Northampton Half Marathon

The Northampton Half Marathon is back for it's eighth year and is established as the town's showcase running event, as well as more charities and local communities getting involved.

The course is a good mix of town centre running and country lanes bringing together the heritage of Northampton's industrial past and the pretty surrounding countryside.

The race starts in the shadow of the imposing Guildhall and initially routes up to the Race Course via St. Giles Street and Kettering Road, following the perimeter of the Race Course the course heads back ito town via Barrack Road , Lady's Lane and Abington Street and back to the Guildhall completing the 5k Town Centre section.

The course then heads down to Beckets Park via the cultural museum and Derngate theatre before heading to the banks of the river Nene. We follow the river to the white water centre and then into Brackmills and then out into the country to Great Houghton.

From there it is back into Brackmills and then to the finish on the front lawn of Delapre Abbey.