Around 880 people completed this year’s round-island walk, despite temperatures reaching 24°C.

In the early hours of Saturday morning – before temperatures started climbing – hundreds of Islanders took to Jersey’s coastal paths for the TMF Group 2026 Island Walk.

The annual event, which comprises the main 48-mile trek as well as the 13-mile Lieutenant-Governor’s Challenge, the Relay and the One TMF Challenge, drew about 1,800 participants this year.

Around the Island Walk Trust chair Jake Crichton previously revealed that this is the biggest figure organisers had seen since the sign-up data was recorded via RaceNation, “going back a good 12 years”.

The figures at a glance…

  • Around 1,480 people registered at the start line, though this does not include all of the relay teams – approximately an additional 165 people since they start elsewhere – as well as the few hundred walkers who did the Lieutenant-Governor’s Challenge starting at Le Braye.
  • There were around 880 finishers, giving a finishing rate for this year of about 60%.
  • While it takes time to verify the final figures, Express understands the fastest main walk finisher was Euan Mcarthur – crossing the line after just eight hours and 41 minutes.
  • The youngest participant was 10-year-old Élise Gardner.

Mr Crichton hailed the “tremendous effort” of all those who took part.

He said: “There’s so many people that have undertaken and achieved an incredible challenge doing this.”

Since the walk’s inception in 1991, it has brought together more than 33,000 participants and raised around £3 million for local charities.

Mr Crichton noted that “that’s the whole point, is to raise funds and sponsorship and
support those 11 charities that we picked this year”.

In recent years, the event’s fundraising total has generally been north of £100,000 each year.