5k Runs in the West Midlands 2026-2027
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5k runs across the West Midlands: 106 5K races in 2026 and 2027, from Birmingham to the Welsh border, with dates, venues and entry links. Birmingham's parks are the engine room of the West Midlands 5K: Sutton Park and the city's other big parks host timed races through the year, Race for Life draws large fields to the city each summer, and the canal towpaths threading the Black Country give flat courses in unlikely places. Coventry, Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent put a 5K on the programme of their city 10Ks, while out west the Severn at Worcester and Shrewsbury's Quarry park offer riverside routes with a gentler feel.
5k runs by city
Choose your town: Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Telford and Hereford.
What to expect from a West Midlands 5k
The club tradition here is deep, and a village 5K in Staffordshire or Worcestershire can still have a sub-16-minute winner and a course certificate to go with it. Corporate 5Ks on summer evenings are popular around Birmingham's business districts, the school and junior races of the region often run over the same course an hour before the adults, and Santa runs in December reach the market towns as well as the cities. Couch to 5K groups from the local clubs make these races their first target each spring, and entry fees stay modest. For a 4K, a 6K or a mile alongside, move the distance slider at the top of the page.
Other distances in the West Midlands
When the five is in the bag, the 10k runs calendar for the West Midlands is the place to look, and the full running calendar for the region carries every distance, with the half marathon calendar, the marathon calendar and the trail running calendar alongside. The UK-wide 5k runs calendar puts every region of the country on one page.
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