Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025: Full route and road closures for capital race

The Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025 will take over London this weekend, meaning several major central roads will be closed for the event.

This Sunday (October 12), runners will take to the streets of London for the 13.1-mile course that weaves through some of London’s most famous greenspaces.

The course will feature two sprints down The Mall and finish outside the Albert Memorial and the Royal Albert Hall.

While the route will mainly be set across the central London royal parks including Hyde Park and St James’s Park, road closures will be in place.

Here’s the whole route for The Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025, along with the London roads that will be closed for the occasion.

The Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025 full route

Starting in Hyde Park, runners will head towards Hyde Park corner through Green Park before a lap around St James’s Park including a sprint down The Mall.

After passing Buckingham Palace runners will continue towards Westminster and the Houses of Parliament before turning onto Whitehall.

Once at the corner of Trafalgar Square the route continues up the Strand and back before heading down The Mall a second time.

Then it's back through Green Park to Hyde Park where the rest of the route will take place before the end at the Royal Albert Hall.

Full list of road closures for Royal Parks Half Marathon 2025

• South Carriage Drive (W1J ,W1K ,W2 ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Duke Of Wellington Place (SW1W ,W1J ) (Clockwise)
• The Mall (SW1A ,SW1Y ,WC2N ) (Both directions)
• Constitution Hill (SW1A ,SW1W ) (Both directions)
• Queens Gardens (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• Spur Road (SW1A ,SW1E ) (Both directions)
• Birdcage Walk (SW1A ,SW1E ,SW1H ) (Both directions)
• [A3214] Great George Street (SW1A ,SW1H ,SW1P ) (Both directions)
• [A302] Broad Sanctuary (SW1P ) (Both directions)
• [A3212] St Margaret Street (SW1A ,SW1P ) (Both directions)
• [A3212] Parliament Street (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• [A3212] Whitehall (SW1A ,WC2N ) (Both directions)
• Horse Guards Avenue (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• Whitehall Place (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• Great Scotland Yard (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Trafalgar Square (SW1Y ,WC2N ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Strand (WC2E ,WC2N ,WC2R ) (Both directions)
• [A302] Bridge Street (SW1A ) (Both directions)
• [A4202] Park Lane (W1J ,W1K ,W2 ) (Southbound)
• [A4202] Park Lane (W1J ,W1K ,W2 ) (Northbound)
• [A4] Strand (WC2E ,WC2N ,WC2R ) (Both directions)
• [A302] Parliament Square (SW1A ,SW1P ) (Clockwise)
• [A4] Charing Cross (WC2N ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Trafalgar Square (SW1Y ,WC2N ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Cockspur Street (SW1A ,SW1Y ,WC2N ) (Both directions)
• [A4] Piccadilly (SW1X ,W1J ,W1K ) (Eastbound)
• [A3214] Buckingham Gate (SW1A ,SW1E ,SW1W ) (Both directions)
• [A400] St Martins Place (WC2N ) (Both directions)

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