ROAD CLOSURES SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2019 VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION PLEASE READ THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY N High Holborn City Farringdon Road Kingsway Aldgate East Tower Gateway Newgate Street Commercial Road St Paul’s Fleet Street Bishopsgate Aldgate Bank Regent Street West India Dock Road St Paul’s Shadwell Commercial Road KEY Charing Cross Road Cathedral Mansion Blackfriars House Fenchurch St 21 Leicester Square StrandTemple Monument Limehouse Upper Thames Street Cannon St Shaftesbury Avenue 24 Tower Gateway Mile Marker 10 KM Marker The Route Victoria Embankment 1 Lower Thames Tower Hill 22 Narrow StreetWestferry East India Waterloo Bridge 35 All Saints Piccadilly Street THE HIGHWAY 14 Poplar High Street Circus Charing The Highway 20 Cross 23 EAST SMITHFIELD 13 Limehouse Piccadilly ROAD Tower of Y Poplar HALFWAY R 40 R London E F Shadwell T S Blackwall E West India MilleniumBridge Green Park Embankment Hungerford Bridge W Aspen Way Blackfriars Bridge Quay St James’s Whitehall Southwark Bridge 15 Southwark London Bridge N Colonnade Horse 25 S Colonnade London Bridge Tooley Street The Mall The Shard 20 Wapping 30 Guards Road Guards 19 Stamford StreetSouthwark Wapping Rotherhithe Tunnel Tower Bridge Blackwall Tunnel Hyde Park Brunel Road Green Park Waterloo 10 Heron Quays Salter Road O2 Arena Canary Wharf Road Preston’s Finish LineSt James’s Canary Park Westminster London Eye Rotherhithe Wharf 18 Heron Quays 25 Marsh Borough Rotherhithe 11 Westferry Road Wall Grosvenor Place Buckingham 26 Long Lane Palace Westminster Bridge 12 Quebec Way MARSH WALL North Greenwich St James’s Great Dover Street Park Blackfriars Road Borough Road South Quay Street Jamaica Road Canada Surrey Houses of Parliament Lambeth North St George’s Road Water 15 Victoria Street Grove Street Quays Bermondsey 9 Manchester Road Millennium Way Thames Victoria Barrier Borough High Road Crossharbour A102 - Blackwall Tunnel New Kent Road Lambeth Road Redriff Road Lambeth Bridge Bermondsey Vauxhall Bridge Road Elephant & Castle Woolwich Church Street Surrey Quays Plough Way 16 17 New Charlton 4 5 John Wilson Street Bugsby’s Way East Ferry Road Woolwich Dockyard Lower Road Southern Vauxhall Bridge Mudchute Pimlico 3 Grove Street Westferry Road Approach Woolwich Road Blackwall Lane Woolwich Tunnel Island Gardens Artillary Place 5 Charlton Woolwich Road 8 Hill Reach Cutty Sark Greenwich Foot Cutty Sark 6 Westcombe Park for The 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon Deptford Maritime Trafalgar Road Common Greenwich 10 2 Little Heath The 39th annual edition of the world’s Advance warning signs will be displayed in sum raised since the event was founded in 7 Charlton Park Road 2 Creek Road Woolwich Maze Hill greatest marathon takes place on Sunday affected roads in the build-up to Race Day 1981 to more than £955 million. With your 1 Greenwich Croom’s Hill Greenwich The Village Charlton 28 April and will require road closures and and stewards and police officers will be support, this year’s race is aiming to raise The Avenue parking restrictions in your area. present on the day itself to help answer your even more. Old Dover Road Charlton Way queries. Thank you for your cooperation and Greenwich High Road Deptford Bridge Start Line St John’s Park 1 Blackheath Hill Green This publication provides details understanding in helping to make the 2019 If you have any questions or require further A2 - Rochester Way Shooters Hill Road Red Start Line of the road closures and there is Virgin Money London Marathon a success. assistance, please visit our website or contact Blue Start Line further information available online at [email protected] Relief Road Academy Road virginmoneylondonmarathon.co.uk/ Last year’s event raised a record-breaking and 0345 894 9773. The helpdesk is open road-closures £63.7 million for charity, bringing the overall from 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday. Prince of Wales Road Blackheath Local information for residents affected by the route ROTHERHITHE WAPPING ABOVE ISLE OF DOGS ST JAMES’S PARK In conjunction with Bacon’s College, there will Residents of Wapping are affected by the route The Virgin Money There is no longer a dedicated vehicle lane PARKING The following closure and reopening times apply once again be a scheme for residents of the as it passes along The Highway between miles London Marathon along Westferry Road. Residents on the east RESTRICTIONS to roads in and around St James’s Park: Rotherhithe Peninsula to exit the area while the 13 to 14 and again on the opposite carriageway race route and west side of Westferry Road will be able event road closures are in place. between miles 21 to 22. Free local parking to exit onto Westferry Road and