Welcome to the new Chatsworth Challenge website. This site holds exciting new updates and all the information you will need to take part in our annual walks.
The next Chatsworth Challenge fundraising walk in aid of the Dave Owens and Frank Goodall Memorial Fund will take place on Saturday 16th May 2026.
Register now to explore the wonderful Chatsworth Estate and surrounding countryside areas of Derbyshire while supporting some incredible charities
 | • Our walks take place within the picturesque Derbyshire Peak District. • Both walks start and finish on Baslow village green, DE45 1SR. • There are two fundraising challenge walks in one day. The distances are 22 miles or 9 miles respectively, the choice is yours. |
 | • The Chatsworth Challenge is an annual event that first took place in 2003. • The next Chatsworth Challenge will take place on Saturday 16th May 2026. • Start times: 22 mile walk leaves Baslow at 06:00, the 9 mile walk leaves at 11:00. |
 | • The event is open to anyone who is prepared to raise sponsorship in aid of the four cancer related charities we support. • Those charities are Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, Marie Curie & The Oesophageal Patients Association. • All the information, photos, application forms you require can be found within our website pages. |
Some words from our charities…
“On behalf of everyone at Cancer Research UK, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous donation this year of £1,853.25.
Your continued support plays a vital role in helping us fund life‑saving cancer research and accelerate progress in the fight against cancer.
Thanks to dedicated fundraisers like you, Cancer Research can continue to push the boundaries of cancer research, aiming for a future where everyone can live longer, healthier lives, free from the fear of cancer.”
“From all of us here at Macmillan, we’re so grateful to the Dave Owens & Frank Goodall Memorial Fund for choosing to support us once again with your kind donation of £1,853.25 from your Chatsworth Challenge 2025! Because cancer can affect someone’s life in so many ways, we do whatever it takes to give people the support they need, and your donations make it happen!”
“Your decision to support Marie Curie with a gift of £1853.25 will make a huge difference. Our work simply wouldn’t be possible without supporters like you. Thank you!“
“We sincerely appreciate your continued support of the OPA Cancer Charity through your fundraising efforts in the 2025 Chatsworth Challenge.
We understand that there are many worthwhile causes to support, and we are humbled that you chose to contribute to ours. This donation will make a significant impact on our mission to raise awareness and support those affected by oesophageal and gastric cancer.”
 | PHIL LYNSKEY 1954 – 2022 Phil Lynskey, captured here in the Lake District with his wife Wendy. Phil, and Wendy, have been involved with the Three Peaks/Chatsworth Challenge since the inaugural walk in 2003. This involvement has included mini-bus driving, marshalling, walk literature production and website design and maintenance. Those of us who knew Phil miss him; those who didn’t have missed the privilege. |
