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If you or someone you love may benefit from Hospice care, you can find out more using the information below. For support or advice at any time of the day or night, please visit our Help Hub.

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Hospice Run 2025

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Join us for the iconic Hospice Run!

Sunday 21st September | Lower Common Cricket Ground, Tunbridge Wells | 08:00-12:30

Back for it’s 19th year with 1,000 places up for grabs!

Join us for one of the best closed road routes in the South East. Take on our half marathon, our 5k or 10k routes or have some fun on our family fun run where children are encouraged to dress as their favourite hero and dodge the water around the course.

Challenge yourself and support a local cause. All entry fees and fundraising go directly to supporting Hospice in the Weald care for people at the end of their life in Kent and East Sussex.

Click here to register for 2025
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What’s Included in Your Entry:

🎉 Chip-Timed Results
Enjoy accurate, live timing so you can track your pace, performance, and personal bests.

🏅 Exclusive Finisher’s Medal
Celebrate your achievement with a beautifully crafted Hospice Run medal, a keepsake to be proud of.

🏃 Training Plans & Support
Whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned runner, our regular emails will keep you motivated with expert training plans, tips, and encouragement to get you race day ready!

🥁 Unbeatable Event Atmosphere
Soak up the energy of the day with a live drumming band, cheering crowds and the incredible support of our volunteers and fellow runners.

🛣️ One of the South East’s Best Closed-Road Routes
Enjoy a scenic, professionally managed route through the heart of Tunbridge Wells.

🏃‍♀️ We’re being match funded! 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

Thanks to the support of the wonderful Freddie Green and Family Charitable Foundation, every pound raised for Hospice Run 2025 will be doubled! *Up to £75,000

That means if you raise £50, we’ll receive £100 to put towards vital care for people in our community.

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Route Info & Maps: Choose Your Challenge!

5K & 10K Classic Courses

Our much-loved 5K and 10K routes are back! Enjoy a beautiful, familiar course winding past iconic landmarks like the Spa Valley Railway Line and the stunning High Rocks. It’s the perfect mix of scenery and community spirit.

Click here to view the 5K Route
Click here to view the 10K Route

Half Marathon

Ready to go the extra mile (or 13)? Our half marathon takes you on an undulating, rewarding challenge. You’ll start alongside the 5K and 10K runners before branching off for a varied extension of the 10K route, re-joining at Castle Road to cross the finish line in style.

Click here to view the Half Marathon Route

Family Fun Run: Hospice Heroes Edition!

Calling all mini heroes! Dress as your favourite superhero and take on a fun-filled loop (or two!) around Wellington Rocks and across the common. There’s even a water-dodging twist along the way! All our little champions receive a finishers medal at the end of their adventure.

Click here to view the Family Run Route

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Running to Remember

Father and son Nathan and Jamie took on the Family Route at Hospice Run 2024 in memory of Lauren, Nathan’s wife and Jamie’s mum, who was cared for at the Hospice.

Nathan said: “We did this to help keep Lauren’s name alive. She was admitted for pain relief last year, and we ended up getting married in the Hospice gardens. We made a lot of memories in a short space of time at the Hospice. It’s a place where Jamie felt comfortable and they made life bearable really. We are raising money so other families get the same support we did.”

Route information & maps

Our classic 5k and 10k courses are unchanged and take you on a familiar scenic route past popular local landmarks in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells such as the Spa Valley Railway Line and The High Rocks.

5K Route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2674450

10k Route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2674444

Our NEW half marathon is an undulating route, starting with the 5k and 10k runners before venturing round a variation of the 10km route to join back up Castle Road to the finish line.

Half Marathon Route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2674427

Our Family Fun Run theme is Hospice Heroes! The route takes families on an adventure through the common and around Wellington Rocks and children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite hero as they dodge the water. Participants have the option of completing 1 or 2 loops of the route before receiving their finishers medal.

Family Run Route: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2674489

Join our Strava club to view the routes and interact with fellow runners: (Coming Soon!)

Can I wear headphones?

For safety reasons, wearing headphones is not permitted as we want to make sure you can hear any safety instructions from our marshals on the route.

Bone-conducting headsets are permitted.

What measures are in place for participant safety?

To ensure the safety of all our participants we work with traffic management company Amber Langis to close the roads for the event.

We will also have our wonderful marshals with phones or radios placed in strategic positions around the course.

Medical professionals will be present on all routes and at the event village.

Please listen to marshal instructions and be aware that marshals can only advise motorist and do not have the power to stop traffic. Emergency vehicles will be given access to the route.

Are there toilets?

Yes, toilets will be available at the event village on the day.

Please make sure you give yourself enough time to use them ahead of the start of your run.

Where can I view my run time?

Our chip timing company Nice Works will upload all run times to their website shortly after the event.

What's your refund policy?

Given the limited number of spaces for the event, entry fees are non-refundable unless we change the event venue or date.

If you are unable to attend Hospice Run, your registration fee will be accepted as a donation.