Sports in the great outdoors – strengthen your body and your mind

Welcome to our website

Gold Swan Events was established in 2017. Our goal is to organise and promote active events for everyone in our community and  share our love of outdoor sports.
We are a really friendly team and welcome everyone, whether  beginners or advanced, so come by and join us for trail runs, triathlon, aquathlons and swims. We hope to have trail runs back soon and it would be great to see everyone there. Take care everyone and hope to see you out and about on the trail again very soon!

UPDATE: Stowe and Hughenden 2021 Trail Run Events
Unfortunately, due to the current situation we have taken the difficult decision together with the venue hosts, to cancel the summer series at Stowe Landscape Gardens and at the Hughenden Estate in the Chilterns. We have sent an email to everyone who entered and provided options.
This means the Stowe Trail run on July 2nd and Hughenden Trail run on July 1st will not be going ahead. We are sorry about this and will let you know as soon as we have further news. Thank you to everyone for your support and hope to see you very soon.

The New Inn, Stowe
Hughenden Manor

6km and 12km Trail Runs

Join in for these wonderful Trail Run series around Stowe Gardens. Each Series has a separate twist and we have timed the events to provide the experience of Stowe through the seasons.
We also have plans for trail events at Hughenden Manor in the Chilterns. 
Enjoy the fantastic scenery and atmosphere of theses family friendly events. Watch out on this website for details, we hope to see you there ! 

2021 Trail runs 

We will let you know as soon as we have trail runs back in the diary. We all enjoyed the Friday evening summer events at Stowe and we plan something similar at  Hughenden Manor. Out and about on the trail around these National Trust sites  is amazing. 
Please note that if you entered the proposed events for July 2021, we have sent you an email explaining that these events have been cancelled due to the current situation and explaining options.

What we offer

Stowe trail runs

Whether you have just started running or are an experienced runner, trail running allows you to enjoy the great outdoors.
This event is based around Stowe landscape gardens in Buckinghamshire. It starts and finishes at the visitor centre at the New Inn. 
The scale and beauty of Stowe have attracted visitors for over 300 years. Picture-perfect views, winding paths, lakeside walks and temples create a timeless landscape, reflecting the changing seasons. The course runs you from the New Inn down into the landscape gardens. What a wonderful way to take in the history and landmarks that Stowe is renowned for. It is a safe undulating route and you can enter the one lap (6km) or 2 lap (12km) run.
Bring family and friends along to cheer you on and support and celebrate with you at the finish. 
Learn more about Stowe

Hughenden Manor trail runs

Set in over 600 acres, the estate at Hughenden offers some of the best of the Chilterns countryside, from native beech woodlands to the wide expanses of the chalk hills and valleys. Hughenden Manor has a rich history, it was the country home to Benjamin Disraeli, Queen Victoria's favourite Prime Minister, and was the base for a secret map-making operation during the Second World War. Hughenden is now looked after by the National Trust, Europe’s largest conservation charity, who with the help of supporters, protect and care for special places so people and nature can thrive for generations to come. This makes a wonderful background for the trail run series.

The start takes place against the backdrop of the Manor and heads up through the woodlands and across the fields. Coming back in you will run past the gardens and out into the parkland before returning to the start and finish area. The trails are all on established paths and tracks.
Learn more about Hughenden