2024 North Downs 50 Challenge
Take on the North Downs Challenge
Pick your fundraising option and select CRUK today to help fund life-saving cancer research
Got your own place?
Request a sponsorship pack and join our team.
We’re heading to the North Downs with a fabulous challenge setting out from our Guilford basecamp.
Choose your distance, and walk, jog or run the full looped 50km route, a 25km half challenge, or even the Guildford 10km. Take in some of the best of the Surrey hills, the North Downs Way, and the surrounding countryside. A route with real variety and some wonderful scenery & views – and easily accessible from London – there’s a North Downs 50 Challenge for everyone!
Your entry includes free food and drink at regular rest stops, plus support including medics, marshals and massage. As you cross the finish line, you’ll get a glass of fizz, t-shirt, and a medal to commemorate your achievement.
Sign Up & Fundraising Options
1. Charity Sponsorship – you pay a small registration fee and fundraise, and we cover the cost of your event place! As we are an official Charity Partner – you get 25% off the standard reg fee.
2. Mixed Funding – pay half of the event place cost yourself, fundraise a bit less and we pay the balance of the event place cost. As we are an official Charity Partner – you get 10% off standard the reg fee.
3. Self Fund – you pay the full cost of the event place - fundraise whatever you want, with no set target or deadline, and there’s no cost at all to the charity!
Support for you
Help with your fundraising
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Training plans and advice
We've teamed up with the experts to give you the very best training support and advice for your event.
Get a cheering pack
Our pack includes Cancer Research UK branded banner, clapper boards, cheering sticks, balloons, tattoos and running sacks. To get yours, email supporter.services@cancer.org.uk or call 0300 123 5461.