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This year, the Coniston to Barrow Walk Start will be at Coniston Primary School, instead of Coniston Sports Club (as in previous years). The drop-off arrangements for those arriving by coach or car have been changed.

Shepherds Bridge Lane will be closed to all traffic except for event organisers, blue badge holders, and emergency services. The walker drop-off point for those arriving by car is at Hawkshead Old Road. Drivers, please enter Hawkshead Old Road from the Crown Inn end, and drive eastwards, as shown above in purple.

Walkers arriving by coach will be dropped off either at John Ruskin School, or at the Blue Bird car park (next to Herdwicks Cafe). Walking routes from those locations to the C2B Start are shown above in yellow.

Car parking is available at Coniston Sports Club for disabled blue badge holders only. Enter the southern end of Shepherds Bridge Lane via the A5285, and drive slowly northwards to the club entrance. You MUST drive carefully, and follow instructions from marshals. Park in the sports club car park where directed by marshals. Inform the marshals before attempting to leave the sports club, and await permission to leave. You may then follow the A593 towards Torver, and the next support car park at Lowick Bridge.

There are no official support parking areas on the B5285 or at Monk Coniston. Do not stop on the B5285, especially at the junction with Shepherds Bridge Lane, as this is a bus route. Support vehicles MUST NOT use the road to the east of the lake, between Monk Coniston and Lowick Bridge.

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The Keswick to Barrow Walk 2025 Awards Evening took place on the 20th November at The Coro. A selection of event sponsors, local organisations, and walk participants were represented, and were delighted to receive their awards and recognition.

The event has broken its own record again, with a total of £605,550 being donated to charities and good causes this year, taking the running total since the event began to almost £7 million.

This year, 213 charitable organisations received donations from the event, including:

St Mary's Hospice: £51,000
Furness Motor Neurone Disease: £20,500
Cancercare: £18,500
Cardiac Risk in the Young: £17,500
North West Air Ambulance: £15,500
Bay Hospitals Charity: £15,000
St John's Hospice: £15,000
The Christie Charity: £14,500
Alice's Escapes: £14,000
Rosemere Cancer Foundation: £13,500
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide: £12,900
Cancer Research UK: £12,200
Macmillan Cancer Support: £11,300
Mind in Furness: £11,100

In accordance with our published Privacy Statement, users of this website are hereby notified that we have added a facility for registered charities and good causes to have visibility of a limited set of personal information for Team Co-ordinators of teams which are raising money for that particular charity or good cause. The Team Co-ordinator must consent to the Team Co-ordinator Name, Team Co-ordinator Email Address and Mobile Phone Number being shared with the registered charity/good cause, otherwise only the team name will be shared. The "What we do with  Personal Information" section of the Privacy Statement, now reads as follows:

The Organisers provide a facility for registered charities and good causes to have visibility of a limited set of personal information for Team Co-ordinators of teams which are raising money for that particular charity or good cause, specifically the Team Name, Team Co-ordinator Name, Team Co-ordinator Email Address, and Team Co-ordinator Mobile Phone Number. The Team Co-ordinator must first consent to this information being shared with the registered charity/ good cause, otherwise only the team name will be shared.

Walker times and positions are now published: 2025 Results & Trophies | Keswick to Barrow Walk

The individual winner of the Keswick to Barrow Walk was Joshua Crowther of team HMS Agamemnon, with a time of 04:42:08.

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The C2B is now completely full. No more registration payments can be processed.

Places in the event are conditional on acceptance and payment of registration fees. For some people, you may unfortunately only have had a very short payment window, but we have a hard cutoff point, and that's where we are now. Places are still available in the K2B.

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The 2025 C2B is now at capacity. No more teams can be accepted for the C2B. 

The C2B is extremely popular, and places are allocated to teams on a first-come first-served basis.

Team co-ordinators of approved C2B teams are still free to edit their teams until further notice.

Individual members of approved C2B teams should pay their registration fee via their member dashboard as soon as possible. Individual places are not secured until the registration fee has been paid.

Team registration is still open for new K2B teams.

Please also take note that all team members agree to raise a target donation of £80 (£40 for Under 17) (excluding Gift Aid). The donations money is payable by 15th July following the event completion, and will be paid to the Organisers and NOT directly to a charity nor an on-line collection agency (e.g. JustGiving)

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Team registration opens on 2nd Jan for the 2025 Coniston to Barrow and Keswick to Barrow Walks. No experience is necessary, but training is highly recommended. The C2B is 21.1 miles, and the K2B is 39.5 miles, and the weather is intensely variable. There are strict limits on how many walkers can enter, and the C2B always fills up fast. Visit the Keswick to Barrow website to register as a member if you haven't done the walk before, and also to create a team if you want to be a team manager. If you prefer to join another team rather than registering your own (which most people do), the K2Bwalk facebook group is a great place to find teams that are looking for members. https://www.facebook.com/K2Bwalk

In accordance with our published Privacy Statement, users of this website are hereby notified that two companies, Northbridge Digital Ltd and 32 West Ltd, have been added to the Authorised Third Parties section of the Privacy Statement, which now reads as follows:

Authorised third parties
The following organisations are authorised by the Keswick to Barrow Walk Committee to manage personal information on their behalf. The Keswick to Barrow Walk Committee's website (www.keswick2barrow.co.uk), event management database and online payment processing are hosted and administered by Circle Interactive (Data Protection Registration Number: ZA208924). Website design and management services are provided by Northbridge Digital Ltd. Customer relationship management services are provided by 32 West Ltd.