Challenge Events Calendar
Discover our 2025 Events Calendar – there’s something for everyone, from family-friendly walks to epic treks and global adventures. Whatever you choose, every step helps protect wildlife.
Remember to select Born Free as your chosen charity when you register.
BORN FREE CHALLENGE EVENTS 2025
Click on the months below to check out the challenges you can get involved with, in aid of Born Free!
Check back soon…
Bath Half Marathon 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 16th March 2025
Bath 50 Challenge 🐾 🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 29th March 2025
Brighton Marathon Weekend 🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th April 2025
London Landmarks Half Marathon 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Easter 50 Windsor & Thames Path 🐾 🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 12th April 2025
London Marathon 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 27th April 2025
Isle of Wight Challenge🐾 🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 3rd – Sunday 4th May 2025
AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 4th May 2025
AJ Bell Junior & Mini Great Birmingham Run 👨👧👧
Date: Sunday 4th May 2025
AJ Bell Great Bristol Run 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 11th May 2025
Jurassic Coast Challenge 🐾 🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th May 2025
AJ Bell Junior & Mini Great Manchester Run 👨👧👧
Date: 17th May May 2025
AJ Bell Great Manchester Run 🏃♂️
Date: 18th May 2025
London to Brighton 🐾 🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th May 2025
Lands End to John O’Groats Cycle 🚲
Date: 03rd – 15th June 2025 (13 days)
London to Bruges Cycle 🚲
Date: 06th – 09th June 2025 (4 days)
Lake District 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th June 2025
London to Paris Cycle 🚲
Date: 11th – 15th June 2025 (5 days)
Arla Great North Swim, Windermere 🏊♀️
Date: Friday 13th – Sunday 15h June 2025
Cotswold Way 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd June 2025
Peak District 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th June 2025
Yorkshire Three Peaks Weekend 🥾
Date: Friday 4th – Sunday 7th July 2025
Hadrian’s Wall 🥾
Date: Friday 11th – Saturday 12th July 2025
North Downs 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 12th July 2025
Gower Peninsula 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 19th – Sunday 20th July 2025
London to Paris Cycle 🚲
Date: 23rd – 27th July 2025 (5 days)
South West Coast 50 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 2nd August 2025
Born Free Annual Walk on the Wild Side 🐾 👩👩👦👦
Date: Sunday 10th August 2025
Details coming soon…
Ben Nevis at Night 🥾
Date: Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th August 2025
Snowdon by Night (Yr Wyddfal) 🥾
Date: Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th August 2025
London Summer Walk 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 23rd August 2025
Lands End to John O’Groats Cycle 🚲
Date: 02nd – 14h September 2025 (13 days)
South Coast 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 6th – Sunday 7th September 2025
AJ Bell Great North Run 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 7th September 2025
London to Paris Cycle 🚲
Date: 10th – 14th September 2025 (5 days)
Thames Moonlight Walk 🐾
Date: Friday 12th September 2025
Thames Bridges Walk 🐾
Date: Saturday 13th September 2025
Thames Path Challenge 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 13th- Sunday 14th September 2025
Swim Serpentine 🏊♂️
Date: Saturday 20th September 2025
Chiltern 50 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 27th September 2025
Vitality Westminster Mile🐾 👩👩👦👦
Date: Saturday 27th September 2025
Kenya Loita Hills Trek and Masai Mara Safari 🥾🦁
Date: 27th September – 04 October 2025
Mount Kilimanjaro Trek 🥾
Date: 03rd – 12th October 2025 (10 days)
AJ Bell Great Scottish Run 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 05th October 2025
Kent Downs 50 🐾🥾🏃♂️
Date: Saturday 11th October 2025
AJ Bell Great South Run 🏃♂️
Date: Sunday 19th October 2025
London Halloween Walk 🐾
Date: Saturday 25th October 2025
Avenue of Volcanoes Trek (Ecuador) 🥾
Date: 08th – 16th November 2025 (9 days) – also in February 2026
Dalai Lama Mountain Trek (India) 🥾
Date: 08th – 17th November 2025 (10 days) – also in April 2026
Trek to the End of the World (Portugal) 🥾
Date: 15th – 21st November 2025 (7 days) – also in March 2026
Contact us to plan your 2026 challenge!
Find more events, challenges and activities on Let’s Do This , Tough Mudder, Discover Adventure and Charity Challenge.
Remember to select Born Free as your chosen charity. To receive your free Born Free vest and fundraising pack, drop us a message with the link to your fundraising page.
Please not for some events there is a cost to Born Free when you sign up, so we kindly ask for your commitment to reaching the fundraising target. This ensures that the maximum amount of your sponsorship goes directly to supporting our vital work for wild animals in need.
These are Open Challenges, and you will be joined by fellow travellers who may be supporting other charities. These trips are operated by Discover Adventure (ATOL 5636) or The Different Travel Company (ATOL 6706) for Born Free (Registered Charity No1070906). Many of the flights and flight-inclusive trips on each respective website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. But ATOL protection does not apply to all challenges and travel services featured on each supplier website. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but not all the parts of your trip are listed, the parts not listed will not be ATOL protected. Please ask for your certificate and check to ensure everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed. Refer to each companies booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: http://www.caa.co.uk.