# Sedbergh Hills Fell Race

The Sedbergh Hills Fell Race is an annual fell running race in Cumbria, England. The race starts and finishes in Sedbergh and has a distance of approximately 22.5km and contains 1830m of ascent. It is usually run in August. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The ladies' race was held over a shorter course that year, but subsequently the women ran the same route as the men. In its early years, the race was organised by Mike Walford on behalf of Kendal Athletic Club.

## Course

From Sedbergh the course makes a clockwise loop. It initially heads up to Arant Haw (605m) and then to Castley Knotts. Then around Brown Moor, Fell Head and Hazelgill Knott. The course turns south to The Calf (676m) past Arant Haw again to Winder (473m) before heading down into Sedbergh.

## Winners

| Year | Men | Time (h:m:s) | Women | Time (h:m:s) | Refs |
| 2024 | Jack Wood | 2:22:49 | Emily Cowper-Coles | 2:36:48 | |
| 2023 | Billy Cartwright | 2:04:23 | Nichola Jackson | 2:28:04 | |
| 2022 | Garry Greenhow | 2:23:04 | Eleanor Johnstone | 2:51:32 | |
| 2021 | Sam Dixon | 2:31:09 | Helen Leigh | 3:11:01 | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | James Harris | 2:22:21 | Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn | 2:49:44 | |
| 2018 | Rob Jebb | 2:20:22 | Sharon Taylor | 2:51:03 | |
| 2017 | Garry Greenhow | 2:20:44 | Zoe Harding | 2:43:48 | |
| 2016 | Steven Snape | 2:26:55 | Nina Walkingshaw | 2:57:53 | |
| 2015 | Joe Symonds | 2:13:40 | Nicky Spinks | 2:56:29 | |
| 2014 | Rob Hope | 2:06:10 | Victoria Wilkinson | 2:19:34 | |
| 2013 | Rob Jebb | 2:11:14 | Victoria Wilkinson | 2:28:31 | |
| 2012 | Andy Brown | 2:22:06 | Fiona Hughes | 2:44:26 | |
| 2011 | Morgan Donnelly | 2:02:44 | Jackie Lee | 2:32:43 | |
| 2010 | Jon Morgan | 2:18:55 | Karen Davison | 2:43:15 | |
| 2009 | Rick Stuart | 2:21:03 | Nicky Spinks | 3:00:47 | |
| 2008 | Darren Kay | 2:23:34 | Gayle Sugden | 2:55:51 | |
| 2007 | Joe Symonds | 2:10:50 | Alison Raw | 2:47:42 | |
| 2006 | Rob Jebb | 1:59:41 | Natalie White | 2:25:21 | |
| 2005 | Rob Jebb | 2:10:35 | Nicola Davies | 2:43:41 | |
| 2004 | Colin Donnelly | 2:13:22 | Clare Kenny | 3:01:29 | |
| 2003 | Joe Blackett | 2:26:44 | Katy Thompson | 3:24:02 | |
| 2002 | Rob Hope | 2:10:48 | Andrea Priestley | 2:28:39 | |
| 2001 | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak |
| 2000 | Mark Roberts | 2:12:15 | Vanessa Peacock | 2:49:08 | |
| 1999 | Steve Birkinshaw | 2:21:35 | Vanessa Peacock | 2:34:36 | |
| 1998 | Simon Booth | 2:00:04 | Vanessa Peacock | 2:33:12 | |
| 1997 | Jim Davies | 2:14:06 | Nicola Davies | 2:49:36 | |
| 1996 | Colin Donnelly | 2:13:10 | Vanessa Peacock | 2:47:34 | |
| 1995 | Robin Jamieson | 2:07:11 | Vanessa Peacock | 2:31:40 | |
| 1994 | Robin Jamieson | 2:06:36 | Ruth Pickvance | 2:34:46 | |
| 1993 | Robin Jamieson | 2:10:31 | Sue Parkin | 2:44:40 | |
| 1992 | John Taylor | 2:02:49 | Sheila Wright | 2:37:56 | |
| 1991 | Keith Anderson | 1:57:11 | Janet Kenyon | 2:41:35 | |
| 1990 | Keith Anderson | 2:07:33 | Sue Parkin | 2:49:33 | |
| 1989 | Keith Anderson | 2:01:59 | Kath Martin | 2:43:48 | |
| 1988 | Hugh Symonds | 2:02:53 | Vanessa Brindle | 2:29:26 | |
| 1987 | Robin Bergstrand | 2:08:28 | Sue Parkin | 2:52:23 | |
| 1986 | Robin Bergstrand | 1:59:33 | | | |
| 1985 | Hugh Symonds | 2:05:43 | Jean Lochhead | 2:55:36 | |
| 1984 | Jon Broxap | 2:07:11 | Gillian Wilkinson | 2:54:05 | |
| 1983 | Hugh Symonds | 2:01:37 | | | |
| 1982 | Kenny Stuart | 2:06:37 | Carol McNeill | 3:03:03 | |
| 1981 | Bob Whitfield | 2:05:36 | Pauline Haworth | 2:41:49 | |
| 1980 | John McGee | 2:14:05 | Ros Coats | 3:02:22 | |
| 1979 | Billy Bland | 2:14:40 | Bridget Hogge | 2:05:26 | $^{[Note1]}$ |
Note 1: The women ran a shorter course than the men in 1979.