There are 98 counties across the whole of the UK — England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
The challenge is simple:

How many counties can you run in throughout 2026?

The Rules

*You must run a minimum of 1 mile in each county
*Your run must not cross county boundaries
*The county must be listed below
*You must tag the county you have run in the title

Track them, tick them off, and see how many you can collect by the end of the year.
How many counties will you manage? 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💪

(If you have any issues email Alan at admin@ukocr.com)

PS: there may be a prize for the person that runs the most

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THE COUNTIES THAT COUNT

🏴 SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

Somerset – Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Frome, Wells
Bristol – Bristol
Gloucestershire – Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester
Wiltshire – Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge
Dorset – Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Weymouth
Devon – Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Barnstaple
Cornwall – Truro, Newquay, St Austell, Penzance

🏙️ SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

Hampshire – Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Basingstoke
Kent – Canterbury, Maidstone, Dover, Ashford
Surrey – Guildford, Woking, Epsom, Farnham
East Sussex – Brighton, Eastbourne, Lewes
West Sussex – Chichester, Crawley, Worthing
Oxfordshire – Oxford, Banbury, Didcot, Abingdon
Buckinghamshire – Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, High Wycombe
Berkshire – Reading, Slough, Windsor, Newbury
Isle of Wight – Newport, Ryde, Cowes, Sandown

🌆 LONDON

Greater London – Westminster, Camden, Greenwich, Croydon

🌿 EAST OF ENGLAND

Bedfordshire – Bedford, Luton, Dunstable
Cambridgeshire – Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon
Essex – Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea
Hertfordshire – St Albans, Watford, Stevenage
Norfolk – Norwich, King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth
Suffolk – Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft

🏭 WEST MIDLANDS

West Midlands – Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton
Warwickshire – Warwick, Leamington Spa, Rugby, Nuneaton
Worcestershire – Worcester, Redditch, Kidderminster
Staffordshire – Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Lichfield
Shropshire – Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow
Herefordshire – Hereford, Leominster, Ross-on-Wye

🧱 EAST MIDLANDS

Derbyshire – Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton
Nottinghamshire – Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark
Leicestershire – Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley
Lincolnshire – Lincoln, Grimsby, Boston
Northamptonshire – Northampton, Kettering, Corby
Rutland – Oakham, Uppingham

🌧️ NORTH WEST ENGLAND

Greater Manchester – Manchester, Salford, Bolton
Merseyside – Liverpool, Wirral, St Helens
Lancashire – Preston, Blackpool, Blackburn
Cheshire – Chester, Warrington, Crewe
Cumbria – Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow-in-Furness

⛰️ YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

West Yorkshire – Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield
South Yorkshire – Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley
North Yorkshire – York, Harrogate, Scarborough
East Riding of Yorkshire – Hull, Beverley, Bridlington

🏞️ NORTH EAST ENGLAND

Tyne and Wear – Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead
County Durham – Durham, Darlington, Bishop Auckland
Northumberland – Alnwick, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed

🏴 WALES

Clwyd – Wrexham, Rhyl, Flint
Gwynedd – Bangor, Caernarfon, Porthmadog
Powys – Newtown, Brecon, Llandrindod Wells
Dyfed – Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Aberystwyth
Gwent – Newport, Abergavenny, Monmouth
South Glamorgan – Cardiff, Barry
Mid Glamorgan – Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend
West Glamorgan – Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot

🏴 SCOTLAND

⛰️ Highlands & Islands

Caithness – Wick, Thurso
Sutherland – Dornoch, Golspie
Ross and Cromarty – Dingwall, Invergordon
Inverness – Inverness, Fort Augustus
Western Isles – Stornoway, Tarbert
Orkney – Kirkwall, Stromness
Shetland – Lerwick, Scalloway

🌲 North East

Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh
Banffshire – Banff, Keith
Kincardineshire – Stonehaven, Banchory
Moray – Elgin, Forres

🌊 East

Angus – Dundee, Arbroath, Forfar
City of Dundee – Dundee
Perth and Kinross – Perth, Pitlochry
Fife – St Andrews, Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline

🏙️ Central Belt

City of Edinburgh – Edinburgh
West Lothian – Livingston, Bathgate
Midlothian – Dalkeith, Penicuik
East Lothian – Musselburgh, North Berwick
Falkirk – Falkirk, Grangemouth
Stirling – Stirling, Dunblane
Clackmannanshire – Alloa

🌧️ West Central

Glasgow – Glasgow
Dunbartonshire – Dumbarton, Clydebank
Renfrewshire – Paisley, Greenock
Lanarkshire – Hamilton, Motherwell

🌄 South Scotland

Dumfries – Dumfries
Galloway – Stranraer, Newton Stewart
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale – Hawick, Kelso
Berwickshire – Duns, Eyemouth
Peeblesshire – Peebles

🌿 West Highlands

Argyll and Bute – Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown

🏴 NORTHERN IRELAND

Belfast – Belfast

🌊 North / East

Antrim – Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Antrim
Londonderry (County) – Coleraine, Limavady
City of Londonderry – Derry