Video of new Half Marathon and 10K routes

The 2016 Rochdale Half Marathon

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A video of the new Williams BMW Rochdale Half Marathon and 10K routes has been released.

Runners will start at Rochdale Town Hall and set out on new traffic-free courses taking in some of the borough’s best countryside scenes.

The half marathon leaves the town hall along the Esplanade and runs the edge of Broadfield Park, before heading through to the Rochdale Canal at Oldham Road Basin. The route heads past Kingsway Business Park and Smithy Bridge along the canal. Close to the Waterside Restaurant the route leaves the tow path and up Hollingworth Road towards Hollingworth Lake, making a clockwise loop of the lake before returning down Hollingworth Road and back on to the canal. The race retraces its outward route from the Town Hall until it reaches Broadfield Park, where runners will go through the park before re-joining The Esplanade for the final sprint to the finish line.

The 10K follows the same route as the half marathon on to the canal, but leaves the canal at the swing bridge at Kingsway Business Park, making a loop of scenic cycleways, before returning to the canal and the same finishing route as the half marathon.

Williams BMW Rochdale Half Marathon, 10K and Fun Run is organised by Middleton Harriers, Rochdale Harriers and Rochdale Triathlon Club supported by Rochdale Borough Council.

Springhill Hospice is the official charity for the races.