Booking onto Cheshire Hike
The plans for Cheshire Hike 2025, held between 27th-28th September, are well underway. The start, basecamp and finish locations have been chosen, and our team of organisers are plotting and walking the routes. Please find information below on how to book places this year.
We have three age categories, based on how old you are on Saturday 27th September 2024.
Teams consist of two, three, four or five young people, all who must be within the same age category.
| Age Category | Hiker Age | Kit Weight Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Pathfinder (30km) |
At least 10½ years of age, but not 12½ yet. | Day pack: 6kg + a transported rucksack: 10kg |
| Pathfinder Plus (40km) |
At least 12½ years of age, but still in Scouts or Guides. | Rucksack: 8kg |
| Explorer (50-60km) |
At least 13½ years of age, and an Explorer or Ranger. | Rucksack: 10kg |
The booking process
Bookings for Cheshire Hike 2025 open on Saturday 26th April. Our maximum capacity is 850 young people, and bookings will close once this is reached.
The process of securing places for the event is as follows:
- Bookings open at 10am on Saturday 26th April. From the Cheshire Hike website, choose Book Now, and register your Group. Please then add all Young People that you expect will take part. Young people can be removed at any point. If you’re an approved leader you will be able to log in straight away and register your Young People. If you’re not already an approved leader, once you have been approved you will receive an email allowing you to log in.
- Parents/carers of the young people will receive a link to complete their personal information.
- Once the event is full at 850 participants – which we expect it to be very quickly – self-service bookings will close and a waiting list will be launched on the Cheshire Hike website which will be operated on a first-served-first-come basis.
- Payment of £25 per young person will need to be made prior to Friday 18th July, twelve weeks after bookings opening. Any places not paid for by this date will be released to the waiting list the following day. Should a young person be unable to take part and they have already been paid for, payment can be reallocated to another young person. No refunds are available.
- Leaders place hikers into teams, which can be amended up until the week before the event – Friday 19th September. After this date, hikers can withdraw if they can no loner take part, and teams can merge if required, however no new hikers can be registered.
Once the event is full, is there a waiting list?
A waiting list system will be released via this page once the event is full, allowing hikers to take advantage of any places that do become available from those that can no longer take part in the event.
Got a question?
Should you have any queries, we have a page full of FAQs to read. If you can’t find the answer to your question, please contact [email protected]. We will respond as quickly as we can.