REGISTRATION

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Registration will take place at the car park area of the former Electric Mountain Visitor Centre, Llanberis LL55 4TA at our Marathon Eryri event centre from midday until 10.00pm on Friday 23rd October 2026 and again from 7.00am until 10am on the morning of Saturday 24th October. This is when you will be given your race pack.

 

Runners can park at any one of a number of Pay Display car parks around the village. All are within easy walking distance of registration. Please be environmentally aware and try to share transport to the race wherever possible.

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Please be aware that the weather at this time of year can be quite challenging and you are advised to carry some sorts of body cover with you whilst running.

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Getting to Llanberis

Our race HQ is in Electric mountain, Llanberis, the start is just outside the village on the A4086. The race finishes in Llanberis which is located 66 miles from Chester, 103 miles from Manchester and 270 miles from London.

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Access to Llanberis is easy. It’s only about one hour from the M56 which joins the A55 and it’s less than 15 minutes from the A55 itself.

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Just follow the A55 west along the North Wales coast. There are substantial white on brown signs marking the Llanberis turn off (Junction 11). From here turn left onto the A5 and then sharp right onto the A4244. From the Midlands travel along the historic A5 from the M54. From the South you can take the scenic A470.

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Travelling by car

As part of our Green Initiative we want to encourage all visitors to reduce their carbon emissions by decreasing the cumulative amount of miles driven to our event. One way of this is to share a lift with a fellow runner or spectator. Thanks to the wonders of the web you can now find fellow travelers at www.liftshare.com and www.racelifts.org. Just post a listing to share space in your car or look for space if you need a ride.

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Race Day Parking​​​

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EVENT MAP HERE

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ADVICE FOR SPECTATORS

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​We like to encourage spectators along the route to cheer on our runners. However, the mere geography of the course can make this very difficult.

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Download our Spectator Advice document HERE

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ROAD CLOSURES ​

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Llanberis Pass (A4086) will be closed from 10.00am until 11.30am (as a rolling closure)

A section of Llanberis High Street (from the Doctor's surgery to Capel Coch road) will be closed from 7.00am until 6.00pm, Bryn Goleu will be closed from 11.00am until

3.30pm.

 

A one way system will be put in place from the in place going from the Watkin Path car park along the A498 up to the  Pen-y -gwryd junction. This will be  in place between 10.45am and 1.00pm on race day.

 

Clearways will be imposed in Beddgelert (from the bridge up to and beyond Warws Beddgelert) and Llanberis Hight Street – from Gwynedd Hotel to The Coffeepot from 8pm on the 24th until 6.00 pm on the 25th. 

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Carbon Offsetting

If you can not organize are car pool it would be fantastic if you could “off set” the carbon emissions from your journey. For example if you are travelling by car from Manchester it will cost your just 75p and from London £3.50. A great website for off setting your emissions is: www.carbonbalanced.org

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Public Transport

To help us in our aim to be as green as possible, it would be great if you could try and arrive on public transport.

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By Train

The nearest railway station to Llanberis is Bangor. There is a frequent bus service between Bangor and Llanberis and also between Caernarfon and Llanberis. We appreciate that this is not always easy in the more remote areas of the UK but here are some links that might help:

Bangor Train Station – click here for more information

Local Bus and train information: click here

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Ferry

Ferry Information into Holyhead: click here

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By Air

The nearest airports to Llanberis are Liverpool and Manchester, both approximately 2 hours away by car.

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PRIZES

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Every year our prizes are specially commissioned by local artists. They are awarded in the following categories:

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MALE 

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

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1st O40
1st O45
1st O50
1st O60
1st O70
1st O80
1st Local
1st team (3 to count)

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FEMALE

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

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1st O40
1st O45
1st O50
1st O60
1st O70
1st O80
1st Local
1st Team (3 to count)

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£1000 will be awarded to any man or woman who breaks the RACE RECORD

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Here’s something you might not know about the winner’s trophy:

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The Michael Forte Challenge Trophy

Every year since 1982, the winner of Marathon Eryri has been presented with the Michael Forte Challenge Trophy. The story of how it was given to the National Trust, to be used on this special occasion, is a very interesting one.

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In 1982 Michael Forte donated a cup to the National Trust to be given to the winner of the Snowdonia Marathon. He approached Fattorini and Sons of Bradford who had recently celebrated their 150th anniversary and had received a lot of nationwide publicity, in particular for supplying the present FA Cup.

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Michael Forte bought a trophy which had come to Fattorini a few years earlier in rather unusual circumstances. In 1922 a prosperous Huddersfield mill owner, who was a keen supporter of the Scouting movement, wanted to present an award for a nationwide Scout band competition.

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He commissioned a trophy from Fattorini and Sons of Bradford which bore his name for posterity. The Scout leader would not agree to his request and the trophy was therefore never used.

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Instead it was safely kept in the mill until some 50 years later when the mill owner’s son, when disposing of his father’s effects, sold the cup back to Fattorini. The large sterling silver trophy weighs 203oz and stands 33 inches tall. It is 53 ounces heavier and taller than the FA Cup and a perfect example of the work of the skilled Sheffield craftsman who made it.