Great North Run 2025: Road closures, route, start time, baggage and everything else you need to know

It's that time of year again. Around 60,000 runners are expected to turn out for Sunday's Great North Run.

Spectators will also line the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle to South Shields to cheer the participants on. A number of Teessiders are taking on the 44th world-famous half-marathon including Middlesbrough [1] mum Suzanne Webb to raise money for the hospital where her daughter receives treatment [2] for arthritis and actor Neil Grainger for Zoe's Place baby hospice [3] where he has just become a patron.

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Here's a guide to the 2025 AJ Bell Great North Run which will explain all there is to know about the big day on September 7.

There is information here too for spectators, including travel tips and best places to watch the action, as well as that all-important weather [4] forecast which is being updated regularly - as with all aspects of the guide - right up to the date of the event.