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Discover the British Isles at your own pace

Self-guided trail running holidays in England, Scotland and Wales

Escape the Suburbs

Leave tarmac far behind and explore incredible landscapes only accessible on foot. With flexible itineraries to suit any pace, reliable daily luggage transfers and comfortable accommodation, our trail running holidays provide complete peace of mind as you run Britain's best footpaths.

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Winter Price Freeze

Our Annual Price Freeze is back: book your holiday for 2025 before 31st December and lock in the current cost of your getaway!

Booking plenty in advance also helps us secure the very best accommodations for the perfect outdoor retreat. Find your holiday today.

Our Featured Holiday: Coast to Coast

One of our most challenging trail running holidays, the Coast to Coast Run clambers through three National Parks as it makes its way from the west coast of England all the way to the eastern shoreline. You'll start your run amongst the Lake District fells, climbing high above the tarns, before delving through the Yorkshire Dales and across the Pennines to the open expanses of the North York Moors.

The Coast to Coast route is undergoing the transformation to become a National Trail in 2025, with a host of new waymarkers to make the trail easier to navigate, so why not book now to become one of the first runners to enjoy the upgrades?

Book Your Late-Season Running Holiday

Celebrate the season of colour with a late-season running holiday! As the weather mellows and the trails quieten down into autumn and early winter, get out and explore on foot. Read our top tips and discover the best trails for this time of year.

Run in the Late Season

From our blog

The Contours Holidays team pose atop our finished work: a useful step and handrail cut into a fallen tree.Conservation Day

At Contours Holidays, we earnestly believe we have a responsibility to provide support for the trails ourselves. This year, we set out for a stretch of trail through Goose Nest Wood, 45 minutes from our head office, to remove a fallen tree and repair a path that had collapsed into the river.

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New to trail running holidays?

A self-guided trail-running holiday allows plenty of freedom to explore the trails and run at our own pace. Here's how our independent point-to-point adventures work:

  • Receive maps, guidebook and bespoke holiday pack, which you'll use to lead the way along established routes.
  • Arrive at prebooked accommodation each night, with breakfast provided the next morning.
  • Each day, your luggage is carried ahead while you enjoy the freedom to run and explore at your own pace.

Find out more and discover our top holidays for new trail runners.

A hand-drawn map of Great Britain with a wishlist of walking trails represented by hearts waiting to be ticked off - it looks like this walker has completed the Northumberland Coast Path and the Thames Path, with Offa's Dyke Path, the Great Glen Way and the Pennine Way still to go.

Loyalty Scheme

With so many brilliant trails all around the UK, it's hard not to accumulate a long walking holiday wishlist. If you're planning to get out and start ticking off each trail, you can really cut costs with Contours Holidays' loyalty scheme. You'll start saving from your third walking holiday onwards.

Find out more about our bronze, silver and gold loyalty discounts.