What is the route of the 2024 London Marathon?
The route course has not changed in recent years – starting at Blackheath the route winds through Charlton and Woolwich before heading back into Greenwich.
It then moves north through Surrey Quays and west to Bermondsey before crossing the river north at Tower Bridge.
After heading east along The Highway, the course does a loop around Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs before heading through Blackwall, Poplar and Limehouse and returning to The Highway.
Runners then head weat all the way past the Tower of London, Monument, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, the Embankment and looping south with the Thames to Westminster Bridge.
They then turn west and travel along Birdcage Walk before heading past Buckingham Palace and to the finish line on The Mall.
Who won the 2023 London Marathon?
The men’s race was won by Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, with Brit Sir Mo Farah running his final London marathon and finishing in ninth.
Tragically Kiptum died in February 2024 at the age of just 24.
The London Marathon organisers plan to pay tribute to him ahead of the elite male race with 30 seconds of applause.
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan bagged the women’s title in 2023.
