Route confirmed for 2017 Redbrik Chesterfield Half Marathon
Organisers have confirmed the route for the 2017 Redbrik Chesterfield Half Marathon.
The recently re-launched event, which will take place on 22 October in aid of Ashgate Hospicecare and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, among other good causes, will start and finish in Queen’s Park in Chesterfield town centre.
Runners can still sign up for the all-new half marathon, with the 13-mile course taking in most of Chesterfield and the surrounding areas. Entries are also open for the family-friendly fun run, which will take place in Queen’s Park in tandem with the main race.
The route will see runners head out of Queen’s Park before turning right along West Bars, into the town centre and past the market square, before looping round the town’s iconic crooked spire and onto the A617 down towards Temple Normanton.
From there, the route will come back up along Mansfield Road, through Corbriggs and Hasland and past Eastwood Park, before heading over the A617, onto Spital Lane and left onto the A632, and back into the town centre.
Heading up Vicar Lane and onto Church Lane, the route will then take in Rose Hill, Chatsworth Road, Barker Lane and Old Hall Road, before turning left along Ashgate Road and past the HQ of event charity partner, Ashgate Hospicecare.
The final two miles of the route will take in Old Road, before coming back onto Chatsworth Road, along the A619 and into Queen’s Park to the finish line.
More than 600 runners have already signed up for the 2017 event, with a month still to go before race registration closes.
As well as the main race, there will also be the one-mile fun run plus catering stalls and entertainment in Queen’s Park.
John Timms, events director at MLS Contracts Ltd, organisers of the 2017 Redbrik Chesterfield Half Marathon, said:-
“We’re really looking forward to the all-new Redbrik Chesterfield Half Marathon, which we are aiming to turn into the biggest public mass-participation event in the region.
“An event such as a half marathon is crucial to Chesterfield and its regional economy, and this year’s route will take in all of Chesterfield’s wonderful sights. We’re now looking forward to seeing hundreds of runners put their best foot forward on October 22 for what is sure to be an outstanding event.”
For more information about the event click here.
