This Sunday (3 September) a number of roads throughout the town will be closed for the half marathon. The roads will be closed in the direction of the runners only, so access by car in the opposite direction will be possible.
With the exception of the first 2 miles from The Country Ground to Coate Water, all the other closures are for a single lane only, and traffic will be able to flow in either the opposite direction freely, or with managed two way traffic control.
Volunteers will be operating many traffic crossings on the course at the busier junctions, and these will allow road users to cross the course under the instruction of marshals when there is space between the runners.
The road closures are all shown as 1hour before the first runner, and 1hour after the last runner, but we will endeavour to have the roads open quicker than these times where possible, and these are listed as a worse case scenario.
The organisers offer their apologies for the disruption to Swindon’s road network, and of course would love for as many residents to come out and support the 2,700 runners along the way.
The event works with 15 Local Swindon charities on the day, and these charities will all have ‘Atmosphere stations’ on the course at various points as well as runners wearing their shirts to raise awareness.
