York 10K: Where to watch – and all the road closures

Thousands of people will hit York running on Sunday as one of the region’s most popular races returns.

The popular Asda Foundation York 10K – hailed as one of the most beautiful city runs in the country – takes place on Sunday (August 6).

The largely flat route starts and finishes in Knavesmire Road, near York Racecourse, and takes in some of the city’s stunning scenery and historic landmarks, including Clifford’s Tower and York Minster.

Timings

The starting flag for the Asda Foundation York 10K will come down at Knavesmire at 9.30am.

Here are the other timings for the day:

7.30am	Race office opens
9.10am	Mass warm up on Knavesmire Road
9.30am	Race starts
10am	Winner expected

Route

The race begins and ends on Knavesmire Road.

In the intervening 10km, runners will take a route through the city centre, past some of our most famous landmarks including the Minster, and along the river.

Road closures

A small number of road closures will be in place from noon on Saturday August 6th.

Roads around the route will be closed on Sunday, and parking will be suspended on key routes too.

Here’s the full list.

Saturday August 5

Knavesmire Road will be closed between its junction with Tadcaster Road and Campleshon Road from 12pm on Saturday 5th August 2017 until approximately 3pm on Sunday 6th August 2017.

Sunday August 6

Road Closed	Details	Time On	Time Off
Baile Hill Terrace	Cromwell Road to Newton Terrace	8:30	10:45
Bishophill Junior	Priory Street to Fetter Lane	08:30	10:50
Bishopthorpe Road	Church Lane to Main Street	07:30	13:00
Bishopthorpe Road	Campleshon Road to Nunnery Lane	08:30	11:45
Bishopthorpe Road	Racecourse Car Park Entrance to Campleshon Road	7:30	13:00
Blake Street	St Helen's Square to Duncombe Place	08:30	11:00
Bridge Street / Low Ousegate	Skeldergate to Spurrier Gate	08:30	10:55
Butcher Terrace	Rowntree Park to Bishopthorpe Road	08:30	11:40
Campleshon Road	Knavesmire Road to Trafalgar Street	07:30	12:30
Campleshon Road	Trafalgar Street to Bishopthorpe Road	08:30	11:45
Castle gate	Coppergate to Tower Street	08:30	11:15
Cherry Street	Vine Street to Clementhorpe	08:30	10:35
Church Street	Low Petergate to Parliament Street	08:30	11:10
Clementhorpe	Cherry Street to Terry Avenue	08:30	10:35
Clifford Street	Tower Street to King Street	08:30	11:20
Coppergate	Pavement to Castlegate	08:30	11:15
Coney Street	The Whole	08:30	11:00
Cromwell Road	Skeldergate to Bishophill Senior	08:30	10:45
Cumberland Street	Clifford Street to King's Staith	08:30	11:20
Deangate	Minster Yard to Goodramgate	08:30	11:10
Duncombe Place	Blake Street to High Petergate	08:30	11:00
Fetter Lane	Bishophill Junior to Skeldergate	08:30	10:50
Goodramgate	Deangate to Church Street	08:30	11:10
King's Staith	King Street to Lower Friargate	08:30	11:20
Knavesmire Road	Tadcaster Road to Campleshon Road	04:00	15:00
Micklegate	Nunnery Lane to George Hudson Street	08:30	10:50
Minster Yard	Duncombe Place to Deangate	08:30	11:10
Newton Terrace	Baile Hill Terrace to Victor Street	08:30	10:45
Nunnery Lane (westbound)	Price's Lane to Micklegate	08:30	10:50
Pavement	Piccadilly to Coppergate	08:30	11:15
Parliament Street	Church Street to Pavement	08:30	11:15
Priory Street	Micklegate to Bishophill Junior	08:30	10:50
Racecourse Road	The Whole	06:00	12:30
Skeldergate	Terry Avenue to Bishopgate Street	08:30	10:45
Skeldergate	Micklegate/ Bridge Street to Bishopgate Street	08:30	10:50
Spurrier Gate	Low Ousegate / High Ousegate to Coney Street	08:30	10:55
St Helen's Square	Coney Street to Blake Street	08:30	11:00
Terry Avenue	The Whole	08:30	10:45
Tower Street	Castlegate to Clifford Street	08:30	11:15
Victor Street	Newton Terrace to Nunnery Lane	08:30	10:45
Vine Street	The Whole	08:30	10:35

Parking suspensions

Parking suspensions	Details	Time and date
Baile Hill Terrace (city wall side)	Cromwell Road to Newton Terrace	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Bishopthorpe Road (both sides)	Campleshon Road to Terry's Factory	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Butcher Terrace (westbound)	The Whole	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Knavesmire Road	Tadcaster Road to Knavesmire Crescent	17:00 Fri Aug 4 to 15:00 Sun Aug 6
Knavesmire Road	Knavesmire Crescent to Racecourse Road	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 15:00 Sun Aug 6
Newton Terrace (house side)	Baile Hill Terrace to Victor Street	07:00 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Priory Steet	The Whole	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Racecourse Road	The Whole	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6
Vine Street (eastbound)	Bishopthorpe Road to Cherry Street	16:00 Sat Aug 5 to 14:00 Sun Aug 6