Wiltshire

Charlton Park (www.charltonparkestate.com) is the spiritual home of Monster Race. This is the South Wests biggest and best obstacle course and mud run event. It’s ideally located close to Bristol, Swindon, Bath and Cardiff and the rest of the South West.

It’s a stunning country estate in Wiltshire. It is the home of The Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire who kindly let us convert their grounds each year to one of the best obstacle course races on the calendar!

It’s a perfect venue to host Monster race. Featuring 4,500 acres of land (including 300 acres of woodland) the estate has more trails, mud and water than you can shake a stick at. It also features the original Bog of Eternal stench….oh yes!

Add into the mix the Monster’s obstacles (see the obstacle page for details) and you have one of the most fun obstacle course races you will come across.

What do I get for my money?

  • An fun challenge you will never forget
  • Free mud – disclaimer….you can only take what is caked onto your body/clothes!
  • A Monster medal – The best in the business? We think so!
  • Chip timing – with instant results
  • Free event photo’s – subject to our photographers zapping you as you go round
  • Free spectator entry – the more the merrier…..bring your granny along
  • A cool drink at the end
  • VAT at 20% is included

Autumn Monster – 29th September 2018 – Entry Fees

5k Monster in Training 10k Monster
Launch Special – until midnight 5th Nov 2017 £40 £43
Early Bird – TBC TBC TBC
Standard Monster – TBC TBC TBC
Late Monster – TBC TBC TBC
Skin of your Teeth – TBC TBC TBC

 

Travel Times

Charlton Park is conveniently located just 10 minutes drive from Junction 17 of the M4.

Approximate travel times to Charlton Park are:

  • From Bristol: 40 minutes
  • From Swindon: 40 minutes
  • From Bath: 40 minutes
  • From Reading: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From Oxford: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From Cardiff: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From London: 2 hours.

Directions

The postcode for Charlton Park is SN16 9RU. Monster Race signs will be on display so the entrance will be clear. Note the estate does have several entrances. The entrance to use for Monster Race is the Charlton Business Park entrance on the A429. If you attempt to enter via an entrance that doesn’t have Monster Race signs up you are in the wrong place!

Parking

Car parking will be available at the estate. There will be a £5 charge per car. We do encourage you to car share where possible.

Cornbury Park

SPRING MONSTER 2017 – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

We will return to Cornbury Park for the fourth time on April 1st 2017. Cornbury Park (www.cornburypark.co.uk) is a stunning country estate near Charlbury in the heart of Oxfordshire. The elegant 17th century house is surrounded by ancient forest, lakes, farmland and a deer park. The park is home to Lord and Lady Rotherwick who have kindly granted Monster Race permission to host an event in their grounds.

If you’ve run with us at Cornbury before you know what a corker of a venue this is. Featuring lots and lots (and we mean lots!) of woodland, undulating open spaces and water. Add into the mix the Monster’s obstacles (see the obstacle page for details) and you have one of the best obstacle course races you will come across.

Travel Times

Approximate travel times to Cornbury Park are:

  • Oxford – 30 mins
  • Cheltenham – 50 mins
  • Swindon – 50 mins
  • Royal Leamington Spa – 1 hour
  • Milton Keynes – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Coventry – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Reading – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Northampton – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Rugby – 1 hour 20 mins
  • Birmingham – 1 hour 30 mins
  • Bristol – 1 hour 40 mins
  • Bath – 1 hour 40 mins

Directions

The estate does have several entrances. The entrance to use for the event is located on the B4022 next to Finstock Train Station. The postcode to use is OX7 3DG. Monster Race signs will be on display so the entrance will be clear. AA event signs will also be located in the surrounding area to point you in the right direction. If you use an entrance which does not have a Monster Race sign on it you are in the wrong place!

Parking

Car parking will be available at the venue. There will be a charge of £5 per car. We do encourage you to car share where possible.

Derbyshire

MIDLANDS SUMMER MONSTER 2017

Monster Race will be coming to the Midlands for the first time in 2017. We have booked Catton Hall in Derbyshire a stunning country estate to host the event (www.catton-hall.com).

We only book strong venues for Monster Race and Catton Hall is another great one. Featuring a stack of mixed terrain, woodland and several water sections it has everything we need to put a corker of an event on.

Summer Monster – 1st July 2017 – Entry Fees

5k Monster in Training 10k Monster
Launch Special – until midnight 2nd October 2016 £40 £45
Early Bird – From 3rd October 2016 until midnight 5th February 2017 £43 £48
Standard Monster – From 6th February 2017 until midnight 3rd April 2017 £47 £52
Late Monster – From 4th April 2017 until midnight 28th May 2017 £50 £55
Skin of your Teeth – From 29th May 2017 until midnight 24th June 2017 £53 £60

 

Travel Times

Located minutes from the A38 Catton Hall has great transportation links. Approximate travel times to Catton Hall are:

  • Derby – 30 mins
  • Wallsall – 32 mins
  • Birmingham – 36 mins
  • Coventry – 43 mins
  • Stafford – 41 mins
  • Nottingham – 50 mins
  • Stoke on Trent – 50 mins
  • Rugby – 51 mins
  • Leicester – 53 mins

Directions

The estate does have several entrances.  The post code to use for your sat navs is DE12 8LN. Monster Race signs will be on display so the entrance will be clear. If you use an entrance which does not have a Monster Race sign on it you are in the wrong place!

