The Aspinall Foundation
Next Race: 20/09/2026 + 1 other
Howletts Wild Animal Park, Bekesbourne Ln, Bekesbourne, Canterbury, CT4 5EL
Next Race: 20/09/2026 + 1 other
Howletts Wild Animal Park, Bekesbourne Ln, Bekesbourne, Canterbury, CT4 5EL
Denise Friend
Excellent run in a great environment
Chris Clarke
Fantastic and unusual setting!
Very friendly, well organised, lovely starter and volunteers. I loved seeing all the animals as we ran around!
Louise Humphrys
Fabulous turn out, plenty of toilets, a place to eat and get drinks from. All round good
It was my birthday and the queue was so enormous, we didn't get a chance to get back in to the zoo, unfortunately which was a shame as it was the reason we did the event, my partner was seen by ambulance assistants after induring an slight panic of injury, and before they allowing to go, the queue was so big and long it went down the drive of the entry of the car park, I feel apart from not being able to get back in the park, the actual event and run was fabulous.
Lisa Norris
Brilliant 5k route with a great atmosphere
I do feel maybe the hard core runners could do an earlier time as us newbies are a bit overwhelmed by runners racing past to get thier personal bests and yo get round twice to make it a 10k, but we managed it and will be back for the next one
Emma Jenkins
Loved it
Just wish I hadn’t been full of cold
Leigh Sylvester
Amazing as always
Hannah Perrin
Fab run round a brilliant route
Where else can you run past lions and tigers and gorillas and lemurs and an entire herd of elephants? It’s a fab run, super beginner friendly as everyone is there to see the animals and take their time! Very well organised by Nice Work, great job by Kev on the mic, highly recommended. Will definitely be back next year.
Teresa Davey
Great race, great atmosphere
What a brilliant race. Excellently organised from start to finish, couldn’t fault it.
Wendy Smith
Great fun ! Brilliant place for a race!!
So good and well organised great Marshall’s
Stephen Deeming
A fun 5km
Lionel Hammond
Amazing
A great event with an amazing atmosphere, perfectly organised....
Wendy Rudge
Excellent run
Throughly enjoyed the run and venue
Alison Martin
Fantastic Run on Mothers Day
The sun was out, the breeze was nice, even the animals came out to play.
Organisation as always good, Marshall’s friendly and encouraging.
Will be back at the next one!
Keep up the good work
Graham Bedford
Excellent
Ray Johnnson
Great Run, Great Atmosphere. Everyone was so friendly and encouraging!
One of my favourite runs, this was my third time, and it just gets better!
Sharon Jones
Amazing
My first 5k so impressed with it all from start to finish well organised marshalls so encouraging even had a round of applause from the gorillas
Brian Viney
A fantastic event.
Great fun. Would thoroughly recommend and will run it again.
Special mention to the lady who did the pre-race warm-up. Barking mad but brilliant :)
Hopefully constructive criticism: Agree with others regarding starting waves. Needed fewer in each wave as lots of bottle necks early on. Also pre-race announcer was inaudible towards the back of the waiting runners.
All-in-all a great event. Running past the elephant pen as they were running along with us was magical!
Claire Colyer
Lovely run and great atmosphere.
Clare Jones
Amazing run! I was in awe of the 87 year old gentleman who took part in the 5k Howletts run also
Leigh Sylvester
Great place to race
My first time doing this one loved it definitely do it again next time