Over 10,000 runners are expected to take to the historic streets of York this Sunday – as the Yorkshire Marathon Festival returns.
Now in its 12th year, the hugely popular festival for all ages and abilities features the Yorkshire Marathon, Yorkshire 10 Mile, and Yorkshire Marathon Relay.
The Yorkshire Marathon Festival will take place this weekend on Sunday 19 October.
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 out into the countryside and back to campus.
Participants are invited to wheel, walk, jog or run their way round the course as organisers work to make the event as inclusive as possible.
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 road closures
Saturday 18 October
- University Road in York will be closed between Innovation Way and Green Dykes Lane on Saturday 18 October from 10am. It will re-open at 11pm on Sunday 19 October.
Sunday 19 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.
- There will be a crossing point at Thief Lane which will be manned for residents before the start of the event at 9:30am and local residents will be able to drive through Main Street/Heslington Lane where required.
- City centre roads affected by the closures include Hull Road, Lawrence Street, Walmgate, St Deny’s Road, Piccadilly, Parliament Street, High Ousegate, Spurriergate, St Helen’s Square, Coney Street, Blake Street, Duncombe Place, Deangate, Goodramgate and Monkgate with these in place from 8am.
- There will be crossing points at Walmgate Bar & Malton Road to allow vehicles across up until 9:25am before the event starts at 9:30am.
- 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 18 October to 6pm on Sunday 19 October with a park and ride service offered for all runners, spectators and visitors. Find the full details here.
All road closures will be lifted as soon as the safety of runners, spectators and visitors can be assured.
Tristan Batley-Kyle, operations director at Run For All said: “The Yorkshire Marathon Festival has grown into a major event on the running calendar to look forward to every year. It attracts runners from both home and abroad, whilst raising funds for some excellent local charities.
“Unfortunately, with any event of this size, a certain amount of disruption is unavoidable. We would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause over the weekend in York, and we will work extremely hard to ensure that all closures are lifted as soon as possible.”
For more information, visit the Run For All website here.