Parking

Car parking will be available at the venue. There will be a charge of £5 per car. We do encourage you to car share where possible.

Charlton Park

Charlton Park (www.charltonparkestate.com) is the spiritual home of Monster Race. It’s a stunning country estate in Wiltshire. It is the home of The Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire who kindly let us convert their grounds each year to one of the best obstacle course races on the calendar!

It’s a perfect venue to host Monster race. Featuring 4,500 acres of land (including 300 acres of woodland) the estate has more trails, mud and water than you can shake a stick at. It also features the original Bog of Eternal stench….oh yes!

Add into the mix the Monster’s obstacles (see the obstacle page for details) and you have one of the most fun obstacle course races you will come across.

Travel Times

Charlton Park is conveniently located just 10 minutes drive from Junction 17 of the M4.

Approximate travel times to Charlton Park are:

  • From Bristol: 40 minutes
  • From Swindon: 40 minutes
  • From Bath: 40 minutes
  • From Reading: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From Oxford: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From Cardiff: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • From London: 2 hours.

Directions

The postcode for Charlton Park is SN16 9RU. Monster Race signs will be on display so the entrance will be clear. Note the estate does have several entrances. The entrance to use for Monster Race is the Charlton Business Park entrance on the A429. If you attempt to enter via an entrance that doesn’t have Monster Race signs up you are in the wrong place!

Parking

Car parking will be available at the estate. There will be a £5 charge per car. We do encourage you to car share where possible.

Oxfordshire

SPRING MONSTER 2018

This is the best obstacle course and mud run event venue in the Oxford area. We will return to Cornbury Park for the fifth time on April 28th 2018. Cornbury Park (www.cornburypark.co.uk) is a stunning country estate near Charlbury in the heart of Oxfordshire. The elegant 17th century house is surrounded by ancient forest, lakes, farmland and a deer park. The park is home to Lord and Lady Rotherwick who have kindly granted Monster Race permission to host an event in their grounds.

If you’ve run with us at Cornbury before you know what a corker of a venue this is. Featuring lots and lots (and we mean lots!) of woodland, undulating open spaces and water. Add into the mix the Monster’s obstacles (see the obstacle page for details) and you have one of the best obstacle course and mud runs you will come across.

What do I get for my money?

  • An fun challenge you will never forget
  • Free mud – disclaimer….you can only take what is caked onto your body/clothes!
  • A Monster medal – The best in the business? We think so!
  • Chip timing – with instant results
  • Free event photo’s – subject to our photographers zapping you as you go round
  • Free spectator entry – the more the merrier…..bring your granny along
  • A cool drink at the end
  • VAT at 20% is included

Spring Monster – 28th April 2018 – Entry Fees

5k Monster in Training 10k Monster
Launch Special – Until midnight 2nd July  Expired  Expired
Early Bird – From 3rd July 2017 until midnight Sunday 5th November 2017  Expired  Expired
Standard Monster – From 6th November 2017 until midnight 28th January 2018 £45 £48
Late Monster – From 29th January 2018 until midnight 1st April 2018  £52  £56
Skin of your Teeth – From 2nd April 2018 until midnight 22nd April 2018  £55  £60

 

Travel Times

Approximate travel times to Cornbury Park are:

  • Oxford – 30 mins
  • Cheltenham – 50 mins
  • Swindon – 50 mins
  • Royal Leamington Spa – 1 hour
  • Milton Keynes – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Coventry – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Reading – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Northampton – 1 hour 15 mins
  • Rugby – 1 hour 20 mins
  • Birmingham – 1 hour 30 mins
  • Bristol – 1 hour 40 mins
  • Bath – 1 hour 40 mins

Directions

The estate does have several entrances. The entrance to use for the event is located on the B4022 next to Finstock Train Station. The postcode to use is OX7 3DG. Monster Race signs will be on display so the entrance will be clear. AA event signs will also be located in the surrounding area to point you in the right direction. If you use an entrance which does not have a Monster Race sign on it you are in the wrong place!

Parking

Car parking will be available at the venue. There will be a charge of £5 per car. We do encourage you to car share where possible.

Leeds

Harewood House – 11th November 2017 – Event Cancellation

The runner sign up rate for this planned event has been low so far. Based on our previous events we are able to use sign up data to date to predict approximately how many people will have registered come event day.

Mapping out sign ups in this way we can see that unfortunately there will not be enough runners signed up to cover the average cost of our events.

We can therefore either:

  1. Put the event on and sustain a large financial loss;
  2. Put the event on for a cheaper overall budget; or
  3. Cancel the event.

Option 1: Our event is a small one in the scheme of things and we are normally lucky if we break even on event costs. Due to this we don’t have a large reserve of funds on account to fund a large loss on the Harewood House event.

Option 2: Putting the event on for a smaller budget isn’t viable. We use large quality, well built obstacles which we aren’t going to comprise on to bring costs down. This would impact negatively on the event experience.

Option 3: Given the above we are taking the difficult decision to cancel the 11th November event at Harewood House. We want to make this decision now so folks have several months notice of this happening.

We have notified our registration agent Primo Solutions to issue full refunds to everyone who has signed up to the event. These were processed on Monday 10th July. Refunds will arrive within the next 10 days. Refunds will be credited back to the debit/credit card runners used to purchase a ticket.

We hope the above is clear and you can understand our reason for having to cancel the event.

Monster Race – 10th July 2017