The Hendy Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon

Next Race: 22/02/2026 + 1 other

Fusion Sports Centre, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9TX

Overall Rating

4.6/ 5

151 reviews
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
How did you rate the scenery? 5/5
How did you rate the atmosphere? 5/5
How did you rate the organisation? 5/5
Do you think this was friendly to beginners? Yes

Geoffrey Dickson

Great event loved the hills

HIilly event. Lots of support. Protein based snack is needed at the end

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024

First rate

Tough race only tolerable by great support around the course

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Gary Marshall

Friendly and organised

Well run event, clearly organised and marshalled by runners, who know what other runners want and need. Excellent communication pre event. Main gripe for me would be the route. It’s beautiful, and the left side of the road is clearly closed, but you do get (very considerate) oncoming traffic, which isn’t cone’d off. Some might find it a bit un nerving. If this isn’t an issue for you, then it’s an excellent event.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Eleanor Ruffell

Excellent marshals very supportive. Great to have pacers. Nicely place water stops on the way round

Would of been nice to have a pacer for 2:30 on the day.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
peter godbee

great race but not for the faint hearted!!

Adequate ammount of toilets for once!

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Duncan Hobbs

Really well organised

Great facilities, route was decent. Only the one massive hill thankfully! A very enjoyable experience all around

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
David Adkins

Lots of volunteers and very well organised

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Phillip Hyde

Great half marathon with a massive hill

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Karin Green

Tough but lovely

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Gerald Shortland

Brilliant in every respect

None

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Neil Turner

Great! Excellent organisation, lovely atmosphere.

So many marshals all along the route. Amazing! Really impressive and supportive.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Patrizio Parrini

Lovely HM on a hilly course

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Mihai Cretu

Very nice race

Please organize the toilets better next year

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Stephen Pargeter

Great race, lovely course

Bottles rather than cups would be good. I hate bananas and nothing to eat apart from bananas?

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
george Carey

Fun run

Toilets & metal medals

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Gavin Whatrup

Expertly Organised

A very slick, well attended and extremely well-staffed event. Support for runners, all the way around the course, from Marshalls and the public, was amazing. I've never scoffed so many Jelly Babies offered by the very friendly residents along the route. There was plenty of space to run on the shut-off roads, and the support down the final 2 miles was epic.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
Martyn Ticehurst

Tough half but well oo

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Alfie Chapman

Well run event

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
James Crates

A pleasantly challenging half!

Cars and lack of road closures are a problem. Many cars trying to cut through runners at Fordcombe and Langton - the management of this needs to be more aggressive. The lack of road closure at St John’s when there is ample space to push traffic to the east side of the road (using the bus lane), but instead runners are compressed into a cycle lane and cannot run on the pavement due to pedestrians and well-wishers. Here, again, cars are trying to cut across the runners into closed side streets. The closures need to be far more aggressive - motorists are warned weeks in advance.

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024
John Harley

Hard run for the second half

Very well marshalled

Reviewed using Eventrac, Feb 2024