Dreams Come True
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Dreams Come True

Making dreams come true to bring joy to seriously ill children. Support this great cause and join the Dreams Come True team taking part in The Big Half on Sunday 7 September. Sign up today for £20!

  • Sun 7 Sep 2025
Tower Bridge, London > Greenwich Park, London

The Big Half

08:30

Age 17 & over

Sign up £20

Fundraise £350

  • 13.1 miles road running

Event overview

The Big Half has an unmissable festival atmosphere – and everyone's invited!

Brought to you by the organisers of London's famous marathon, you can get set for 13.1 miles of fun today taking in some of the marathon route from a completely different perspective!

Highlights

  • London's community half

    Bringing together Londoners of all backgrounds and runners of all abilities from everywhere.

  • Running festival

    A party atmosphere is promised and a route banked with cheering supporters too!

  • four of London's boroughs

    Enjoy the traffic-free city on some of the famous marathon route in the reverse direction.

Event video

  • All fitness levels
  • Event expo
  • Event village
  • Families
  • Fancy dress
  • Newcomers
  • Spectators
  • Wheelchair users

Timetable

  • 08:25 | Elite Wheelchair race then Elite Men and Women
  • 08:30 | First mass wave
  • 10:00 | Then waves every 10 minutes until 10am.

Other weekend events

The New Balance Big Relay covers the same course in four legs and the Big Mile is free, family-friendly event that takes place on the same finishing stretch, ending at the Cutty Sark.

  • Bag storage
  • Cafe
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Toilets
  • Urban

Event HQ

Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge Road
London
Greater London
SE1 2AA
UK

  • Distance markers
  • First aid
  • Flat
  • Marshals
  • Point to point
  • Traffic free
  • Water stations
  • Wave start

Overview

The 13.1-mile route of The Big Half and the New Balance Big Relay starts on The Highway by Tower Bridge and finishes beside the historic Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

The route passes through the four London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich – taking in Canary Wharf, Wapping, Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe and Deptford along the way – before finishing at the iconic sailing ship.

Map

The Big Half route map
THE BIG HALF ROUTE MAP
From the mighty Tower Bridge to the Cutty Sark along some of the famous marathon route (in reverse!) covering four London boroughs on the way.

  • Recycling
  • Sustainability policy
  • Trees not tees

This event aims to inspire and deliver innovation in mass participation event sustainability.

Sustainability

  • Bottles and cups

    Recycle every plastic bottle.

  • Emmissions

    Reduce power usage and use hydrotreated vegetable oil in generators.

  • Waste

    Waste separation to aid recycling and plastic-free finisher bags made from sugarcane.

  • Trees not tees

    Participants can opt to plant a tree rather than receive a t-shirt, planting the seed for sustainable change.

  • Chip timing
  • Goody bag
  • Massage
  • Medal
  • Training plan
  • T-shirt

T-shirt and medal

The fabulous medal and t-shirts for The Big Half have been designed in collaboration with ASRA Club, a running club and community space placing Muslim women at the forefront of sports, wellness and sisterhood.

Event photos

Make your memories of The Big Half last forever by purchasing a digital photo package!

  • Age 17 & over
  • 16000 places
  • Entries open
  • Charity entries open until 08/08/2025
  • Charity places
  • Enter online

How to enter The Big Half

There are 3 ways to secure your place in this fantastic event:

  • General entries
  • Resident (community) entries
  • Charity places are available from free + sponsorship pledge

 

Charity entries

You can secure a charity place in The Big Half and get sponsored for your half marathon miles to support an important cause.

Entry fees

Entry fee

£56.50

Entry fee

£0.00

Really great atmosphere and great for chasing down that PB!! Would recommend to every runner. Lucy R

It was fun running over Tower Bridge. Lynsey K

It's a great race with a big crowd of runners. Connor D

This is my favourite half marathon. I love the route as it takes in some great parts of London- including Tower Bridge and ends up in Greenwich. 

It has great PB potential. Sarah M

 

I loved the route. Running through parts of London I’ve never visited before. Support was fantastic. I got goosebumps running over London Bridge because the support was so loud.

A great sized medal and a nice T-shirt and food bits at the end. Dan M

It's a flat, fast course with a great atmosphere, fantastic crowds spectating and the medal and T-shirt are very nice. David A

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