North Coast / Coast path
Atlantic Coast Challenge
Three coastal marathons in three days, Padstow to Land's End, with a pasty at the finish.
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Padstow to Land's End
Confirmed / last checked 2026-07-12
- Distances
- 3 × Marathon / 1-day Marathon
- Terrain
- Coast path
- Organiser
- Votwo
- Last checked
- 2026-07-12
What to expect
Runnable as the full three days or any single day — the 2026 edition runs Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October. October on this coast can be anything from golden to biblical, often within the same afternoon; day three covers the far west's hardest ground on tired legs.
Recce ground
Train on the ground it covers
Routes from the directory on or near this race’s terrain, with mapped lines, elevation profiles and GPX downloads.
Mapped route line
Multi-use path
Camel Trail: Wadebridge to Padstow
A flat out-and-back on the old railway line beside the Camel estuary, built for steady miles.
- Distance
- 17.2 km
- Gain
- 66 m
Desk-researched
Mapped route line
Coast path
Newquay to Watergate Bay
Surf-town headlands to the long sweep of Watergate, above beaches that vanish at high tide.
- Distance
- 12.6 km
- Gain
- 229 m
Desk-researched
Recorded route line
Coast path
Godrevy to Portreath Coast Path
Cliff-top running past seal colonies and old engine houses, with wind that has an opinion.
- Distance
- 10.0 km
- Gain
- 151 m
Field checked