Event overview
This festival weekend has the privilege of starting the Richmond Half Marathon and Richmond Marathon inside the beautiful Kew Gardens as well as hosting the Richmond 10K completely within the Royal Botanical Gardens.
As part of the 2012 Olympic legacy pledge, a series of WWF kids and family mile races for over 1,000 kids is held at Old Deer Park.
The events are beginner-friendly and locally organised in Richmond Upon Thames.
Highlights
Richmond's running festival weekend
Featuring 'the world's most scenic marathon' through London's greenest borough.
Free access to Kew Gardens
Rare opportunity to run in the stunning Royal Botanic Gardens.
Music, entertainment
Finish your run with a family fun music festival and fitness expo.
Famously good rewards
Amazing male and female cut tech T-shirts, chunky medals and free beer!
Event photos
Charity places
These charities have places in the event. To secure your place, select a charity and provide your details.
Mental health
SANE
Supporting those affected by mental illness to change mental health for good.
- Running vest
- Fundraising support
- Dedicated contact
- Certificate
Sign up
£25
Fundraise
£330
Health and Medical
Meningitis Research Foundation
Defeating meningitis and septicaemia.
- Technical t-shirt
- Running vest
- Fundraising support
- Fundraising materials
- Dedicated contact
- Exclusive social group
Sign up
£15
Fundraise
£300
- All fitness levels
- Event expo
- Event village
- Families
- Fancy dress
- Free venue entry
- Newcomers
- Spectators
- Teams
Dogs
Dogs are not allowed inside Kew Gardens but are welcome at the finish line in Old Deer Park.
- Bag storage
- Bag transfer
- Bar
- Cafe
- Entertainment
- Music
- Paid parking
- Park
- Toilets
Event HQ
Old Deer Park
Twickenham Road
Richmond
Greater London
TW9 2SF
UK
This event offers a rare chance to run in the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - alongside The Palm House, The Pagoda, Kew Palace, Museum No 1, The Temperate House, The Hive and Syon House.
- Distance markers
- Entertainment
- First aid
- Flat
- Marshals
- No headphones
- Out and back
- PB
- Point to point
- Sweeper
- Toilets
- Traffic free
- Water stations
- Wave start
- Way markers
Overview
Be part of London’s most exclusive event! The Richmond Half Marathon is part of a weekend which also includes the Richmond RUN-FEST Marathon, and the Kew Gardens 10K. The Half and Full Marathon start within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and will finish in a music festival in Old Deer Park in Richmond.
Tour the gardens before passing historical assets including Ham House, Richmond Palace, Teddington Lock, and the meandering River Thames, finishing at a fantastic finish festival and fitness expo with live music in Old Deer Park.
Map
Water stations
There will be a water station approximately every 3 miles.
The Richmond Half Marathon has water stations at 3 miles (water), 7.5 miles (water and Maurten drink), 9.7 miles (Water), 11.6 miles (water) and at the finish line.
Pacers
Sustainability
- Public transport links
- Recycling
- Chip timing
- Goody bag
- Medal
- Technical t-shirt
Included
- Best medal in London
- Amazing tech tee (inc. Female cut)
- Supporters free entry into Kew Gardens* (4 spectators plus runner). Normally £16 per adult. (*Before 9am)
- Flat Fast picturesque course starting inside a Botanical Garden & finishing in a music festival
- Motivating pacers to help you achieve your goal.
- Great goody bag inc. post-race snacks and drink
- Course entertainment including DJ’s and cheer stations
- Clearly marked and measured UKA certified course (Licence ID: 2024-47798)
- Marshals and sweep marshals
- First Aid in place throughout the course
- Entry before 9am
RUN-FEST organisation and crowd support is second-to-none, fantastic atmosphere the whole way around and wonderful happy volunteers at the end.