Worthing Five Peaks Challenge 2026 (17 miles)

Worthing Five Peaks Challenge (17 miles). The Big One!

Come join us for an epic adventure on Saturday, 5th September 2026 at 9.00am, enjoying the splendour of the South Downs National Park while raising vital funds during World Suicide Prevention Week for www.ollysfuture.org.uk. You'll be helping an amazing cause. For anyone who has lost someone to suicide, this is a chance to honour them.

This year’s Five ‘Peaks’ Challenge celebrates six years of Olly’s Future, a national suicide prevention charity founded in memory of a remarkable young man from Worthing – Oliver (Olly) Hare. Every single penny raised will support our suicide prevention work. This includes delivering training to equip people with the skills to spot the signs in someone who may be thinking of suicide and have a conversation that could help save their life. To date more than 10,000 people worldwide have had this training. It was co-developed by Ann Feloy, founder of Olly's Future, in memory of her beloved son. With your support, we can deliver this to even more people.

Help a very worthwhile cause and do something great for your own wellbeing too!

At the start of the walk, there will be a moment of reflection. If you would like, you are warmly invited to bring a small memento or written message to hang on a tree, in memory and honour of a loved one.

Details

• Date: Sat, 5th September, 2026
• Start Location: Hill Barn Lane, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 9QF. What3Words app = scorching.candle.rural
• Finish location: Highdown Hill, near Goring, West Sussex
• Distance: 17 miles (27 km)
• Duration: 7 – 8.5 hours (including snack and lunch stops)
• Meeting time: 9 am, for a 9.30 am start
• Registration Fee: £25 individual or £35 for a family of 2 adults and 2 children up to 16 years old (please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have a family group of a different size)
• Fundraising Target: £100 per participant

What are the five peaks?

• Cissbury Ring - the second largest Iron Age Hillfort in England
• Chanctonbury Ring - site of a Roman temple
• Chantry Hill - steepest climb of all
• Black Patch - site of Neolithic flint mines
• Highdown Hill - site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery

How to fundraise for Olly's Future

If you are willing, we are here to help you with your fundraising target of £100.

It costs in the region of £150,000 per year to deliver our suicide prevention programmes and cover charitable costs. So we are very grateful for every penny you can raise.

If you wish to, you can set up a fundraising page on Local Giving, follow this link - Olly's Future | Localgiving

• Follow the link and scroll down to the 'Fundraise for Us' button
• Log in with your details and set a password
• Search for Olly's Future - don't forget the apostrophe

• Share your story if you wish, on your fundraising page
• Share the link to your fundraising page with your family and friends to encourage them to make a donation
• If you have any questions or need help setting up your fundraising page, contact us at [email protected]

What to bring

• Suitable walking footwear and weather-appropriate clothing
• Packed lunch and water bottle
• A mobile phone if you have one

Route

Groups of different abilities will be led by experienced walk leaders and there will be marshalls along the route. Olly's Future is very grateful to members of the Friends of the South Downs and the Sussex Ramblers for volunteering their help on the day. Please note:

• This route is for people who are used to walking and are fit

• The route is entirely along public footpaths or bridleways
• There is just one road to cross and a marshall will be on hand for safety
• For the route outline please click here https://tinyurl.com/2p6526zz

Stops along the way

• Frankland Arms at Washington
• Sullington Manor Farm, near Chantry Hill, half way point
• World's End pub at Patching
• Highdown Hotel/pub final destination

If you wanted to finish the walk early, you could phone someone to come and pick you up at any of these points.

Something extra

For those who want to learn about the landscape, as well as delight in the beautiful vistas, you will be able to scan a QR code to watch short videos by historian Chris Hare about the fascinating history and folklore behind each of the five peaks. Chris is Oliver's father.

Five Peaks in Five Hours!

For those who think 17 miles is a walk in the park, why not really challenge yourself and do the 'Five Peaks in Five Hours'. When you register, please tell us if you would like to try for this extra big challenge.

Alternative shorter route - Cissbury Ring and back (6 miles)

For those who want a shorter walk, please go to https://tinyurl.com/yy3pzdpm for the 6 mile route around Cissbury Ring and back, starting at Hill Barn Lane meeting point, the same as for the 17 mile walk, and finishing back at the starting point.

Don't miss out on this exciting challenge to explore the great outdoors in the South Downs and make a difference towards saving lives from suicide.

Our vision is a world where no young person loses their life to suicide.

www.ollysfuture.org.uk

For the route outline please click here https://tinyurl.com/2p6526zz

Ann Feloy, founder and CEO of Olly's Future, in memory of her beloved son, with some of his friends who formed the charity, and supporters on one of the charity's previous walks. Olly loved walking the downs with his family.

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