Back for year two
Two piers. One very long day out.
Walk or run 13 or 26 miles between Clevedon Pier and Weston’s Grand Pier, raising money for IVF support and The Hangar’s community projects.
It isn’t a race. It’s a shared challenge, completed at your own pace and with plenty of good people travelling in roughly the same direction.
Last year, our founding group raised £3,500. This year, we’d quite like to beat that.
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Date
Saturday 26th September 2026
Full challenge
26 miles
Half challenge
13 miles
Full start and finish
Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare
Half start
Clevedon Pier
Entry
£15 for 13 miles, £20 for 26 miles
Fundraising goal
£5,000
Year one total
£3,500
Our first Pier to Pier started as a fairly simple idea: bring some good people together, travel between two brilliant local landmarks and raise money for causes that matter.
It became a properly memorable day.
There were runners, walkers, tired legs, emotional finishes, a lot of encouragement and an important quantity of fish and chips.
Together, the founding group raised £3,500.
So we’re doing it again.
The second Pier to Pier Challenge will be bigger, a little more organised and hopefully just as full of the people and moments that made the first one special.
Year one
£3,500
raised
Year two
Let’s beat it.
Year one, in pictures
Give yourself a proper goal to work towards, whether that means walking your first 13 miles or taking on the full route.
Share the route with friends, family, Hangar members and local people you may not have met yet.
Raise money to support families through IVF and help The Hangar provide accessible community health, fitness and wellbeing projects.
Coastal paths, fresh air and two of the South West’s most recognisable piers.
Pick your distance
Walkers and runners are equally welcome on both distances. Plenty of people do a bit of each.
26
Start and finish at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare.
Travel along the coastal route to Clevedon Pier before turning around and making your way back to Weston.
Best for people looking for a full-day challenge and the considerable satisfaction of saying they travelled from one pier to another and then, for some reason, came all the way back again.
Open to walkers and runners.
13
Start at Clevedon Pier and finish at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare.
You’ll complete one full leg of the challenge, follow the same coastal route and join everyone for the finish in Weston.
Open to walkers and runners.
Getting to the start: Half-distance participants must arrange to get themselves to Clevedon Pier for the half-day start time (TBC), so that they can walk to Weston’s Grand Pier.
Free fish & chips at the finish
Every participant gets free fish and chips waiting for them at the end of Weston Pier. Plus refreshments at Clevedon Pier before the half start.
Entries
Entries are open from 5th August until 19th September 2026 — or until all 50 places have gone, whichever happens first.
£15.00 per person for 13 miles from Clevedon Pier, or £20.00 for the full 26 miles. You can book for several people in one go.
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Choose the 13 or 26-mile challenge and secure your place. Your entry includes:
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You’ll receive the route, practical guidance and everything you need to prepare.
You are responsible for choosing an appropriate pace, preparing your kit and carrying enough food and drink.
03
Set up your fundraising page and share it with friends, family, colleagues and anyone else who might pay to see you walk an unnecessarily long way. We’ll provide:
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Meet the group, follow the route and take it at your own pace.
Some people will run. Some will walk. Some will do a slightly mysterious shuffle somewhere between the two. Everyone finishes at the Grand Pier.
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Free fish and chips for every participant waiting at the finish on Weston Pier — plus refreshments at Clevedon Pier for half-distance starters.
This is a shared adventure rather than an organised race.
We’ll gather before the start, complete a participant briefing and set off in groups.
Because the challenge is self-supported, you’ll travel at your own pace and take responsibility for your food, water, clothing and kit.
Some people will move quickly. Others will take it steadily. Natural groups formed throughout the first event, so people were rarely short of company or encouragement.
Before the event, every participant will receive:
Your pace. Your challenge. Quite a lot of coastline.
Cause one
Helping support people and couples who face financial barriers while trying to start a family through IVF.
Cause two
The Hangar is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company.
Money raised helps us create welcoming health, fitness, mentoring and wellbeing opportunities for local people who may not otherwise be able to access them.
That includes work with young people, older adults, families and people rebuilding their confidence through movement and community.
You don’t need to be a professional fundraiser or post an emotional training update every morning. We’ll give participants a useful pack containing:
We’ve worked carefully to make the day as safe and enjoyable as possible, but it is important that every participant understands their own responsibilities.
You’ll read and confirm the full participant waiver and terms as the final step of your booking.
Choose your distance, give yourself something brilliant to work towards and help us raise more than we did in year one.
Questions before committing? info@thehangarwsm.co.uk