We are excited to announce that our Star Shine Night Walk 2026 in Cambridge will be taking place on Saturday 20 June.
There will be a 10 and 5 mile route available, starting at finishing at Shelford Rugby Club.
As the sun sets on one of the longest days of the year, it’s a special way to remember and celebrate loved ones while raising funds for hospice care.
Get your walking shoes ready and join us for this special event to set the city aglow in memory of your loved ones.
The walk is taking place on Saturday 20 June 2026 and we can’t wait to see you there!
Join hundreds of walkers who come together, alongside their friends, families and colleagues, to raise money for hospice care in Cambridgeshire.
You can choose from the more challenging 10-mile route which will take you all the way into Cambridge and back, or the slightly easier 5-miler which will be a more localised tree-lined route.
As you meander through the beautiful streets of Cambridge, you’ll know that every step you take will be helping support someone going through a tough time.
The walk will be taking place on Saturday 20 June 2026, starting and ending at Shelford Rugby Club.
The walk will start at 7pm.
The 10-mile ‘challenge’ route will take you on a stunning through Cambridge where you’ll pass some of the iconic landmarks it has to offer before you make your way back to venue.
The shorter 5 mile route will be a more localised route taking in some lovely tree lined streets along the way.
The Early Bird Registration Fees are (applicable until 30 March 2026)
Adult (ages 16 years and over)- £14
Child (ages 10-15 years) – £7.60
From 1 April 2026 registration fees will be:
Adult (ages 16 years and over)- £17.50
Child (ages 10-15 years) – £9.50
The registration fee covers your event costs, we ask you to fundraise what you can to help Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
As part of signing up for the walk, you will receive a technical t-shirt, a medal to take home with you, along with a hot drink and biscuits upon your return.
Yes, absolutely! Children between 10 – 15 years of age are welcome to register alongside a paying adult.
There’s no dress code, we simply recommend wearing whatever you find comfortable to walk in. Each participant will receive their very own Star Shine t-shirt on the night and we very much encourage anything bright and wacky that will help set the City aglow!
The walk will go ahead come rain or shine, so do keep an eye on the forecast in the lead up to the event and come weather ready!
We always like to set a challenge to ourselves, so this year we have a very ambitious target of £60,000. With your help, we are sure that we can smash that goal and make a huge difference to the lives of so many cared for by the Charity!
We’d love to see 600 participants setting the city aglow this year, so sign up now to be one of them!
All volunteers are enormously appreciated and help us to make the evening a success. Please get in contact with the Fundraising Team by emailing fundraising@arhc.org.uk or telephone 01223 675888 if you’d like to lend a hand.
You absolutely can! We welcome all well-behaved four legged friends on a lead who wish to join the walk with their owners! Dogs must remain outside at all times and please do make sure you pick up any toileting they do on route.
Although not compulsory, we really encourage you to fundraise. You can do this as a group if you sign up with family and friends, or individually.
We’ll give you lots of support with fundraising tips and help you set up an online fundraising page so it’s really easy to get started.
Your fundraising will help make a difference to the support people in Cambridgeshire living with an advanced serious illness or other life-limiting condition and those who need end of life care receive
We hope that you’ll be able to take part in either the 10 or 5-mile route, however, if you feel that those are unmanageable distances at this time and still want to be there on the night to show your support, then get in contact with fundraising@arhc.org.uk to volunteer to help out and marshal!
Parking is available at Shelford Rugby Club. We do recommend car sharing where you can.
Yes, please let one of the team know on the night and we will match you with someone else.
Yes, Star Shine Night Walk Wisbech will be taking place on Saturday 16 May. You can find out more information and book your place at arhc.org.uk/SSNWWisbech.
“This was my first star shine walk, the atmosphere was fantastic on the night, all the volunteers were very helpful. The route was well mapped out with arrows. I loved the memory wall at the end, seeing a photo of my Mum made it all worthwhile.”
2025 Participant
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Star Shine Night Walk 2025. With over 500 of you setting the streets of Cambridge aglow, it was an incredibly special event.
In 2025, 500+ people took part, an amazing group of volunteers, countless friends and family who sponsored people taking part, along with our wonderful sponsors and media partners. It was a wonderful, memorable evening that raised over £60,000 to support people in Cambridgeshire living with an advanced serious illness or other life-limiting condition and those who need end of life care. You can help to make 2026 even bigger.
Team ‘Init Together’ joined us in 2025 to help set the City aglow in memory of their dear friend Sherrall who was cared for by the Hospice after receiving her diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
The group, made up of 18 friends, raised over £3700 between them. Sherrall’s close friend Claire said:
We would like to extend a huge thank you to our venue partner, Shelford Rugby Club.
If you are able to help out for a few hours on Saturday 20 June 2026, we would love to hear from you. You can email events@arhc.org.uk or telephone 01223 675888. We couldn’t run our events without the help of our invaluable volunteers.
Your support helps to continue supporting people in Cambridgeshire living with an advanced serious illness or other life-limiting condition and those who need end of life care, thank you.
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