Friday November 14th 2025

You can enter solo, or you can enter as a pair or chained (if you fear the dark).  If you enter as a pair you must remain together at all times. Medals and jumpsuits are optional purchses – to keep entry costs down and reduce environmental easte.

  • Solo 24-hour entries cost £38 each: Medal is optional (+etchrock booking fee)
  • Pairs 24-hour entries cost £38 each: Medal is optional (+etchrock booking fee)
  • The special “Chained Ultra” 36-hour sub-event for teams of 2-6 runners, operated association by Cockbain Events. £68 per person ((+etchrock booking fee).) If you reach 130 ‘real miles’ you will win one of the ‘Chained’ medals. Chained runners can still purcahse an optional standard medal too

What is included:

  • Entry into Escape From Meriden; an event unlike any other
  • You will be electronically tagged at registration. The event is made possible by use of a TrackTrail GPS Tracker, so the crow can watch (You will receive it at registration. Pairs/chained get one tracker between them. You must post it back after the event (on the Monday) via Signed For delivery, at your own cost)
  • Next Generation GPS Tracker hire
  • Optional Prison Jumpsuit: £5.00
  • Optional Tshirt £17.00
  • Optional 24-hour Medal: £7.00 (Special 10th Edition version)
    • Escape under 30 miles, as the crow files, to claim Food for Crows medallion
      • Escape over 30 miles, as the crow files, to claim The Silver Crow medallion
      • Escape over 60 miles, as the crow flies, to claim The Gold Crow medallion
      • Escape over 90 miles, as the crow files, to claim The Black Crow medallion
      • Chained Category Only. Escape 60 over miles as the crow flies, and then in total complete 130 “real” miles or more in total to qualify for the special “Chained Ultra” medal
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  • Purchased or won medals will be sent to you after the event (about 1 month later)
  • Trophies for; furthest flight Female, Furthest flight Male, Furthest Chained, Furthest Pair
  • Award for “Most elevation gained” 

Refund Policy

No deferrals, or refund, unless the event is cancelled.

You can sell your place and transfer in someone else at zero cost up to 30 days before the event. You cannot transfer after that.

Places can only be transferred in the same category they were purchased. i.e. you can’t sell a pair as two solo places.  You can’t transfer chained places for multiple solo places, or multiple pair places.

How to transfer your place(s) to someone else.

  1. You can transfer your place to person that you find yourself. Transfer using Etchrock.com’s transfer function up to 30 days before. Once the recipient pays, you will be refunded. Merchandise is not refunded by Etchrock but is transferred to the recipient. You may have to agree a private sale if you wish to recoup those costs. Tshirt sizes cannot be changed. Whatever you originally ordered will be given to the recipient at the finish.

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