Thousands of runners will gather in York this Sunday – as the Yorkshire Marathon Festival returns.
The hugely popular festival for all ages and abilities features the Yorkshire Marathon, Yorkshire 10 Mile, and Yorkshire Marathon Relay, with runners taking to the famous streets of York.
The Yorkshire Marathon Festival will take place this weekend on Sunday 20 October.
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The festival is organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All – who have announced the series of road closures and restrictions that will be in place to ensure the safety of all those taking part.
The marathon starts and finishes at the University of York’s Heslington campus. The route will take runners through the historic city centre, before heading north eastwards out of the city.
Participants will travel through Stockton on the Forest, Grange Wood, Upper Helmsley, Stamford Bridge, Gate Helmsley, Turkers Wood, Murton, Osbaldwick and back towards Heslington.
The road closures
Saturday 19 October
- University Road in York will be closed between Innovation Way and Green Dykes Lane on Saturday 19 October from 10am. It will re-open at 11pm on Sunday 20 October.
Sunday 20 October
- Road closures on the A166, Church Balk, Church Street, Eastfield Lane, Stockhill Close, Green Dykes Lane, Heslington Lane and Main Street (Heslington) will be in place from 6am.
- City centre roads affected by the closures include Hull Road, Lawrence Street, Walmgate, Hope Street, Leadmill Lane, Piccadilly, Parliament Street, Blake Street, Duncombe Place, Deangate, Goodramgate and Monkgate with these in place from 8am.
- Further afield, A1036 Heworth Green, Stockton Lane and Sandy Lane will be closed from 8:30am.
- Common Lane, Northgate Lane, Upper Helmsley and Butttercrambe Moor Wood will be closed from 9:15am.
- Finally, Straight Lane, Holtby Lane, Bad Bargain Lane, Moor Lane, Murton Way, Osbaldwick Village, Osbaldwick Lane, Tang Hall Lane and Hull Road (east of Melrosegate) will be closed from 9:30am.
There will also be a number of parking restrictions in place from 4pm on Saturday 19 October to 6pm on Sunday 20 October with a park and ride service offered for all runners, spectators and visitors. Find the full details here.
Tristan Batley-Kyle, operations director at Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All said: “The Yorkshire Marathon Festival has grown into a major event on the running calendar, attracting runners from both home and abroad whilst raising funds for some excellent local charities.
“Unfortunately, with an event of this size, a certain amount of disruption is unavoidable and we would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.
“We will work extremely hard to ensure that the road closures are lifted as soon as possible.”
For more information, visit the Run For All website here.