London Marathon course map poster
The London Marathon starts in Blackheath and runs to Woolwich, where runners from the three starts meet just before Mile 3. It loops around Cutty Sark in Greenwich, runs through Rotherhithe and along Jamaica Road in Bermondsey, and crosses Tower Bridge just before halfway.
North of the river it heads east along The Highway to Westferry, then circles through Mudchute, Docklands and Canary Wharf. The last five miles come back along The Highway, past Tower Hill and down Victoria Embankment to Parliament Square, Birdcage Walk and the finish on The Mall. Our print draws the line from the Red Start on Charlton Way.
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The course
- Start
- Red Start, Charlton Way, Blackheath
- Finish
- The Mall, by Buckingham Palace
- Passes through
- Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Deptford, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Wapping, Shadwell, Limehouse, Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf, City of London, and Westminster
- Elevation
- Mostly flat. The first three miles are net downhill, and there's a short rise just before Tower Bridge.
Key facts
- First held
- 1981
- Month
- April
- Finishers
- 56,640 in 2025
- Organizer
- London Marathon Events
Along the way
- 6.5 mi (10.5 km)Cutty SarkThe course loops around the ship between Miles 6 and 7
- 12.4 mi (20.0 km)Tower BridgeThe crossing to the north bank, just before halfway
- 18.6 mi (30.0 km)Canary WharfTall buildings and narrow streets between Miles 15 and 20
- 21.1 mi (34.0 km)Rainbow Row, LimehouseA 250 m stretch that celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community, just past Mile 21
- 24.2 mi (39.0 km)Victoria EmbankmentAlong the Thames toward Westminster
- 25.6 mi (41.2 km)Birdcage WalkOne kilometer to go
- 26.2 mi (42.2 km)Buckingham PalaceThe final corner onto The Mall
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Questions
The Red Start on Charlton Way in Blackheath. Runners from the three starts meet just before Mile 3 in Woolwich, and from there the course is the same for everyone.
The course runs east along The Highway in Wapping between Miles 13 and 14, and comes back on the other side of the road between Miles 21 and 22.
In 2025, 56,640 people finished. That set the Guinness World Records title for the most finishers in a marathon.
Yes. The editor starts with the city as the title and the distance below it. Type your name, your finish time or the race date in the caption, and change any of the words you like.
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We draw each course along OpenStreetMap streets, following the organizer's official course map. It can differ slightly from the measured course, which follows the shortest line a runner can take.
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