{"id":49446,"date":"2025-04-25T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49446\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:13:10","slug":"london-marathon-2025-road-closures-essential-information-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49446\/","title":{"rendered":"London Marathon 2025 road closures: essential information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/london-marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Marathon<\/a> takes place on Sunday and to ensure the more than 56,000<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/london-marathon-freebies-deals-runners-supporters-b1224099.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> runners <\/a>can safely complete the 26.2-mile route major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roads<\/a> will be closed throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>The race crosses five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a> boroughs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/greenwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenwich<\/a>, Southwark, the City of London, Tower Hamlets and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/westminster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westminster<\/a>, so has a widespread impact.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a full breakdown of everything you need to know about road closures on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Which roads are closed for the London Marathon 2025?<\/p>\n<p>Closed roads will be marked with yellow road closure signs on the day. To help you plan, we\u2019ve outlined the roads below.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that roads close at different times, and not all will be closed for the entire day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canary Wharf (8am-8.30pm):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>East Ferry Road<\/li>\n<li>Marsh Wall<\/li>\n<li>Westerley Road<\/li>\n<li>Bank Street<\/li>\n<li>Upper Bank Street<\/li>\n<li>Charter Street<\/li>\n<li>Trafalgar Way<\/li>\n<li>Poplar High Street<\/li>\n<li>Limehouse<\/li>\n<li>West India Dock Road<\/li>\n<li>Commercial Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745586789_298_Canary-WharfGreenwich.png\" width=\"1570\" height=\"1102\" alt=\"Road closures in Canary Wharf and Greenwich for the London Marathon\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Road closures in Canary Wharf and Greenwich for the London Marathon<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlton Way and Shooters Hill Road (4am-2.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>St John\u2019s Park (7am-2.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>Charlton Park Road (7am-2.30pm) <\/li>\n<li>Shooters Hill Road (7am-2.30pm) <\/li>\n<li>Old Dover Road (7am-2.30pm) <\/li>\n<li>Little Heath (7am-2:30pm) <\/li>\n<li>Charlton Park Lane (7am-2.30pm) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Artillery Place (7am-2.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>John Wilson Street (7am-2.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>Woolwich Church Street (7am-3pm) <\/li>\n<li>Woolwich Road (7am-3pm) <\/li>\n<li>Trafalgar Road (7am-4pm) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Creek Road (7am-4pm) <\/li>\n<li>Romney Road (7am-4pm)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/greenwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenwich<\/a> Foot Tunnel: Open south to north on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> day, but expected to be busy. Closed north to south between 10.30am and 12.30am.<\/li>\n<li>Cutty Sark DLR: Cutty Sark Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station will be entry only on Sunday. Passengers will be unable to get off trains or leave the station. Only northbound services will operate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745586789_745_GreenwichCarlton.png\" width=\"1574\" height=\"1108\" alt=\"Road closures in Greenwich and Charlton for the London Marathon\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Road closures in Greenwich and Charlton for the London Marathon<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surrey Quays Road (8am-4pm) <\/li>\n<li>Salter Road (8am-4pm) <\/li>\n<li>Brunel Road (8am-4pm)<\/li>\n<li>Lower Road (8am-4pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745586790_719_Rotherhithe.png\" width=\"1566\" height=\"1102\" alt=\"Road closures in Rotherhithe for the London Marathon\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Road closures in Rotherhithe for the London Marathon<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jamaica Road (8am-4pm) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/tower-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tower Bridge<\/a> (8am-8.30pm) <\/li>\n<li>The Highway (south side) (8am-8.30pm) <\/li>\n<li>The Highway (north side) (8am-8.30pm) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Trafalgar Square (7.20am-10pm):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pall Mall East<\/li>\n<li>Cockspur Street<\/li>\n<li>Strand westbound (entire road),<br \/>\nStrand eastbound (between Trafalgar Square and Bedford Street)<\/li>\n<li>Charing Cross Road (between Strand and William IV Street)<\/li>\n<li>Duncannon Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well as those road closures, Queen Anne\u2019s Gate between Broadway and the entrance to St James\u2019s Park will be shut to the public.<\/p>\n<p>If your car is parked on any of the affected roads on April 27, it will be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers are urging drivers to move their vehicles by the evening of Saturday, April 26 as removals begin as early as 4am on marathon day.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the London Marathon 2025 website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.londonmarathonevents.co.uk\/london-marathon\/road-closures\">here<\/a> for more information on road closures specific to your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The London Marathon takes place on Sunday and to ensure the more than 56,000 runners can safely complete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,23421,257,17450,23422,16,15,3069],"class_list":{"0":"post-49446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greenwich","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-london-marathon","14":"tag-roads","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-westminster"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114398783312244044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}