Walk Bristol | 20 Miles

How it works

• Sign up for one of four distances.
• Get out and prepare by walking around your local area and beyond. (If stuck for ideas, the Bristol Walkfest website has a wealth of year-round walks in and around Bristol to choose from).
• Choose a local good cause and commit to raising what you can then get fundraising/sponsorship from family, friends, and colleagues (optional).
• Arrive at Castle Park at your designated time.
• Set off from Castle Park and follow fully signed and supported routes showcasing some of the best walking routes, sights and scenes in and just outside the city!
• Return to Castle Park to a lively and welcoming finish line and feel amazing!
• Final push for sponsorship for your chosen cause.
• Sign up for Walk Bristol next year and continue exploring all the great walking routes in and around the great city! Make it an annual occasion.

Wheelchair users

The 5 mile route around the Old City and Harbourside has been designed to be wheelchair friendly. However, due to the terrain and elevation levels for the longer distances, these will unfortunately not be accessible for wheelchairs.

Event HQ

Bandstand
Bristol
Somerset
BS2 0HQ
UK

Castle Park is right in the heart of Bristol city centre, and so very well connected by local transport networks.

By bus

Check timetables closer to the event for your most convenient bus to get you close to Castle Park in time for your start. See Bristol, Bath and the West, First Bus.

By rail

Bristol Temple Meads is a gentle 10min walk to Castle Park. See National Rail.

By bike

There are a number of well-signed cycle routes from all directions into the city centre, with ample bike bicycle parking around the perimeter of Castle Park. See Cycle routes around bristol - Better by Bike.

On foot

If you’re feeling super fit and confident about the distance you’ll be taking on, and live or are staying close by enough, why not walk into Castle Park using one of the many safe and enjoyable routes into the city centre. See West Journey Planner.

By car

If you do need to drive into town for the event, please be aware of the Bristol Clean Air Zone in operation.

Blue badge parking

Blue Badge Holders will be able to park in pay and display bays alongside the new Castle Park View Apartments on Castle Street (BS2 0ND) free of charge for the day, and take the short accessible journey into Castle Park's Bandstand hard standing area from there.

Overview

20-mile route | Old City - Harbourside - Ashton Court Estate - Abbots Pool - Leigh Woods.

Grass footpaths and woodland trails, a couple of which have inclines.

Refreshments

Please bring appropriate food and water for the distance you have chosen. Basic refreshments (fruit, snack bars and water refills) are provided at the planned aid stations along the 20, 15 and 10-mile distances. The Start/Finish at Castle Park will also have water refills, and there is an abundance of food and drink options surrounding Castle Park in the city centre.

Cut off time

Cut-off time for all event distances needs to be 18:00 (6pm) on event day. This means people taking on the 20-mile distance will need to complete it within 10 hours, which breaks down to needing to be able to walk each mile within 30 minutes max.

The event will a 'cupless' one to reduce unnecessary waste, so please bring your own full drinking bottles. We will have water you can refill your bottles with at the start/finish, and then at additional locations out along the routes. 

Entry fees