Running race with a view - Eleven hundred feet above sea level - a running race that has become a village event, with an army of local marshals and icon wooden arrows to finish downhill in Main Street, lashing overnight rain cleared for a sunshine morning at the top of the Peak District.

For 2025 Runners followed the iconic Chelly wooden arrows in Sunday sun shine with a christening at the St John the Baptist church.

One hundred pound team prize for affiliated clubs to Matlock. (2025 winners Matlock AC) (2024 winners were Sinfin Runners Club, Derbyshire)

First lady to finish is awarded the Windross Shield (2025 winner Gemma Cox Matlock AC) (2024 winner Kathryn Liddiard)

First man home 2025 Thomas Guliver from High Peack AC. in 2024 it was Luke Beresford.

Veteran over-forty winners, , Macclesfield Harriers Oliver Barber and first Vet lady to Emma Foxx High Peak Triathalon runners.

Windross Shield to Gemma Cox for first lady over the line.

Thomas Guliver turning into High Stool with a convincing first place

Top Four Matlock AC score first club and win one hundred pound affiliated team prize

First local winner – Harry Mosley

Sole Mates team pushing hard toward the Rakes

Check the images of every entrant in the free runners' photo galleries below...

The Chelmorton Chase 2025

Overnight rain, Grey sky morning but dry and strong sunshine for race start, a race with a view, that has become an annual village event - the Chelmorton Chase.

Starting outside Primitive Hall on Main Street, Mixed-terrain shoes. Tracey, Lady of Hollinsclough flagged the runners away for a sunshine start.

A local village army. Extensive team of high-vis marshals at every turn, the iconic timber arrows marked the route to be sure.

Tracey, Lady of Hollinsclough starts the race, chequered flag marks the finish as locals cheer on Main Street after a downhill finish.

Photo gallery & race video by Paul Mellor. An extensive photo gallery is placed on the web at www.chelmorton.net alongside detailed finish times.

Medals awarded to first one hundred finishers.

Club prize of One hundred pounds to the winning team 2025, Matlock AC.

A race with a view. Passing the Church Inn pub for the Five Wells track, The race covers five miles climbing high out of the village with spectacular views from the High Stool limestone trail, a fast downhill road decent back to the village before returning down the Main Street.

Buxton runner Andy Wilton holds the course record at thirty minutes thirty one seconds and villager Ian Hulse holds the locals' record. A double winner for the Dark Peak Running Club is Stuart Bond who took first place in 2008 and 2010. From 2010 the Joan Windross memorial shield has been presented to the first lady runner across the line. It holds more than a decade of names for lady running winners and is on display in the Church Inn pub. For 2025 Gemma Cox took the Windross Shield. Harry Mosley was first local and first over the line was Thomas Guliver for High Peak AC.

Postcode for the event is SK17 9SH

Galleries

Main Street

The Rakes