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Virgin Money London Marathon Count on us for race day support! Virgin Money London Marathon @guidedogsevents @guide_dogs_events @guidedogsevents #TeamGuideDogs Guide Dogs Cheer Point Our cheering point will be at Mile 12, at the junction of High Holborn Tooley Street, Jamaica Road Farringdon Road Kingsway City Aldgate East T Newgate Street ower Gateway Commercial Road and Tanner Street. St Paul’s Fleet Street Bishopsgate Aldgate Bank Regent Street venue W St Paul’s Commercial Road est India Doc Charing Cross Road Cathedral Mansion Shadwell Blackfriars House Fenchurch St 21 Leicester Square StrandTemple Monument Limehouse UpperThames Street Canon St Shaftesbury A 24 Tower Gateway e k Road Victoria Embankment e g Westferry g Lower T Tower Hill 22 East India d Narrow Street All Saints i 35 W d i r hames THE HIGHWAY Piccadilly aterloo Bridge r 14 B Street Poplar High Street B LD Circus FIE The Highway m Charing s MITH 20 r u ST S D i a EA LimehouseA i 23 Cross n O r 13 Piccadilly R f e Tower of Y Poplar l HALFWAY Shadwell R k 40 l R i London E F l c T e S Blackwall E West India a M n W ay Hungerford Bridge l Embankment n Aspen W u B Quay W Southwark Bridge T St James’s e 15 London Bridge hitehall h N Colo Southwark t Horse i nna 25 h de r e h S Colonnade London Bridge t 19 The Mall amford Street The Shard Tooley Street 20 Wapping o 30 Guards Road Guards St R Southwark ower Bridge Wapping T Blac Brunel Road Canary Waterloo 10 Wharf Heron Quays kwall T S O2 Arena ’ Preston alter Road Canary Wharf Finish Line d unnel a London Eye o Westminster R 18 Heron Quays Rotherhithe s r Marsh s Road s a 25 i 11 W r Rotherhithe Wall Buckingham f Borough Long Lane estferry Road Palace 26 Westminster Bridge k MA North Greenwich c 12 Quebec W RS H WALL a St James’s l Great Dover Street Park B Borough Road South Quay Street Jamaica Road Canada Surrey ay Houses of Parliament Lambeth North St George’ Water 15 Victoria Street Grove Street Quays s Road Bermondsey 9 Manc Millennium W Victoria orough High B Road Crossharbour hester Road A1 erry Road 02 - Blac New Kent Road Lambeth Road Redriff Road ay V Lambeth Bridge auxhall Bridge Road Elephant & Castle h Street East F kwall T h Churc ay Woolwic Surrey Quays Plough W 16 17 unnel New Charlton 4 5 John W Bugsby’ Woolwich Dockyard Lower Road Mudchute Southern s Way Vauxhall Bridge 3 Pimlico ilson Street Grove Street W h Road estferry Road Approac Woolwic kwall Lane h Blac Woolwich unnel T Island Gardens Artillary Place 5 Charlton h oot h F Woolwich Road 8 Hill Reac Cutty Sark Greenwic Cutty Sark 6 Westcombe Park for Deptford Trafalgar Road Common Maritime Little Heath h Greenwich 10 2 7 Charlton Park Road oolwic 2 W Creek Road Maze Hill 1 illage Greenwich Croom’ Greenwich The V Charlton The A s Hill venue ay h South Street Old Dover Road Charlton W Greenwic s Park Deptford Bridge Start Line St John’ 1 Blac Green kheath Hill A2 - Roc Shooters Hill Road Red Start Line Blue Start Line hester W Relief Road Academy Road ales Road ay Cheering on our champions! Prince of W We will be out in force to support you as you take on this incredible challenge for Guide Dogs. Keep an eye out for our flying flags, banners and give us a wave! You’ll need to say goodbye to your supporters before heading to the start area, as this is for runners only. Send your supporters to join our cheer point. We have one spot along the route that stands out from the crowd, this makes it easy to spot each other! The nearest train stops are London Bridge and Bermondsey. Get in touch with the Events Team Celebrate at our on race day on post-race reception 07833 415347 Come and meet the Guide Dogs team once you’ve crossed the finish line. There will be showers, refreshments, massage therapists and guide dogs ready to meet you! Here you can have a well-earned rest and start your recovery. From the finish line on The Mall, once you’ve picked up your baggage, go through St James Park. Guide Dogs will meet you at point G and escort you round the corner to our post-race reception. Address: Haymarket Hotel, 1 Suffolk Place, London, SW1Y 4HX Your supporters are welcome to join us at the post-race reception, this is a great place to meet each other. However please be aware space is limited and during busy periods supporters may be asked to wait nearby. Registered charity in England and Wales (209617) and Scotland (SC038979). GD0085 07/21 Thank you For making your event count for Guide Dogs..
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