East Devon 8 Trigs

About East Devon 8 Trigs

East Devon 8 Trigs returns for its sixth year on 3 October 2026 as a self-navigation trail event based at Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club. Runners can choose between three distances: a 13.1-mile half marathon, a 26.2-mile marathon, or a 53 km ultra. All routes visit a series of trigpoints—the concrete pillars historically used by the Ordnance Survey for mapping—scattered across a varied loop in East Devon.

The half marathon route takes the western side of the Otter Valley and avoids the steepest terrain, while the marathon crosses into the eastern valleys and tackles bigger hills. The ultra extends into the Sid Valley to reach all eight trigpoints before returning via the South West Coast Path. Each route starts on the Coast Path at West Down Beacon, crosses Woodbury Common, and offers far-reaching views toward Berry Head, Portland and Dartmoor. Navigation is not waymarked, so runners follow their own lines between trig points using suggested GPX files or paper maps. A card must be stamped at each trigpoint visited. The event base offers parking, a bar, café and hot showers.

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