waterproof case (strongly recommended)
Sustainability
- Bring your own cup
- Plastic bottle free
- Recycling
- Chip timing
- Medal
Included
- Tag RFID mat timing
- Finishers medal
- Branded swim cap
- Professional water safety team
- Marked route
- GPX files
- Feed stations
- Marshals
- Prizes
- Toilets
- Parking (there may be a small fee for parking at festival site)
- Opportunity to access the festival
- Festival cafe and bar
Not Included
- Camping (optional extra)
- Age 16 & over
- 50 places
- Entries open
- Collect race pack
- Enter online
Entry fees
Pairs entry fee
£28.00
Entry fee
£35.00
I thoroughly enjoyed this whole weekend experience, adding in wild camping was a plus. I went with my two children who could stay in the forest school sessions arranged while I was out running! They loved it. I did the 10k run which was stunning along the coastline and back through lanes and over fields. Very community good-feel event with a fire pit and music on one evening. Highly recommend. My kids want to go back next year! (Maria Wilhelmsson)

Other races at event
- Fri 29 Aug - Mon 1 Sep
- #1 of 10
Something Wild Festival Weekend Tickets
16:00
All ages
£40-£55
- 3 days trail running
- Sat 30 Aug
- #4 of 10
The Rock Hard Coast Sea Swim
12:00
Age 16 & over
£40
- 1.5 miles sea swimming
- Sun 31 Aug
- #6 of 10
Rocky Horror SwimRun | Medium
13:30
Age 16 & over
£35-£40
- 1500 m sea swimming
- 10 km trail running
- Sun 31 Aug
- #7 of 10
Rocky Horror SwimRun | Long
13:30
Age 16 & over
£40-£55
- 2000 m sea swimming
- 15 km trail running
- Sun 31 Aug
- #8 of 10
Marathon
08:00
Age 18 & over
£40
- 26.2 miles trail running
- Sun 31 Aug
- #9 of 10
Summit Wild Ultra
08:00
Age 18 & over
£55
- 50 km trail running
- Sun 31 Aug
- #10 of 10
Half Marathon
10:00
Age 17 & over
£30
- 13.1 miles trail running
