Sunday 14 June 2026 | Wide Lane Sports Ground
Take on a fabulously fun 5k route with friends, colleagues and family, and run, walk or even dance through five fantastic colour stations along the way! 🩷🧡💛💚🩵
Join us for our first ever Colour Dash this June, sign up today!
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this exciting accessible, family friendly event. Teams of all ages and abilities are welcome!
- Adult (17+) £20; Child (7-16) £10
- Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): £50
- Children 0-6 years go free
- Fundraising target: £50 per adult
- Buggies and wheelchairs welcome
- Food and drink, and colourful merchandise available to purchase on the day
What can I expect?
The 5k route can be completed however you wish, it's definitely not a race. You can run, walk, dance or wheel your way round - it's fully accessible!
With your ticket you'll get:
- A Colour Dash Fundraising pack
- Exclusive Rose Road Colour Dash t-shirt
- Finisher's medal
- Coloured powder packet to throw over your mates
All the funds you raise through this event will help give disabled children and young people more opportunities to do exciting new things with Rose Road, adding colour to everyone's lives through fun and adventure every day!
Please note: photos used on this webpage are taken from other Colour Dash events in the UK to help show you what to expect.
No, the Rose Road Colour Dash is not a timed event, so you can take your time and travel round however you wish to maximise the colourful fun! We suggest self-timing for anyone desiring a finish time.
The route follows a loop around Wide Lane Sports Ground and is designed to be flexible depending on how far participants want to go.
The full 5km route involves completing two laps. You can finish at 2.5 km or continue to complete the full 5 km distance.
This allows people of different fitness and ability levels to take part comfortably.
Absolutely! Our route is designed to be as accessible and inclusive as possible and is suitable for wheelchair users and mobility aids.
The course is primarily on paved or smooth surfaces. Some areas include gentle slopes and gravel.
If you would like detailed route information before attending, please contact our team.
The coloured powder does wash off skin and out of your hair; however, we recommend taking precautions if you are worried. The colour might show for longer on lighter hair.
Putting oil based hair products in your hair before the run can help the colour wash out. Bi-carbonate of soda and anti-dandruff shampoo can help remove more stubborn colour.
The colour mostly washes out of clothes after the event. However, the sooner the gear gets washed the better.
Dust off all excess powder before washing with water. Wash your coloured gear separately and use cold water.
You will be provided with a Rose Road Colour Dash t-shirt on the day as part of your ticket price, however we suggest wearing other items that you would not mind getting colourful. We can not guarantee no staining.
Yes, the colour powder is non-toxic & skin-safe, made from high-quality corn starch and natural food-grade dyes. It is Organic & Gluten-Free.
Your Colour dash t-shirt! This is included in your entry fee and you can collect it on the day at registration. It is white to maximise the effect of the coloured powder.
Other than that, it’s up to you but remember to wear comfortable cloething, and that everything you have on will get covered in coloured powder so make sure that you wear something you don’t mind getting messy.
No, the the powder is comepletely safe, however we recommend wearing protective eyewear e.g. sunglasses, prescription eyewear, or goggles to avoid the powder getting in your eyes.
Again, the powder should wash out, however we highly recommend you cover areas of a wheelchair or pushchair that you don't want to get coloured powder on.
Around the course there will be a series of colour stations manned by volunteers. But don’t be fooled, they have just one job - to cover you in coloured powder!
They will aim at the body not the face, although there will be clouds of powder that may be at face level.
We recommend bringing an old towel, sheet or cover for your car seats to prevent any of the coloured powder transferring to your car upholstery on the way home.
There are changing facilities on site, and we recommend bringing a change of clothes for your journey home.
This is espeically the case if you are travelling home by public transport.
Yes! There are plenty of open spaces to enjoy a picnic before or after the run.
There will also be tasty food and drink available to buy on the day.
Please take any litter home with you or use the bins provided.
Yes there are accessible toilets on site and changing facilities which can be used to change after the event.