travel south Please assist Closures is available for Wapping residents at Bishop to Manchester Road until 09:45 on Sunday 28 us by parking Saturday 27 April 06:00: The Mall, Bacon’s College on Timber Pond Lane will Challoner School, from 16:00 on Saturday 27 April. From 09:45 no vehicle movements will be your vehicle off Marlborough Road, Horse Guards Road. provide a free, secure, overnight parking facility April until 16:00 on Sunday 28 April. Access to possible until after 15:30. the route on Saturday 27 April 12:30: Constitution Hill, Spur on its premises for use by local residents. The the School is via Commercial Road and Steel’s the evening of Road, Link Road, Birdcage Walk (eastbound). car park will be in operation from 16:00 on Lane. Residents can leave their cars securely Event motorcyclists, assisted by stewards, will Saturday 27 April. Sunday 28 April 06:30: Birdcage Walk Saturday 27 April until 16:00 on Sunday 28 April. parked and can return on foot at any time. Parked be available to guide vehicles along Westferry (westbound). Residents can leave their cars securely parked vehicles should exit the area northbound towards Road when it is safe to do so before 09:45 or after Vehicle removals and can return on foot at any time during the Commercial Road, which is open westbound. 15:30 only. Residents will be unable to return to will start at 06:30 Reopening road closure period to collect vehicles and exit Westferry Road until the roads are fully reopened. on Sunday 28 Monday 29 April 06:00: all remaining Park roads. the peninsula. A vehicle crossing point will operate at the April along the junction of The Highway and Glamis Road during GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL whole of the route. CANARY WHARF From the College, the route out is via Timber the road closure period, allowing entry and exit The Greenwich Foot Tunnel will be open, Please check The Marathon route through Canary Wharf is Pond Road, Poolmans Street, Needleman north and south. Residents are advised that however, it will be busy crossing south to north the specific road unchanged from 2018. Westferry Road and Heron Street, Surrey Quays Road, Lower Road. vehicles will NOT be able to cross while there are with queues anticipated. The Foot Tunnel will closure times over Quays have ongoing building work and spectators Residents requiring access should use runners on both carriageways of The Highway be closed north to south between 10:30-12:30. the page. should plan their visit. Shops, cafes, restaurants Hawkstone Road, Lower Road, Surrey Quays (between approximately 10:00 and 15:00 on Alternative arrangements are in place on DLR and transport links remain open. Road, Needleman Street, Poolmans Street and Sunday 28 April). Residents on foot are also services from Island Gardens. Thank you for your Timber Pond Road and may leave their cars at advised to use the pedestrian subway at the cooperation and Bacon’s College until the roads reopen. junction of The Highway and Glamis Road. understanding. @LondonMarathon VirginMoneyLondonMarathon.co.uk VirginMoneyLondonMarathon.co.uk @LondonMarathon PUBLIC TRANSPORT Full public transport information is available ROAD CLOSURE TIMETABLE at tfl.gov.uk Tube / Trains / DLR ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED MILE ROAD London Underground, London Overground CLOSURE OPENING and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) all have extra services on event day, and this is by far the Red Start Charlton Way 04:00 13:00 best way to get around. Tube services in central Blue Start Shooters Hill Road 04:00 13:00 areas will be running as normal, but please be aware that services may be extremely busy. The Red Route: Charlton Road 07:00 13:00 Jubilee, Circle and District lines, and DLR have 1 Blue Route: Shooters Hill Road 07:00 13:00 stops in close proximity to the Marathon route and are likely to be busier than usual. Red Route: Little Heath 07:00 13:00 2 Blue Route: Charlton Park Lane 07:00 13:00 Buses Red Route: Artillery Place 07:00 13:00 Buses travelling on roads affected by the 3 Marathon will either be diverted or will not run Blue Route: John Wilson Street 07:00 13:00 the full length of their route until after the event. 4 Woolwich Church Street 07:00 14:00 To find out more, visittfl.gov.uk/bus/status 5 Woolwich Road 07:00 14:00 Santander Cycles 6 Trafalgar Road 07:00 15:00 Some Santander Cycles docking stations located on the Marathon route will be suspended from 7 Creek Road 07:00 15:00 Saturday evening until Sunday evening. 8 Evelyn Street 08:00 14:00 River Services 9 Surrey Quays Road 08:00 16:00 MBNA Thames Clippers will be running services from central London to Greenwich Pier, where 10 Salter Road 08:00 16:00 it’s just a short walk to the Start at Blackheath/ 11 Brunel Road 08:00 16:00 Greenwich Park.