Colchester Half Marathon
Sun 16 Mar 2025 Colchester, Essex, UK

Colchester Half Marathon

An exciting stadium base and a route which takes you past iconic landmarks of the UK's oldest town with thousands of people cheering you on as you run through the centre!

  • Sun 16 Mar 2025
JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester

Colchester Half Marathon

09:00

Age 17 & over

£30-£32

  • 13.1 miles road running

Event overview

Starting and finishing at the JobServe Community Stadium - the route will take you past some of Colchester's iconic landmarks!

Thousands of people line the streets to cheer you on as you run through the city centre, and out into the scenic country lanes surrounding Colchester!

Run through the UK's oldest town

runners

  • All fitness levels
  • Event village
  • Newcomers
  • Spectators

Timetable

  • 07:00 | Parking venues open
  • 08:45 | Rolling road closures begin
  • 09:00 | Race starts
  • 13:00 | Rolling road closures finish

  • Bag storage
  • Changing facilities
  • Free parking
  • Rural
  • Toilets
  • Urban

Event HQ

JobServe Community Stadium
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5UP
UK

Free parking

At these venues:

  • JobServe Community Stadium
  • Woods Air Movement (Flakt Woods)
  • Colchester Park & Ride (A12 J28)
     

Parking is limited - please arrive early from 7am.

map

Parking for this year's event is at the JobServe Community Stadium, Woods Air Movement - with overflow parking allocated at the Colchester Park & Ride. There is a dedicated drop-off zone available at the Stadium via Boxted Straight Road.

Do not park at the Sports Park.

There are events taking place at the Park & Ride, Rugby Club, and Sports Park - so expect heavier-than-normal traffic on race-day by 8am - especially if travelling from A12.

  • Distance markers
  • First aid
  • Marshals
  • No headphones
  • Partly closed roads
  • Single start
  • Undulating
  • Water stations
  • Way markers

Route description

Road by road:

United Way (Myland), Boxted Road (Myland), Nayland Road, Mile End Road, Station Way (North Station roundabout), North Station Road, Middleborough, North Hill, High Street, East Hill, East Street, Ipswich Road, Severalls Lane, Wyncolls Road, Newcomen Way, The Crescent, Severalls Lane, Langham Road, Langham Lane, Moor Road (Langham), High Street (Langham) Old Mill Road (Langham), Dedham Road (Boxted), Boxted Road (Myland).

Map

map

Headphones

Under UK Athletics rules headphones are no longer permitted in events that take place on roads open to traffic and runners risk disqualification if spotted wearing headphones, with the exception of bone conducting headphones.

Water stations

The race contains 4 water stations, spread evenly across the route at miles 3, 6, 9 and 12.

volunteers

Road closures

Roads will be closed on a rolling basis and this starts from United Way at 8.45am and finishes at 1pm.

  • Cash prizes
  • Chip timing
  • Goody bag
  • Medal
  • Race photo

Prizes

There will be cash prizes for the top-3 male and female finishers, and the top-3 male and female veteran finishers – along with additional goodies from sponsors. 

Photos

All event photos will be uploaded to the official Facebook page following the event. There will also be photos uploaded to the official race photographers’ website for everyone to access.

The bling is immense - Sarah M

The Robin Cancer Trust

The Colchester Half Marathon is proud to support The Robin Cancer Trust and its mission to save lives!

This amazing local charity works tirelessly to deliver cancer awareness, education, and support to young people affected by cancer.

runner

  • Age 17 & over
  • Entries open
  • Enter online
  • Event merch available
  • Race pack by post

Entry fees

Entry fee (Unaffiliated)

£32.00

Entry fee (Affiliated)

£30.00

Just amazing! Superb event from start to finish. Brilliant organisation and every volunteer was great. Didn't feel like 1000s of runners as very slick. Unique course and north hill was epic. Loved the people chucking out bags of sweets halfway. Stadium fantastic for start and finish with lots of toilets. Great medal and t-shirt. Definitely do again - one of my fave races. Graham B

Utterly love this race, it's probably my favourite half yet, this year was my 4th year running it and although I didn't get a PB, I used it as a training run for Paris. Plenty of parking in the football ground, great atmosphere, warm-up area, doesn't take long at all to get over the start line, support along the way is good, nice scenic flattish course, and one big hill in it around 2 miles in, and other than that mainly flat, good value for money, excellent medal t-shirt and goody bag. I would highly recommend this race to anyone looking for a half marathon. Vicci M

The local support was outstanding, with lots of encouragement on the hilly sections, and only quiet down the country lanes. Kyla M

runners

Love this half, other than Great North Run, this has to be my favourite half, this was my third year running it and I always run it as a training run for my marathons. Close to home for me, great route, very well supported, great value for money, well marshalled and plenty of water stations! Highly recommended. Vicci M

From start to finish the race was excellently organised. Attention to detail in all aspects made the race extremely successful from a runner's point of view. From the location, registration, route, water points and the medal. A very worthwhile race and the value for money was second to none. Thank you Colchester. Bobby W

A well-organised welcoming event with some great support across the course. The route starts and finishes at the football stadium with plenty of spaces available. Chris W

Not a flat course but a unique one as you run through the UK's oldest town. Gregory H

It's a good race, the bling is immense and the goody bag is usually stocked with a standard banana, crisps and a Mars bar plus leaflets. The t-shirt is a decent cotton one, and the last three I've had are all different colours, however because it's cotton, it's probably not one that you would use for future sporting activities particularly. Sarah M

Reviews thanks to RaceCheck