Southampton Running Festival August 2025

Sun, Aug 31, 2025
Southampton Common, Southampton
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Enjoy a morning spin around Southampton Common with this cheery Running Festival brought to you by the ever-popular RunThrough. This course features woodland, lakes, parkland, and much more. It is also a perfect course for beginners and PB hunters alike.

5k, 10k, Half Marathon, and 2 more

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Sun, Aug 31, 2025

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Southampton, United Kingdom

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Where and when

Location
Southampton Common, The Avenue, Southampton SO15 7NN, UK
Start times
5k: 10:05 AM10k: 10:00 AMHalf Marathon: 9:30 AMGroup of 6 Booking: 9:30 AMJunior Race: TBC

Event summary

Here are the distances available for Southampton Running Festival August 2025
5k
5km
£24
10k
10km
£26
Half Marathon
13.1mi
£30
Group of 6 Booking
£23.33

Route information

This festival of running offers a Half Marathon, 10k, and 5k all will be loops around the same course. The routes are gently undulating along tarmac paths before finishing under the arch on the gravel stretch adjacent to the event village. Embrace the fantastic woodland, grassland, ponds, wetlands and lakes as you zoom around this amazing course.

What's included

  • Finisher's Medal
  • Chip-timed Results
  • Free event photographs
  • Post-race snacks

How to get there

Southampton Common, The Avenue, Southampton SO15 7NN, UK
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Parking
There is parking available around the surrounding area of the common as well as multiple car parks within the city centre that are only a short walk away.

Event day logistics

09:30 am - Half Marathon starts
10:00 am- 10k starts
10:05 am - 5k starts
12:00 pm - Juniors starts
Age Requirements
  • 5k: Participants must be 11 years or older to participate
  • 10k: Participants must be 15 years or older to participate
  • Half Marathon: must be 17 years or older to participate
  • Juniors: must be 11 and under to participate
Race Packs
Race Packs must be collected on the day of the event, before the start of your race, from registration. Please be aware that you will not receive anything in the post.

FAQs

Is there parking available at the Southampton Running Festival?
There is parking available around the surrounding area of the common as well as multiple car parks within the city centre that are only a short walk away.
How old do I have to be to enter the Southampton Running Festival?
Participants must be 11 years or older to enter the 5k, 15 years or older to enter the 10k, or 17 years or older to enter the Half Marathon.
What is the terrain like at the Southampton Running Festival?
The route will be all on undulating tarmac paths before finishing on the gravel stretch adjacent to the event village.

Reviews

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Results & Photos

33 Broadwick St, London W1F 0DQ

Reg number 10083277

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