London Halloween Walk
Treat yourself to a hair-raising hike around some of London’s scary streets!
Select “Sign up for a listed charity” and select Mikaere Foundation in the Registration form
When
25 October 2025
Minimum fundraising
£150
Reg fees: £10
Minimum age
14+ for the 25km distance and
8+ for the 10km distance.
All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
About the London Halloween walk
Why not treat yourself to a hair-raising hike around some of the city’s scary streets and historic haunts?
There are 2 distance options: a wicked 10K Walk & a horrific 25 km Halloween Hike. All start & finish at the Dungeon, deep in The Oval Cricket Ground, on Saturday 25th. The routes take in highlights of London’s landmarks, some horror hot spots, and a few nasty neighbourhoods.
Once you escape, there are ghostly looped routes, with zombie rest stops, and if you manage to get back in one piece there’s a macabre medal, a glass of the Devil’s fizz, some horrific hot food and drink – and a souvenir bobble hat to ward off the spirits as you head off home.
You’ll start at the dungeon, near the Oval Cricket Ground in London. And there’ll be a rest point halfway through. The whole route is signposted with clearly marked arrows.
About the 10k Walk
10 km – start & finish at ‘The Dungeon’ in Oval. The loped route heads along the Thames through the heart of the Capital. Perfect for families, teams, or a bit of Halloween exorcise with time for the pub afterwards!
– Start / Finish: Oval Cricket Ground
– Good train & tube links.
– Start time: 16:00 – 16:30 start
– Snacks, drinks, toilets, medics
– FREE neck buff
– Halloween Walk Medal & certificate
– Hot food & drink at finish
The Start Times
2 Halloween Challenges – with start times to suit those who need to get home in the evening (or down to the pub).
25KM Walk – 15:00 – 15:30 start
10KM Walk – 16:00 – 16:30 start
The Oval Dungeon
Deep in The bowels of The Oval – it’s our Halloween Base Camp. It has good tube & train links – plenty of toilets – medics – hot food & drink – and some heat if there’s a chill in the air. Zombie keepers will look after you, and dispatch you out into the night.
The Routes
How much does it cost to sign up to the London Halloween Walk?
There are 3 ways to sign up for the London Halloween Walk
Option 1 – Charity Sponsorship
If you sign up and fundraise for The Mikaere Foundation, you pay a small registration fee, do lots of fundraising, and we cover the cost of your event place.
25km challenge: £20 registration fee and £240 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
10km challenge: £10 registration fee and £150 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
Option 2 – Mixed Funding
In this option, you pay for half of the registration and we’ll pay for the other half. You’ll need to do a bit of fundraising, but with more achievable funding targets.
25km challenge: £50 registration fee and £150 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
10km challenge: £25 registration fee and £75 minimum fundraise/sponsorship target.
Option 3 – Full Costs
In this option, you pay the full cost of the event place and you can fundraise what you can.
25km challenge: £89 registration fee and your best fundraise/sponsorship efforts.
10km challenge: £49 registration fee and your best fundraise/sponsorship efforts.
What support will I get?
You’ll get:
- A free neck buff
- Midpoint rest stop (for the 25km option)
- Free snacks, drinks and hot food
- Finishers Halloween medal and certificate
- Fully Signed Route
- Medics and Marshals
The Mikaere Foundation also offers all our walkers a fantastic support package, including:
- Loads of training and fundraising advice, with regular email updates
- A Mikaere Foundation t-shirt
- A dedicated event coordinator to give you information and support in the run-up to your event
Select “Sign up for a listed charity” and select Mikaere Foundation in the Registration form
Why we need you
The Mikaere Foundation needs your support more than ever. One in three children born with NKH (Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia) won’t see their first birthday. This year might be the only year they have with their families. NKH is a rare and terminal metabolic disorder, limiting the lives of children who live with it.
By fundraising, you’ll help fund:
- Groundbreaking research into effective treatment and gene therapy therapy for Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH) – drastically changing the outcome for children born with NKH.
- Support services for children and families living with NKH. With NKH comes seizures, dystonia, pain and developmental delay.
- Outreach to newly diagnosed families, so they have support in their corner, right when they need it.
- Getting NKH specific information to families, nurses, therapists, carers and doctors.
But we can only do it with your help.
Your gift will help transform the life of children with NKH. It will have a lasting impact on the lives of children with NKH and their families, drastically improving their quality of life.
£50
could fund special restriction enzymes, used in NKH Research. These work like molecular scissors to cut up the long strands of DNA in our cells. This is vital in helping us learn more about the genetic mutations of NKH.
£100
could fund a months worth of outreach and disorder information, providing NKH information to newly diagnosed families right when they need it most.
£1250
could fund a week of a post doc researcher, analysing sample assays, which tell us if NKH gene therapy is working in our models, getting us closer to a cure. We’re on the cusp of a clinical trial, and you could help tip us over.