London Marathon passes through Tower Hamlets – ROAD CLOSURES

On Sunday 24 April, the Virgin Money London Marathon will pass through Canary Wharf. Runners will race through Tower Hamlets as part of their route and will cross the iconic Tower Bridge when they reached the half-way point.

The route is the same as last year due to building work on Heron Quays Road. Roads will be closed 8am to 7pm so please check before you travel.

The Metro has compiled a full list of all road closures and bus diversions. Please check below.

These are the roads that will be closed:

Charlton Way: closed 7am, expected to open 12pm
Shooters Hill Road: closed 7am, expected to open 12pm
Charlton Road: closed 7am, expected to open 12pm
Little Heath: closed 7am, expected to open 12pm
Charlton Park Lane: 7am, expected to open
12pm Artillery Place: 7am, expected to open 12pm
John Wilson Street: 7am, expected to open 12pm
Woolwich Church Street: closed 7am, expected to open 2pm
Woolwich Road: closed 7am, expected to open 2pm
Trafalgar Road: closed 7am, expected to open 2pm
Creek Road: closed 7am, expected to open 2pm
Evelyn Street: closed 8am, expected to open 2pm
Surrey Quays Road: closed 8am, expected to open 4pm
Salter Road: closed 8am, expected to open 4pm
Brunel Road: closed 8am, expected to open 4pm
Jamaica Road: closed 8am, expected to open 4pm
Tower Bridge: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
The Highway (south side): closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Narrow Street: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Westferry Road: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
East Ferry Road: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Marsh Wall: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
North Colonnade: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Poplar High Street: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Commercial Road: closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
The Highway (north side): closed 8am, expected to open 7pm
Byward Street: closed 7am, expected to open 7pm
Upper Thames Street: closed 7am, expected to open 7pm
Victoria Embankment: closed 7am, expected to open 7pm
Birdcage Walk: closed 7am, expected to open 7pm

Here are the buses that will be on diversion:

1 Tottenham Court Road Station to Canada Water
3 Oxford Circus to Crystal Palace
11 Liverpool Street station to Fulham Broadway
12 Oxford Circus to Dulwich Library
15 Trafalgar Square to Blackwall station
24 Pimlico to Hampstead Heath
25 Oxford Circus to Ilford
29 Trafalgar Square to Wood Green station
42 Liverpool Street station to Denmark Hill
47 Shoreditch to Bellingham
51 Woolwich to Orpington station
53 Whitehall to Plumstead
54 Woolwich to Elmers End
78 Shoreditch to Nunhead
87 Aldwych to Wandsworth
88 Camden Town to Clapham Common
89 Lewisham to Slade Green
91 Trafalgar Square to Crouch End
96 Woolwich to Bluewater
99 Woolwich to Bexleyheath
100 Elephant & Castle to Shadwell
108 Stratford to Lewisham
115 Aldgate to East Ham
122 Plumstead station to Crystal Palace
129 Greenwich to North Greenwich station
132 Tooting Broadway station to Kingston
148 Camberwell Green to White City
159 Marble Arch to Streatham
161 North Greenwich station to Chislehurst
177 Peckham to Thamesmead
178 Lewisham to Woolwich
180 Lewisham to Belvedere industrial estate
188 North Greenwich bus station to Russell Square
199 Canada Water station to Bellingham
202 Blackheath to Crystal Palace
211 Waterloo station to Hammersmith
225 Canada Water to Hither Green
244 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Abbey Wood
277 Highbury & Islington station to Leamouth
286 Greenwich to Queen Mary’s Hospital
291 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Plumstead
341 County Hall to Lea Valley Tesco
343 City Hall to New Cross Gate
344 Liverpool Street station to Clapham Junction station
380 Lewisham to Belmarsh Prison
381 County Hall to Peckham
386 Blackheath Village to Woolwich
422 North Greenwich station to Bexleyheath
453 Marylebone station to Deptford Broadway
469 Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Erith
472 North Greenwich station to Thamesmead
486 North Greenwich station to Bexleyheath
C10 Victoria to Canada Water
D3 Bethnal Green Chest Hospital to Isle of Dogs
D6 Cambridge Heath to Isle of Dogs
D7 Mile End to Poplar
D8 Isle of Dogs to Stratford International
P12 Surrey Quays to Brockley Rise
RV1 Covent Garden to Tower Bridge

More information and any updates are available on the London Marathon 2016 website or on TfL.