Thousands of people head to Royal Greenwich every year for the start of the TCS London Marathon, with the first six miles taking participants through Blackheath, Woolwich, Charlton and Greenwich town centre.
Spectators line the streets and cheer on the runners at every point, making the early stages of the marathon a special experience.
Greenwich town centre, and particularly around the Cutty Sark, are considered the most popular places to watch. However, this also means they’ll likely be the most crowded.
Road Closures
A number of local roads will close early on Sunday morning:
- Charlton Way (4am to 2:30pm)
- Shooters Hill Road (4am to 2:30pm)
- St Johns Park (7am to 2:30pm)
- Charlton Park Road (7am to 2:30pm)
- Old Dover Road (7am to 2:30pm)
- Little Heath (7am to 2:30pm)
- Charlton Park Lane (7am to 2:30pm)
- Artillery Place (7am to 2:30pm)
- John Wilson Street (7am to 2:30pm)
- Woolwich Church Street (7am to 3pm)
- Woolwich Road (7am to 3pm)
- Trafalgar Road (7am to 4pm)
- Creek Road (7am to 4pm)
You can see a comprehensive list of all closures via the official London Marathon website.
Record Breaking
Guinness World Records is once again collaborating with the London Marathon to give participants the chance to attempt to break a world record of their choosing.
Here are the World Records broken at last year's Marathon:
- Tigst Assefa: Fastest marathon (female, women-only race) - 2:15:50
- Rui Yong Soh: Fastest marathon in a suit (male) -2:39:57
- Tommy Trees: Fastest marathon wearing foam clogs (male) -2:48:48
- Matthew Berry: Fastest marathon dressed as an elf (male) - 2:56:59
- James Timbrell: Fastest marathon dressed as a caveperson (male) -2:57:01
- Santosh Rai: Fastest marathon dressed in traditional Nepalese dress (male) - 2:59:47
- Ben Karthauser: Fastest marathon with Parkinson's disease (male) -3:04:49
- Philip Howard: Fastest marathon dressed as a pirate (male) - 3:09:53
- Andy Brock: Fastest marathon dressed as an alien (male) -3:10:10
- Jamie Campbell: Fastest marathon dressed as a crustacean (male) -3:12:49
- Michael Wiggins: Fastest marathon dressed as a traffic cone (male) -3:13:18
- Zoe Cowell-Jones: Fastest marathon by a mascot (female) - 3:19:18
- Ali Young: Fastest marathon dressed as a bird (female) - 3:26:37
- Max Livingstone-Learmonth: Fastest marathon dressed as a monarch (male) -3:26:57
- Christine Robinson: Fastest marathon dressed as a referee (female) –3:30:49
- Ollie Shortt: Fastest marathon dressed as a body part (male) -3:32:21
- Sarah Dudgeon: Fastest marathon dressed as a monarch (female) -3:33:42
- Erin Zackey: Fastest marathon dressed as a television character (female) -3:34:55
- Angus Leckonby: Fastest marathon (male) (II1) –3:36:38
- Angus Leckonby: Youngest person to complete a marathon (II1) (male) –3:36:38
- Louis Stevens: Fastest marathon dressed as a Spartan warrior -3:37:49
- Rebecca Reid: Fastest marathon with a subcutaneous defibrillator (S-ICD) (female) -3:37:54
- Martin Pritchard-Howarth: Fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional plant (male) -3:45:57
- Simon Couchman: Fastest marathon dressed as a medal (male) -3:47:20
- Sally Kuehn: Fastest marathon dressed as a crustacean (female) -3:49:47
- Juliane Keane: Fastest marathon with multiple sclerosis (female) -3:53:02
- Samara Taylor: Fastest marathon dressed as a swimmer (female) - 3:58:30
- Adam Cotterill: Fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature (male) - 4:07:38
- Mandy Leach: Fastest marathon dressed as a reptile (female) -4:12:55
- Melanie Bailey: Fastest marathon dressed as a cell (female) - 4:16:27
- Cameron Jacobs: Youngest person to run a marathon barefoot (male) -4:31:26
- Nikki Horner: Fastest marathon dressed as a rotating puzzle cube (female) -4:43:59
- Amanda Davies: Fastest marathon with bilateral total knee replacements (female) -5:01:03
- Graham Sturgen, Simon Short, Claire Short, Paul Owen, Richard Yeeles, Christopher Setterfield, Francine Setterfield, Julie Pritchett, Jodi Simpson and Marcela Bell: Fastest marathon in a ten-person costume -5:41:47
- David Wetherill: Fastest marathon on crutches (male) -5:59:05
- Sarah Haddock: Fastest marathon dressed as a fish (female) - MP4 - 7:56:53
- Lucette and Katie Crowhurst: Fastest marathon run by mother and daughter (IS1) -8:17:54
- James, Alice and Sam Kelly: Fastest marathon run by three siblings – 8:31:07
- Adele Roberts: Fastest aggregate time to complete all World Marathon Major races with a stoma (female) - 20:29:58
- Chris Green: Most marathons run in the same three-dimensional costume (male)
- Jason Burbury: Most underpants worn during a marathon (male) - 52
If you're running the Marathon this year, good luck from all of us!
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