Hendy Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon

Next Race: 23/02/2025

Fusion Sports Centre, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9TX

Overall Rating

4.6/ 5

108 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 5/5
How did you rate the organisation? 5/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Yes

Lennard van Diggelen

A Scenic route with a good running crowd!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024

Challenging route but worth it

Nice country lanes, fast downhills, tough climbs. Great test of spring training fitness. Good range of runners makes this an event with a community feel to it.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Charlotte Minchell

Well organised & enjoyable.

Only improvement I can think of is the photos - the start photos were 80% at the front so all the same runners. I gave up looking for a finish photo - it would have been easier to look under finish times!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Erica Jones

Fun and challenging

There’s a great atmosphere and the hills are a fantastic challenge.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Martin Cullen

Friendly popular half, mainly flat through picturesque countryside

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Jonathan Reilly

Great way to spend a Sunday morning

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Madeleine Armstrong Plieth

Hilly but beautiful

Friendly and welcoming event, with some beautiful scenery, but challenging hills. Great to have the sports hall for getting changed and staying warm and dry before and after the run. Particularly appreciated the marshals at the Portaloos keeping the queue moving quickly!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Gerald Frizzelle

Always a must-do, whatever the weather. So many enthusiastic marshals and great support along the way!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
James Moore

Downhill at the start so killer hill to climb after

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Alex Metcalf

A tough but enjoyable course

This is a tough hilly course but one of my favourites.
Scenic, friendly and well supported.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Anonymous

Hilly but great fun

The perks are what make the TW Half Marathon... bands, beer and free burger at St John's Yard. Please keep those going!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Adam Mower

I hope you like hills...

This race is, in a word, cruel. I've run other races of all lengths, including 2 marathons, and i don't think I've tackled anything this challenging.

You need to practise hills, it's not just undulating, there's a mountain in there somewhere. I was warned and I still didn't fully comprehend it, so here's what you need to know.

There's a perfectly normal amount of undulation throughout the course, it's tough but manageable. Then at the halfway point, there's a hill that goes on for a mile and a half. If you can conquer this, nothing will stop you, but it may break you as it broke me.

Also if the organisers are looking for feedback: The speaker system in the race village was deeply distorted, never understood a word of what the nice team making announcements were saying.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Lisa Fossey

Well organised, great course, would run again!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Paulina Wookey

Well organised enjoyable race

The marshalls are brilliant, so supportive and encouraging!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Helen Gaunt

Well established organised event with great community support

Hilly …..but take on the challenge !!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024

Another fantastic event

Thanks to all the team that put this event on. It really is a challenging course but so well organised. Very enjoyable from start to finish. Thank you.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Nat Hunt

Great first ever half marathon. Very well organised.

Thank you! See you next year!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Mark Lee-Amies

hard but worth it

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Tom Cartledge

A brilliant race

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Theo Tully

Good route, good support, well organised.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024