10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION 

The route will be in the usual clockwise direction for the Hammer Half. Anti-clockwise for the Hammer 7EVEN. 

To celebrate the 10th edition of the event we will be including the SLEDGEHAMMER – HAMMER ULTRA for the very first time first time. A 30-mile meander across Dartmoor’s most iconic lasndscapes.

HAMMER ULTRA  start time 08:00

HAMMER HALF MARATHON start time 10:00

7EVEN start time 10:30am  

The two iconic Dartmoor trail races start and finish in the village of Widecombe-In-The-Moor, at the foot of the Hameldown ‘massif’ and surrounded by some of Dartmoor’s most iconic granite tors.

The Hameldown Hammer, is another tough, challenging trail race, designed to be a serious test of endurance. The Hammer has a total ascent of over 800m. It is 98% trail, over a series of well-defined, grassy, rocky, sometimes muddy tracks and through forestry glades. Most significantly, there is a double ascent of the Hameldown Ridge.

The Hameldown Hammer trail half marathon rises high and steep. It affords spectacular views of the Moor and Tors, with some of the best trail running Dartmoor has to offer.

CUT-OFF TIMES:

HAMMER ULTRA – 8.5 hours MAX time allowed (16:30 Finish). Black Hill (8.5 miles) at 10:15, Natsworthy Gate (12.2 miles) 11:30, Bennett’s Cross (18 miles) 13:15, Challacombe Farm (22.7 miles) at 14:30

HAMMER HALF MARATHON: 3.5 hours MAX time allowed (13:30 Finish), with a cut-off at Natsworthy Gate (9 miles) at 12:30am

HAMMER 7EVEN: MAX time allowed 2.25 hours (12:45 Finish)

SLEDGEHAMMER – HAMMER ULTRA – Route Map – SledgeHammer 2026 +Aid Stations

ULTRA GPX File coming shortly