Green Belt Relay

Enhanced

Saturday, May 15, 2027 · Hampton Court Palace, KT8 9AS → Bushy Park Sports Centre, TW11 0EL, UK

Official site

Total distance: 216.22mi
Legs: 22
Runners per team: 11
Longest leg: 13.5mi
Average leg: 9.8mi
Total climb: +9,328ft
Total descent: −9,361ft
Highest point: 899ft

The course

StartHampton Court Palace, KT8 9AS, UK

FinishBushy Park Sports Centre, TW11 0EL, UK

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+9,328 ft climbing, −9,361 ft descending, highest point 899 ft.

Legs to know

Elevation is measured along the organizer's published route. Handoff reviews each route before it goes live and aims to get it right, but routes can shift slightly from year to year and organizers don’t always update their maps. Check the official race guide.

How Handoff measures climb and descent

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Elevation: Mapzen terrain tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM and others), hosted on AWS Open Data

Every leg

LegProfileDistanceClimbDescentTerrainDifficulty

Getting there

The airports closest to the race, and about how far each is by car.

LHRLondon · Major30 min awayClosest
LGWLondon · Major45 min away
SOUSouthampton · Regional1 hr away

Drive times without traffic, rounded, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, on map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Airports from OurAirports.

Race weekend weather

The last 5 race weekends, for a team starting at 7 AM and running 10-minute miles. A guide to what to pack, not a forecast.

Start · Sat 7 AM11°C on average

Hampton Court Palace, KT8 9AS, UK. Between 6 and 13°C over 5 years.

Coldest on course8°C low

The coldest hour, on average. About 7 hours of the run are in the dark.

Finish · Sun 7:02 PM16°C on average

Bushy Park Sports Centre, TW11 0EL, UK. Between 12 and 18°C over 5 years.

Low to high on course, each year

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Daylight across a typical team's 36 hours

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