{"id":843286,"date":"2023-08-18T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/?page_id=843286"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:22:29","slug":"longshaw-sheepdog-trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/longshaw-sheepdog-trials","title":{"rendered":"Longshaw Sheepdog Trials Fell Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Saturday 5th September 2026,\u00a0 Starts at 10:30am\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>The &#8216;New&#8217; Route will be used in 2026 staying on the Longshaw estate<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Distance = 7.1km (4.4miles) with 237m (777ft) of climb (BS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Entries will open 1st May<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Longshaw Sheepdog Trials is Britain&#8217;s oldest sheepdog trials, the fell race has been running in association with the trials for the last 20 years. Entry to the race gets you free entry to the sheepdog trials with a beer tent, hot food, a spitfire flyover (sometimes) and grandstand seating to the dog trials!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>2025 has a new route to avoid clashes with other races on the day in Burbage. The 2025 route tours the best parts of the Longshaw Estate and Grindleford Valley with fewer road crossings. very slightly shorter and less climb overall but some tricky descents and tough ascents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>OS Maps + GPX Download<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/route\/28254427\/longshaw-sheepdog-trials-fell-race--2025-route?lat=53.31165&amp;lon=-1.62503&amp;zoom=14.0813&amp;style=Aerial&amp;type=2d\">https:\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/route\/28254427\/longshaw-sheepdog-trials-fell-race&#8211;2025-route?lat=53.31165&amp;lon=-1.62503&amp;zoom=14.0813&amp;style=Aerial&amp;type=2d<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Longshaw-route-arrow-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Longshaw-route-arrow-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Longshaw-route-arrow-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Longshaw-route-arrow-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Longshaw-route-arrow.jpg 1496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Previous<\/strong> <strong>Results <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>2025 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/856200\" title=\"2025 Results\">https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/856200<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/849403\">https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/849403<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/843721\">https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/843721<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/754291\">https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/dpfr_results\/754291<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>More information in the Sheepdog trials here : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longshawsheepdog.com\/\">https:\/\/www.longshawsheepdog.com\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The race is permitted and run under the rules of the Fell Runners Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fellrunner.org.uk\/races\/cc6a040c-381f-47d4-b0f9-a7e6e3ff49e0\">https:\/\/www.fellrunner.org.uk\/races\/cc6a040c-381f-47d4-b0f9-a7e6e3ff49e0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Thanks to the National Trust for helping to arrange access with conservation on the estate in mind<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 5th September 2026,\u00a0 Starts at 10:30am\u00a0 The &#8216;New&#8217; Route will be used in 2026 staying on the Longshaw estate Distance = 7.1km (4.4miles) with 237m (777ft) of climb (BS) Entries will open 1st May The Longshaw Sheepdog Trials is Britain&#8217;s oldest sheepdog trials, the fell race has been running [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1204,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-843286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843286"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857171,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843286\/revisions\/857171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}