The Hilly Helmet Challenge

18/06/2026

As we near event night, we’re delighted to report Westbury and District CC will be once again providing a bar and bbq for post race refreshment.
The cricket club have been ever present supporters of our event and were very grateful for their continued support this year and we encourage you to support them on the night too.

16/06/2026

If you’re needing inspiration for designing your helmet for this years event, how about taking a look at some of our gallery pictures from years past? Builders helmets and cycle helmets are both good options as they’re easy to attach stuff to and give some air circulation. Just under 8 weeks to go, so do get signed up soon if you’re not in already.

14/06/2026

Hands up if you’re entered into this years Hilly Helmet! If you’re not in yet we’ve still plenty of room at www.entrycentral.com/thehillyhelmetchallenge

12/06/2026

Celebrating my 9th year on Facebook as we run up to our 10th anniversary event. Are you signed up yet? Head over to Entry Central for entry. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without so many of you. 🙏🤗🎉

12/06/2026

Good morning everyone!
There will be a few of us running in the helmets tomorrow at Thoulstone parkrun and I t’s forecast to be a lovely morning so why not join us, it’d be great to see you there. With just under 8 weeks to go until event night a little practice run wouldn’t hurt right?
If you’re not in yet, enter at the link below
www.entrycentral.com/thehillyhelmetchallenge

05/06/2026

Yay, it’s finally Friday! Are you signed up for Hilly Helmet X yet? It’s our 10th and final event this year, so please don’t miss out and sign up soon.
Over the last 10 years your support has helped us pass over £40000 to the charity Brain Tumour Support and we’d really appreciate your help this year to try to get as much raised as possible at our final event before we pause to consider its future for a year.
Next Saturday 13th we’ll be at Thoulstone parkrun rocking the helmets and spreading the word and hoping to attract more people to come and take part. It would be great to see you there and please do run in some headgear too as it’ll be a good practice run. If there are enough of you there in helmets, we may even give an entry away!
If you’ve not entered yet, you can do so via the link below, so please do sign up and please do encourage your friends to sign up too and of course sharing this post will really help too.
Please help us to celebrate 10 years of Hilly Helmet fun at our last Hurrah!

Hilly Helmet X The Hilly Helmet Challenge returns to Westbury's Leighton Recreation Centre for 2026, taking place on Wednesday 5th August with the run starting in the evening promptly at 7pm. It's been an amazing ride and we're excited to be

05/06/2026

21/05/2026

Good morning everyone. I'd like to make an announcement regarding the future of The Hilly Helmet Challenge.
After a long hard think taking a number of factors into consideration, I'm sorry to announce a pause to the event after this years running to consider its' future.
The idea for an event came to me through my own experience of having to wear a helmet while waiting for a plate to be fitted after an operation to treat a brain infection. During this time, I continued to run in the helmet which drew a lot of attention and I set up the first running of Hilly Helmet as a 'one and done' way to raise awareness as well as funds for the charity it has always supported. It continued after as every year there was always an appetite for the event and this year will mark the 10th running of the event which to date has raised almost £45000 for our charity partner Brain Tumour Support.
Over the last 9 events, many have enjoyed themselves as they have taken part and in doing so, helped us to raise this brilliant sum for them. There has been fantastic goodwill to be found at every turn, with so many offers of help, donations and of course hard cash coming from event partners to fund our event expenses to enable us to pass your whole entry fee to the charity. The will to take part and support the charity wasn't even thwarted by lockdown in 2020 with so many still taking part in Hilly Helmet - The Lockdown, in which people ran in their neighbourhood and sent in pics showing them taking part.
I'd like to thank all who have entered for this years event so far. Please do tell your friends and get them signing up too. With 100% of your entry fee directly benefitting our charity partner Brain Tumour Support, you're making a real difference to the work they do for people affected by a brain tumour diagnosis, for which I thank you so much.
Remember, if you can't make it on the night you can enter to do the event virtually if you'd still like to support our fundraise. We'll get a memento out to you once you've completed it.
Additionally, we also have Hilly x -Team 100, an opportunity to donate £100 directly to Brain Tumour Support and pay no fee to take part. Please do get in touch if you're interested in either of these ways of taking part if you're unable to run on the night this year.
Finally, if you or your business would like to help support the event this year, please do get in touch so we can speak. Many firms are looking to donate to good causes, if you think your work may be able to support us in that way, please do let us know that too.
Thank you all so much for your support.

10/05/2026

Local advertising. Every little helps. Can you put any posters up for us? Please let us know if you can and we’ll get some out to you