Peterborough: Great Eastern Run Road Closures

7 October 2013, 14:02 | Updated: 11 October 2013, 12:53

Details of road closures during the Great Eastern Run in Peterborough on Sunday have been confirmed by the City Council.

The half marathon will start and end at the Embankment.

 >> See details of times, parking information and a map of the route

The following roads will be closed between around 9:50am and 10:45am

Rivergate, Bourges Boulevard (southbound) from the Queensgate roundabout, Priestgate, Cathedral Square, Long Causeway, Broadway.

The race will leave the Embankment, turning right on to Rivergate, then left onto the southbound lane of Bourges Boulevard and turning right onto Priestgate.

Competitors will then head to Bridge Street emerging opposite the Town Hall before making their way through Cathedral Square and up onto Long Causeway and Broadway.

The following roads will also be closed from 9.30am until 1.30pm because the race will pass through these roads twice – as the runners head both in and out of the city:

Park Road between All Saints Road and Dogsthorpe Road

Dogsthorpe Road between Garton Avenue and Lawn Avenue

Lawn Avenue between Dogsthorpe Road and St Paul's Road

St Paul's Road between Lawn Avenue and Fulbridge Road

Fulbridge Road between St Pauls Road and Francis Garden

In addition, the route will result in the following road closures:

Park Crescent between 9.30am and 11am

Broadway from its junction with Princes Gate and Park Crescent between 9.30am and 11am

Princes Gate and Princes Gardens between 9.30am and 1.30pm

Eastfield Road from its junction with Princes Gardens to the Boongate roundabout between 9.30am and 1.30pm

St John's Street and Vineyard Road between 9.30am and 1.30pm

All roads will reopen as the final runner passes each of the mile markers. 

This is expected to take approximately 15 minutes for each mile.

Click here to visit the Peterborough Great Eastern Run website to get more information.