North Swindon MP Supports Plans For Swindon Half Marathon

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has met with Graeme Hardie from 113 Events, a small, family-run, event organiser, who are charged with putting on this year’s Swindon Half Marathon.

Graeme showed Justin the new course and they both discussed a number of potential sponsorship opportunities to help support the event.

Starting and finishing in the town centre, the new course is largely very flat, and brings runners through the various highlights of the town including the Magic Roundabout, the County Ground, the Oasis, the Railways, the McArther Glenn Outlet Village as well as Old Town before a downhill finish into the Town Centre, where the finish will be under the big screen of Wharf Green.

With a split start finish, this will mean that rather than closing off the area for local residents and making it impossible for them to drive anywhere whilst the race is on, there’ll still be roads open for people to be able to go about their daily business. The town centre provides parking for several thousand cars, and the new car parks in Princess street or the rear of Debenhams provide a 0.4 mile walk to the start, and just a 0.3 mile walk from the finish.

Justin Tomlinson MP said: “133 Events have done a great job with setting out the initial logistics of this year’s half marathon including making some necessary changes. The event will bring people into our town, emphasising its highlights and will also provide a big boost to the town centre.”