London Marathon 2025 road closures: all the essential information you need to plan ahead this weekend

If you weren’t already aware, more than 56,000 people will be stampeding around the capital on Sunday for the 2025 London Marathon. And thousands more will be filling up the pavements with signs, packs of Haribos and party poppers to cheer them on. 

Suffice to say, central London is going to be chock-a-block. To accommodate all those runners and their families and friends, loads of roads across Greenwich, Southwark, the City of London, Tower Hamlets and Westminster will need to be closed off to vehicles. If you’re worried about how that might affect your weekend plans, keep reading. 

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What time does the London Marathon 2025 start?

The marathon begins with the wheelchair race at 8.50am. After that, groups will set off at staggered times. You can see those exact times here. But lots of roads will be closed well before and after that. 

Which roads are closed for the London Marathon 2025?

Westcombe Park

A section of Shooters Hill Road will close from 4am on Sunday to allow for set-up. Then the following roads will be closed at 7am and are expected to reopen by 2.30pm or 3pm: Shooters Hill Road, St Johns Park, Old Dover Road, Charlton Way, Vanbrugh Park, Charlton Road, Charlton Park Road, Charlton Park Lane and Woolwich Road (A206). 

Canary Wharf

Roads in Canary Wharf will be shut from 8am to 8.30pm. That includes new roads to have been made part of the route, Montgomery Street, Water Street and Charter Street. 

Woolwich 

From 7.30am to 2.30pm, Artillery Place and John Wilson Street will be shut. Woolwich Church Street and Woolwich Road are closing from 7am to 3pm and Trafalgar Road will be inaccessible to cars from 7am to 4pm. 

Greenwich 

Romney Road, Creek Road and part of Greenwich Church Street in Greenwich will be shut to cars from 7am to 4pm. Cars will be able to cross at the vehicle crossing point on Creek Road before 8.40am and after around 2.15pm. 

Isle of Dogs 

Most roads on the Isle of Dogs will be closed on Sunday. If you have to drive onto it between 8am and 8.30pm, you’ll need to go via the A13 East India Dock Road, Leamouth Road to Leamouth Roundabout and take Blackwall Way to access Prestons Road. If you need to drive out, you’ll have to use Yabsley Street, Blackwall Way, and Leamouth Roundabout to access the A13 East India Dock Road.  

Deptford 

Evelyn Street will shut from 8am to 4pm. 

Rotherhithe

In Rotherhithe, expect closures on Surrey Quays Road, Salter Road, Brunel Road and Jamaica Road between 8am and 4pm.  

Wapping

In Wapping, roads closed to vehicles from 8am until 8.30pm are Tower Bridge, the Highway (south side and north side), Narrow Street, Westferry Road and Commercial Road. 

Westminster

The Mall and Marlborough Road will be shut from 5am on Thursday 24 April and reopen at 6pm on Monday 28 April. Spur Road, Constitution Hill, Horse Guards Road and Birdcage Walk (eastbound) are closing from 6am on Friday to 6am on Monday. Birdcage Walk westbound is closing from 6am on Saturday until 6am on Monday. 

Trafalgar Square

Several roads around Trafalgar Square will be closed down from 7.30am to 9pm for the event. They include Pall Mall East, Cockspur Street, Strand westbound (entire road), Strand eastbound (between Trafalgar Square and Bedford Street), Charing Cross Road (between Strand and William IV Street) and Duncannon Street.

Queen Anne’s Gate

For the first time, Queen Anne’s Gate between Broadway and the entrance to St James’s Park will be shut for the London Marathon to accommodate an increased number of spectators. TCS London Marathon says that it’ll be closed down as and when needed between 11am and 6pm to help manage the flow of spectators. 

Parking will be available as normal and Queen Anne’s Gate will still be accessible via Carteret Street and Dartmouth Street.

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London Underground on marathon day

Expect trains across central London to be very, very busy. Cutty Sark DLR station will be entrance only, you can only use it to get somewhere else in the city. 

Buses on marathon day

While the marathon is on – as well as when it is being set-up and taken-down – bus routes along the route will either be diverted or will not run the length of their usual journey.