New for 2026!
Miles for the Mill Trail Runs. 

Sunday 10th May 2026

Entry time between 10am-11am

Thaxted Church Hall, Margaret Street, CM6 2QN

Two routes to choose from: 5 miles (8km) and 8 miles (13km)
1st place prizes for each route

Entrance £12*

includes tea and cake at the finish

courtesy of ‘The Giddy Up Tea Cup’
*All monies raised go directly to the current restoration of John Webb’s Windmill

For further information and registration

please email: Thaxted.windmill.volunteering@gmail.com or scan below

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​​​The small print:

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• This is a Self Navigation trail race using a written route description which will be issued to you on the day. There are no Markings or Marshalls and no GPX. This is not a mass start event. You will be timed out and back in at the finish

• Results will be posted on www.essextrailevents.com and www.johnwebbswindmillthaxted.com

• Runners need to be 16 or over, under 18’s will need parental consent. Please make young runners known before the run day

• Entry is at your own risk: routes are cross country following public rights of way with possible uneven ground and will cross roads. Detailed written route instructions will be provided but you are responsible for your own navigation

• To enable friends to run together it is possible to book more than once in your name. If you do enter more than once for others we will require all their details (emergency contact, mobile phone number of phone to be carried on the day, email address confirmation that they agree to the same terms and conditions as the person who entered them) before the closing date or they will not be allowed to participate

• There will be no refunds or transfers for whatever reason

• All personal information will be dealt with in strict accordance with TWTC's GDPR Policy and only used for the purposes of this event

​Organiser - David Cronk on behalf of Thaxted Windmill Trust CIO 07771 782567

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Please get involved – the weekend of 9th and 10th May is ‘National Mills Weekend’ and many other activities will be running – check out our events page for more information.

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For volunteering opportunities to support the Windmill, please contact Thaxted.windmill.volunteering@gmail.com