Welcome to the 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 15th May 2027.
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 15th May 2027. • 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 & OPA Cancer Charity. • All the information, photos, application forms you require can be found within our website pages. |
Some words from our charities…
“Thank you very much for your kind donation of £2,201.10 raised from The Dave Owens &
Frank Goodall Memorial fund Chatsworth Challenge walk. The money you’ve raised will
help us to realise our vision for a better future – a world where everybody can lead
longer, better 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 £2,201.10, raised through your Chatsworth Challenge 2026! Cancer can affect someone’s life in so many ways, and we do whatever it takes to give people the support they need. Your continued generosity helps make this possible, and we can’t thank you enough!”
“Your fundraising efforts are just incredible, and we’re so grateful to you for supporting Marie
Curie services once again. The donation of £2201.10 as part of the Dave Owens and Frank
Goodall Memorial Fund from the Chatsworth Challenge 2026 will make a real difference to
many families.”
“We are incredibly grateful for your continued support of OPA Cancer Charity through your donation of £733.71 from the 2026 Chatsworth Challenge.
We recognise that there are many deserving charities to support, and we are truly thankful that you have chosen to support our charity. Your generosity helps us continue our vital work raising awareness and providing support to people 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. |
