Entries for the 5th Whistle Stop Tour of Wirral is now open. Following on from the success of the previous Tours, this event is bound to sell out quickly and entries are limited to the first 300.

Before You Enter

Please be aware that once your entry is accepted via the online facility it is not possible to provide refunds or entry transfers save for your statutory seven day right to cancel.

Deferrals

Should you not be able to take part in the three-day event then deferrals will be accepted up to midnight on 1st August 2019. Deferrals cannot be accepted after this time and deferrals will be valid for one year only.

To defer: email alan@btrliverpool.com. You will be sent an email link after the 2019 event whereby you can pay £25 (plus online booking fee) to enter the 2020 event. The link will remain open until September 30th.

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What’s the cost?

The Entry Fee for the Whistle Stop Tour is £60.

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Race packs will be sent out approximately three weeks before the race date or as when received after that date, subject to entries still being taken. 

Please Note: We CANNOT take event entries over the phone.

Race 1

ARROWE PARK 5 MILER

7.00pm START

​The first leg of the Tour will be an off road race over 5 miles.

The start / finish location will be Arrowe Park on the football field side of the park behind Arrowe Park Hospital.

Race 2

THURSTASTON COUNTRY PARK

10.00am START

​The second leg will be an 8 mile race using parts of the Wirral Way, the beach between Thurstaston / Heswall, the Dales Trail paths and the challenging incline of Oldfield Road.

Race 3

WIRRAL HALF MARATHON

START / FINISH AT COASTAL DRIVE

NEW BRIGHTON

9.30am START

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The final stage of the Whistle Stop Tour will be the Wirral Half Marathon which starts and finishes at Coastal Drive in New Brighton.

Whistle Stop Tour participants will also qualify for Wirral Half Marathon medals and t shirts.

These items will be awarded to you at the WST tent which is situated away from the finish line.

Entries will be limited to 300 and will be available through the online facility only.
Guest Entries

As it is expected that all 300 places will be taken up in the Whistle Stop Tour it is not possible to provide Guest Places this year. Sorry.

There will not be a reserve list for the Whistle Stop Tour. It will not be possible to transfer entries.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE WIRRAL HALF MARATHON if you want to do the Whistle Stop Tour of Wirral as the half marathon is included in the Tour entry fee.