| 1951 | Annabel Mason | Lancaster & Morecambe AC | FU23 | 65 | 1:39:39 | 2019 |
| 1952 | P Webber | Keighley Hill Runners | MV40 | 128 | 1:39:41 | 1996 |
| 1953 | Brian Leathley | Clayton le Moors Harriers | MV60 | 262 | 1:39:42 | 1997 |
| 1954 | David McChesney | Unattached | M | 66 | 1:39:42 | 2019 |
| 1955 | C Choyce | Clayton le Moors Harriers | MV40 | 206 | 1:39:44 | 1994 |
| 1956 | D Hewitt | Kendal Triathlon Club | MV40 | 78 | 1:39:44 | 2000 |
| 1957 | David Aspden | Dallam Running Club | MV40 | 63 | 1:39:44 | 2007 |
| 1958 | J Hodgson | Dallam Running Club | MV40 | 129 | 1:39:48 | 1996 |
| 1959 | John Edwards | Cumberland Fell Runners | MV50 | 65 | 1:39:48 | 2005 |
| 1960 | B Lee | Cumberland Fell Runners | M | 79 | 1:39:50 | 2000 |
| 1961 | Steve Harling | Bowland Fell Runners | MV40 | 65 | 1:39:50 | 2011 |
| 1962 | Gary Johnson | Blackpool Wyre & Fylde AC | MV50 | 186 | 1:39:51 | 2008 |
| 1963 | Mark Fussell | Unattached | M | 245 | 1:39:51 | 2016 |
| 1964 | Edmund Newey | Mercia Fell Runners | MV40 | 31 | 1:39:51 | 2018 |
| 1965 | Richard Watson | Unattached | MV40 | 81 | 1:39:51 | 2024 |
| 1966 | D Atkinson | Black Combe Runners | M | 70 | 1:39:52 | 2002 |
| 1967 | W Jones | Fell Runners Association | M | 96 | 1:39:53 | 1995 |
| 1968 | I Smith | Lostock AC | MV40 | 130 | 1:39:53 | 1996 |
| 1969 | C Speight | Spenborough & District AC | M | 207 | 1:39:54 | 1994 |
| 1970 | T Johnson | Barrow & Furness Striders AC | MV50 | 97 | 1:39:54 | 1995 |
| 1971 | A McCluskey | Cumberland Fell Runners | M | 80 | 1:39:54 | 2000 |
| 1972 | Rob Shepherd | Fell Runners Association | MV40 | 66 | 1:39:54 | 2011 |
| 1973 | K Nixon | Black Combe Runners | MV50 | 98 | 1:39:56 | 1995 |
| 1974 | Elena Davies | Cumberland Fell Runners | F | 67 | 1:39:56 | 2019 |
| 1975 | Paul Tynan | Lonsdale Fell Runners | MV60 | 79 | 1:39:58 | 2023 |
| 1976 | Matthew Harris | Norfolk Trail Runners | MSEN | 80 | 1:39:58 | 2023 |
| 1977 | P Dowker | Kendal AAC | MV50 | 208 | 1:39:59 | 1994 |
| 1978 | B Kenny | Achille Ratti | MV40 | 81 | 1:39:59 | 2000 |
| 1979 | Rob Andrew | Rossendale Harriers & AC | M | 246 | 1:39:59 | 2016 |
| 1980 | K Stephenson | Keswick AC | M | 209 | 1:40:00 | 1994 |
| 1981 | Jack King | Cumberland Fell Runners | MV50 | 53 | 1:40:00 | 2004 |
| 1982 | Adrian Hooper | Black Combe Runners | M | 108 | 1:40:00 | 2015 |
| 1983 | D Pratt | Keswick AC | M | 210 | 1:40:01 | 1994 |
| 1984 | Tom Rothwell | Ambleside AC | M | 32 | 1:40:04 | 2018 |
| 1985 | Ben Polkinghorn | Coniston Fell Runners | M | 109 | 1:40:05 | 2015 |
| 1986 | D Thompson | Keswick AC | FV40 | 47 | 1:40:06 | 2003 |
| 1987 | Piers Barber | Wharfedale Harriers | MV40 | 110 | 1:40:07 | 2015 |
| 1988 | Andy Thompson | Helm Hill Runners | MV40 | 79 | 1:40:07 | 2022 |
| 1989 | H Blenkinsop | Keswick AC | MV50 | 211 | 1:40:08 | 1994 |
| 1990 | Christopher Hindm | Cumberland Fell Runners | M | 54 | 1:40:08 | 2004 |
| 1991 | Sue Hodkinson | Black Combe Runners | F | 187 | 1:40:09 | 2008 |
| 1992 | Matthew Bourne | Bowland Fell Runners | MV50 | 84 | 1:40:09 | 2024 |
| 1993 | B Kenny | Achille Ratti | MV40 | 131 | 1:40:10 | 1996 |
| 1994 | David James | Unattached | MV50 | 80 | 1:40:10 | 2022 |
| 1995 | J Mayo | Kendal AAC | M | 214 | 1:40:11 | 1994 |
| 1996 | B Leathley | Clayton le Moors Harriers | MV60 | 212 | 1:40:12 | 1994 |
| 1997 | Stephen Nicholls | Wigan & District Harriers & AC | M | 247 | 1:40:12 | 2016 |
| 1998 | Danbert Nobacon | Pudsey & Bramley AC | M | 264 | 1:40:13 | 1997 |
| 1999 | Joseph Garbarino | Achille Ratti | MV60 | 263 | 1:40:13 | 1997 |
| 2000 | David Macia | Mercia Fell Runners | MV40 | 68 | 1:40:13 | 2013 |