4.5km 210m
| Pos | Name | Club/Country | Age Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stella Lewsley | BL (GBR) | W55 | 48:20 |
| 2nd | Jill Libby | CLOK (GBR) | W55 | 49:06 |
| 3rd | Jackie Hallett | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 49:33 |
| 4th | Ruth Lynam | CNOC (IRL) | W55 | 50:32 |
| 5th | Hilary Quick | BASOC (GBR) | W55 | 53:15 |
| 6th | Pauline McAdam | STAG (GBR) | W55 | 53:39 |
| 7th | Alison Simmons | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 54:59 |
| 8th | Anne Salisbury | WAROC (GBR) | W55 | 55:33 |
| 9th | Ann Cranke | CLOK (GBR) | W55 | 57:27 |
| 10th | Janice Nisbet | ESOC (GBR) | W55 | 58:06 |
| 11th | Carol Edwards | TVOC (GBR) | W55 | 58:46 |
| 12th | Jane Anthony | SROC (GBR) | W55 | 59:18 |
| 13th= | Karen Clark | EBOR (GBR) | W55 | 61:24 |
| 13th= | Gill Berrow | ECKO (GBR) | W55 | 61:24 |
| 15th | Lynne Walker | ECKO (GBR) | W55 | 63:44 |
| 16th | Kate Bryant | MDOC (GBR) | W55 | 64:40 |
| 17th | Linda Pakuls | GO (GBR) | W55 | 65:21 |
| 18th | Janet Rosen | HH (GBR) | W55 | 66:07 |
| 19th | Ann Savage | LVO (GBR) | W55 | 66:13 |
| 20th | Amelia Petrie | CLYDE (GBR) | W55 | 67:42 |
| 21st | Marcia Bradbury | SYO (GBR) | W55 | 68:08 |
| 22nd | Jill Smith | EBOR (GBR) | W55 | 69:37 |
| 23rd | Kathy Haynes | SLOW (GBR) | W55 | 70:32 |
| 24th | Jo Foster | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 71:52 |
| 25th | Linda Hayles | EPOC (GBR) | W55 | 73:18 |
| 26th | Pauline Smithard | DEE (GBR) | W55 | 74:07 |
| 27th | Nicola Gardner | WAOC (GBR) | W55 | 74:32 |
| 28th | Susan Stevens | AIRE (GBR) | W55 | 74:56 |
| 29th | Gill Browne | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 74:59 |
| 30th | Oonagh Grassie | GRAMP (GBR) | W55 | 75:36 |
| 31st | Pat Moody | DEE (GBR) | W55 | 76:05 |
| 32nd | Jane Booker | NOC (GBR) | W55 | 76:24 |
| 33rd | Joyce Brunton | INVOC (GBR) | W55 | 77:02 |
| 34th | Gill Stott | NGOC (GBR) | W55 | 77:52 |
| 35th | Carol House | SO (GBR) | W55 | 78:00 |
| 36th | Carol Dredge | WCH (GBR) | W55 | 78:41 |
| 37th | Christine Robinson | SLOW (GBR) | W55 | 79:58 |
| 38th | Jane Archer | SN (GBR) | W55 | 80:38 |
| 39th | Jill Cochrane | MEROC (GBR) | W55 | 80:59 |
| 40th | Margaret Willdig | OD (GBR) | W55 | 82:40 |
| 41st | Valerie Belton | CLYDE (GBR) | W55 | 83:20 |
| 42nd | Jane Bush | SWOC (GBR) | W55 | 84:12 |
| 43rd | Sally Lindsay | ESOC (GBR) | W55 | 84:25 |
| 44th | Helen Kelsey | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 86:30 |
| 45th | Theresa Perry | AYROC (GBR) | W55 | 87:23 |
| 46th | Fiona Sellar | DVO (GBR) | W55 | 88:44 |
| 47th | Hilary Scott | BASOC (GBR) | W55 | 88:48 |
| 48th | Elizabeth Furness | MOR (GBR) | W55 | 89:21 |
| 49th | Susan Birtwistle | CLARO (GBR) | W55 | 90:17 |
| 50th | Jenny Nicholls | GO (GBR) | W55 | 90:33 |
| 51st | Noreen Ives | WAOC (GBR) | W55 | 90:39 |
| 52nd | Tricia Woodward | AYROC (GBR) | W55 | 91:07 |
| 53rd | Felicity Martin | TAY (GBR) | W55 | 94:53 |
| 54th | Sue Edlington | HOC (GBR) | W55 | 95:10 |
| 55th | Penny Parkes | HH (GBR) | W55 | 100:13 |
| 56th | Rhona Fraser | INVOC (GBR) | W55 | 102:05 |
| 57th | Lorraine Porter | CLOK (GBR) | W55 | 114:49 |
| 58th | Renate Willmann | TSV Brockum (GER) | W55 | 122:39 |
| 59th | Pauline Richardson | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 136:34 |
| rtd | Liz Davies | AIRE (GBR) | W55 |