Whiting Bay Forest Trail Race - Arran
Info: New entries for this event closed on Friday 30th May 2025.
| Scottish Athletics Member | £8.00 | |
| Non Member | £10.00 |
The Race starts at 2.30 p.m., on the Glen Ashdale track next to the main road A841
This five mile race starts by heading up from Whiting Bay village to Glen Ashdale Falls, one of the iconic beauty spots of Arran. Crossing the Ashdale Burn immediately above the Falls, the route takes runners through the forest to join a Forestry road which continues northward for two miles above and behind Whiting Bay. The course then turns right descending down a footpath to Hawthorne Farm. Runners turn right here and contour southward along the farm track, through a wicket gate into a field, and over a footbridge through the Fairy Glen, and onto a footpath which takes us to the Golf Club road. The route continues contouring south till it descends over a footpath to the north bank of the Ashdale Burn, and emerges in Montrose Terrace to the finish.
Views of Holy Isle and Ayrshire from the Forestry road should be, weather permitting, spectacular.
As only about half a mile of the course is on tarmac road, trail shoes, with grip, would be the recommended footwear.
Whiting Bay has cafes and eating places and the pub is 250 yards from the finish of the race.
**The race starts at 2.30 p.m. allowing time for mainland runners to day-trip to the Island. The 12.30pm ferry from Ardrossan (11.15am train from Glasgow Central) connects with the 323 bus to Whiting Bay, Ashdale Bridge (arriving 14.03pm), from where the race will start. Stagecoach buses return to Brodick to connect with the ferry back to Ardrossan and the train to Glasgow.
** Due to the delay in restoration of the Ardrossan -Brodick ferry service, Mainland runners will now have to travel from Troon to Brodick on the M.V.Alfred departing at 9:30 a.m. from Troon, arriving at Brodick at 10:45 a.m. (unfortunately there is no train connection from Glasgow to this ferry). The 323 bus from Brodick Pier takes about 25 minutes to Ashdale Bridge, at the south end of Whiting Bay, from where the race is run. Stagecoach buses (service 323A) return passengers to Brodick and the ferry back to Troon. Intending day-trippers should should confirm ferry times with Calmac and bus times with Stagecoach
The Race is run in conjunction with Whiting Bay Improvement Association.
Records: Male:Tom Jessop 37.05 (2022), Female: Corrina Goekeritz 0.40:58(2021)
Entrants must be 16 years old and over on the day of the race.
Entry limit: 100
Scottish Athletics licenced trail race.
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