Entries for 2025 Parish Walk set to close

Anybody wanting to take part in this year's Parish Walk on the Isle of Man must submit their entry before Monday.

The annual challenge sees competitors set off from the National Sport Centre at 08:00 BST to attempt to complete the 85-mile (137km) route covering the island's 17 parishes within 24 hours.

Applications to participate in the walk on 21 and 22 June will close a minute after 23:59 on Sunday.

Organisers Manx Telecom (MT) said more than 1,000 people had already signed up for this year's event.

The walk began at the turn of the 20th Century as a competition to see who could walk the furthest.

The first organised walk took place in 1913 but a formal route was not set until the 1960s.

MT said the Parish Walk provided an opportunity for participants to "challenge themselves, whether their aim is to reach one parish or complete the full 85-mile route within the 24-hour time limit".

Entries opened in December and can be submitted online.

The record completion time for the event is 14 hours 40 minutes, set by Richard Gerrard in 2015.

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