General Event Information
Saturday 6 June 2026
The 17-mile and 13-mile walks start at 7.30pm, and the 2-mile and 7-mile walks starting at 9.30pm. See below for specific details about what time to arrive at the registration point.
The Bridge Leisure Centre, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, RH12 3YS
The Midnight Walk is through the streets of Horsham. There are four distances – 2, 7, 13 and – new for 2026 – 17 miles.
You can download the map for each route below.
Some parts of the route may be quite dark, so please bring a torch with you on the night. The route is fully marshalled.
If you can no longer take part in the walk, please call the Events Team on 01293 447361 as soon as you can. Please do not give your place away to anybody else. Please note that your registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
If you need to drop out on the night, please make your way to the nearest Route Guide so they can arrange transport back to The Bridge Leisure Centre and ensure you have been signed out.
Fundraising
Your registration fee goes towards the costs of running the event and does not include a donation to St Catherine’s. When you sign up, you will have the option to add a donation if you wish.
St Catherine’s relies on your generous fundraising to support our vital end of care work. While there is no minimum fundraising target, we encourage you to raise at least £50, or as much as you can.
Walkers who raise £400 or more by Monday 22 June 2026 will be eligible for an exclusive Midnight Walk gift as well as an invitation to our Thank You party, so we hope you’ll fundraise as much as possible.
The easiest way to raise donations is by setting up a fundraising page using JustGiving. An online page allows your family and friends to sponsor you, wherever they live, and saves you having to collect physical money. You can also post the link on your social media; keep all your supporters updated with your training; and add pictures too.
By using our link, your page will already be linked to St Catherine’s and the Midnight Walk so all you need to do is enter your own details.
You can also raise funds offline if you wish. We have sponsorship forms and a range of other fundraising materials we can send to you if needed. Explore our online fundraising toolkit for all the resources and tips you need to make your fundraising a success.
If you need any help with your fundraising, please call us on 01293 447361 or email events@stch.org.uk.
If you are using a JustGiving page, all donations will be made to St Catherine’s automatically and there’s nothing you need to do.
You can pay in any donations not raised on JustGiving by calling us on 01293 447361 or by sending a cheque directly to: Midnight Walk, St Catherine’s Hospice, Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, West Sussex, RH11 9SL. Please make cheques payable to St Catherine’s Hospice.
If you have cash or sponsorship forms, you can bring these to our hospice reception any time between 8.30am and 6.15pm, Monday to Sunday.
If you are fundraising using JustGiving, everyone who donates to your page will be asked if they can Gift Aid their donation. If you are using a sponsor form, you can ask each person to Gift Aid their donation by ticking the Gift Aid box on the form, if they are a UK taxpayer or pay Capital Gains Tax. For every £1 they donate, we receive an extra 25p. We are not able to accept Gift Aid on fundraised donations, for example from a bake sale or car boot sale.
If you are an individual walker:
If you fundraise £400 or more and get it into us by Monday 22 June 2026, you will get an invitation to our Thank You Party in September and a unique Midnight Walk sweatshirt.
If you are walking in memory of someone, you will get to choose between the sweatshirt or one of our personalised copper memory leaves. The memory leaves can be engraved with your loved one’s name as a keepsake to celebrate what you’ve achieved in their memory.
If you are walking as part of a team:
One Midnight Walk sweatshirt or memory leaf will be awarded for every £400 a team raises (e.g., if your team raises £1,000 they will receive two sweatshirts or two memory leaves). Regrettably we cannot offer teams a mixture of both sweatshirts and memory leaves.
Before the Event
You will be able to collect your t-shirt on the night or in advance from the Woodgate Community Hub, Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, RH11 9SL on Wednesday 20 May, 2.30pm to 7.30pm.
Yes, if you have an orange Midnight Walk t-shirt, we encourage you to re-wear it and support our pledge to be more sustainable. Our latest orange Midnight Walk t-shirts are not dated, which means we can reduce the number of new t-shirts we need to purchase – saving money whilst doing our bit for the planet. Of course, as a registered walker, you’re more than welcome to collect a new t-shirt should you want to change your dedication on the back.
At the end of the event, if you haven’t decorated your Midnight Walk t-shirt and do not wish to keep it, there will be return bins so we can launder and reuse them.
Yes of course, just bring a copy of their confirmation email along with you.
We would love you to go all out for the Midnight Walk. Why not make a statement with a glowing headband or bright orange tutu!
You will also be able to purchase our glow-in-the-dark accessories and merchandise on the night.
Our 12 charity shops across West Sussex and East Surrey are also a great place to look for something to wear!
