Windermere Marathon
The World's Most Beautiful Marathon
A challenging road marathon around the stunning Lake Windermere in the Lake District, featuring significant elevation gain through rolling hills and spectacular lakeside scenery.
- Total distance: 42.2 km
- Location: Windermere, Lake District
- Race Date: 24 Apr 2027
- Finish rate: 99%
- Nearest Station: Windermere (8.5 km)
- Night Running: 0% in darkness
- Pacing Complexity: Low (24/100)
Windermere Marathon
The World's Most Beautiful Marathon
- Distance
- 42.2 km
- Total ascent
- 637 m
- Cut-off
- 6h 30m
- Town/Village
- Windermere, Lake District
- Date
- 24 April 2027
A challenging road marathon around the stunning Lake Windermere in the Lake District, featuring significant elevation gain through rolling hills and spectacular lakeside scenery.
Overview
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Quick Facts
- Entrance Cost: Unknown
- Organiser: Unknown
- Start Town: Windermere, Lake District
- Dogs Allowed: Unknown
- Start Date: 24 Apr 2027
- End Date: 24 Apr 2027
- Start Time: 8:30 AM
- Final Cut-off: 6h 30m
Navigation
- Type: Unknown
- Closest Train Station: Windermere
- Distance from Start Line: 8.5 km
Eligibility
- Minimum Age: Unknown
- Gender Eligibility: All genders
- Minimum Entry Criteria: Unknown
Toilets
- Hand Washing Beyond Sanitiser: Unknown
- Period Products Provided: Unknown
- Female Only Toilets: Unknown
Family & Spectators
- Baby Changing at Start: Unknown
- Family Friendly Spectator Areas: Unknown
- Flexible Deferral or Cancellation: Unknown
Safety
- Marshalls at Isolated Areas: Unknown
- Safeguarding and Reporting Policy: Unknown
- Can Hide Location from Public Tracking: Unknown
Terrain & Elevation
The course is mainly paved road (63%), with gravel (30%) making up most of the rest. The terrain is highly fragmented, switching roughly every kilometre. This demands constant mental engagement and limits the ability to build a sustained rhythm from surface consistency alone. The longest unbroken stretch is 10.6 km of paved road. Uphills are predominantly on gravel (61% of ascending sections). Descents are mainly on paved road (74% of descending sections).
Windermere Marathon has 26.3 km of paved road, this is in the top 13% of all our races.
- Paved Road63% · 26.3 km
- Gravel / Track30% · 12.4 km
- Grass5% · 2.2 km
- Trail / Path2% · 0.7 km
Distance
42.1 km
Ascent
637 m
Descent
637 m
High Point
128 m
Compared against 27 other races of a similar distance, Windermere Marathon has more total elevation gain than 22% of them, and more elevation gain per kilometre than 26% of them — flatter than most races of this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Gradient
3.68%
Average climb gradient
Do you have experience of gentle climbs like Windermere Marathon's, which average 3.68%?
Windermere Marathon's climbs average 3.68%. If your training never rehearses sustained climbing at that gradient, race day will be the first time your legs meet it.
2.36%
Average descent gradient
Do you have experience of gentle descents like Windermere Marathon's, which average 2.36%?
Windermere Marathon's descents average 2.36%. If your training never rehearses sustained descending at that gradient, the downhills will empty your quads long before the finish.
Source: GPX Data
Climate
Pacing Complexity
Windermere Marathon scores 24/100 for pacing complexity, rated low.
Similar-distance races score a median of 20/100 (5 races compared).
Windermere Marathon's pacing demands are typical for races of this distance. The complexity pattern should feel familiar if you have raced at this distance before. The key driver is terrain type changes — worth building into long runs, but not a major departure from standard preparation at this distance.
Source: GPX Data
Aid Stations
No aid station data available for this race yet.
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