Friday 10 October 2025
Castlefield Bowl
10K
Early bird entry fee: £17.49 Start time: 8pm
Shine Night Walk is your chance to light up your city’s streets. You’ll walk past Manchester’s most iconic landmarks before ending with a finish line celebration. People of all abilities can take part and the 10k walk will take between 1.5 to 3 hours to complete.
There are various start times throughout the evening. Refer to your email or pack for your confirmed start time.
View 10K route map(PDF, 301 KB)
You can take part in Shine Night Walk on your own and meet people along the way, or sign up as a group and get family and friends involved.
When you sign up to Shine Night Walk you can pick which research area you want to support. From bowel cancer to children’s cancers or simply where the need is greatest, your fundraising helps support tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Over the last 40 years our work has helped double breast cancer survival, supported the development of radiotherapy and played a role in developing 8 of the world’s top 10 cancer drugs
.Every one of our wins against cancer is powered by the pounds you donate. By fundraising for Shine Night Walk, you help make breakthroughs possible.
Shine Night Walk is about all of us coming together to beat cancer. We’re here to help you from fundraising to the finish line. We recommend a fundraising goal of £150 for 10K walkers and £260 for half and full marathon walkers, but no matter how much you raise, your fundraising powers our progress. You can get more support from fellow walkers in the Shine Night Walk Facebook group.
Once you sign up for your Shine Night Walk event, you’ll receive a welcome pack with all the details to help you feel fully prepared.
The nearest train station is Deansgate and the nearest tram stop is Deansgate-Castlefield, both which are just a short walk to the start venue. Head to Transport for Greater Manchester to plan your journey.
If you are travelling by Bike there are several cycle parking spaces in Manchester city centre, the closest bike racks to the event would be at Deansgate station, or at the Science & Industry Museum, both just a short walk to Castlefield Bowl.
Salford Council is participating in the Department for Transport’s E-Scooter trial.
The scooters can be used between the University of Salford, Salford Quays and up to the boundary with Manchester city council, as well as parts of Pendleton to Salford Royal Hospital. The e-scooters can be ridden the same as a pedal cycle and can use bike lanes and shared footways where cycling is permitted.
Scooters should not be ridden on a footway or in other pedestrian areas, unless there is signage indicating it can be used by pedal cycles.
E-scooters can be found and parked in specific marked parking bays, these can be located by downloading the Lime App.
Bikes are also available to hire across the city as part of a 24/7 cycle hire scheme. For more information please visit Bee Active(link is external). Please note Cancer Research UK do not take responsibility for any bikes or scooters at the event and these are left at the owners risk.
The nearest bus stop is the Science Museum which is just a short walk to the start venue. Use Transport for Greater Manchester to plan your journey
Due to the city centre location of the event, we are unable to provide onsite parking so advise using one of the many City Centre car parks. There are a number of pay and display car parks close to the venue including:
Collier Street Car Park, 28 Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M3 4NH
Duke Street Car Park, 106 Duke Street, Manchester, M3 4RU
Euro Car Park, Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M3 4LY
City Centre & Museum Car Park, 15 New Elm Road, Manchester M3 4JW
Electric Vehicle charging - Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) manage a number of electric vehicle (EV) charging points, you can find the nearest charging point by visiting https://www.zap-map.com/
If you have any queries please contact the Shine Night Walk helpline on 0300 123 6624.
First aid
Toilets
Wheelchair accessible
Refreshments
Dogs allowed
Showers
Bag drop
If you require any further information on the accessibility of a Shine Night Walk event or wish to bring a carer/helper to accompany you, please contact our Supporter Hotline (8 am - 6 pm Monday to Friday, closed between 11-11.30am on Wednesdays)
supporter.services@cancer.org.uk
Enter up to 10 people using the online entry form and creating your team through the CRUK Giving Page. For teams of 11 or more please call the Shine Night Walk hotline at 0300 123 6624
Find answers to commonly asked questions about Shine Night Walk.
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