The Northampton Half Marathon is coming!

On the 25^th September we take to the streets of Northampton for the half marathon, Northampton Size 6 (6.9 miles) and the Northampton Half Marathon relay for the last time – well on this route anyway if all goes to plan!

So it’s the time to enjoy the sights of Northampton – course is a little different from your usual town centre half marathon!  We start in the shadow of the historical Guildhall in the centre of Northampton, past the Charles Rennie Macintosh House.  The course takes you past St Giles Church, on to Abington Street past BBC Radio Northampton and the art deco Old Savoy and passing under the watchful eye of the Charles Bradlaugh statue and one of the Northampton War Memorials.  Along Kettering road and in to the stunning Racecourse Park and then though the park gates on to Barrack Road past the amazing modern architecture of the Northampton International Academy.

After crossing Campbell Square then its on to Sheep Street, past the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is over 900 years old and turning back on to Abington Street.  You then turn on to Wood Hill, past the War Memorial designed by Edward Lutyens (he designed the Cenotaph in London) and back past the start line. Then it’s downhill past the Royal and Derngate Theatre and the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery across Victoria Promenade and into the picturesque Beckets Park following the river Nene past the University buildings and the Arc floating restaurant.

Once you have crossed the bridge at the White Water Centre then you follow the tree lined paths of Brackmills before climbing the renowned “pink hill” and up into Great Houghton where a great view of the town below awaits. It’s then downhill through the Brackmills Country Park , along the paths and into Delapre, past the Golf Course through woodland before the route opens up into the South Lawn at Delapre for a beautiful backdrop to the finish with the sounds of a gospel choir to bring you home.