ABP Marathon Festival – Sunday 3 May 2026! Temporary road closures in Highfield and Portswood and other info below!

Now in its 10th year – it’s tomorrow! Events range from the 5k to 10k to Fun Run to the Marathon. There’s live music and entertainment to fitness classes and activities, and the Spitfire display is at 8.30am.

We understand that road closure signage has been in place for the last three weeks. There’s more information on the website and see below specifically re temporary road closures for Portswood and Highfield from 8am to 3pm: https://www.southamptonmarathon.co.uk/residents-info

A Park and Ride will be operating a Saturday service for this Sunday only. The car park opens at 6.30am and the first bus is at 7am with buses running every 20 minutes.

Good luck to all the runners!

Some info from SCC ‘City News’ and also from the official ABP Marathon Festival website