A NUMBER of roads will be closed today as thousands of runners take part in Basingstoke Half Marathon. 

If you are planning on travelling around Basingstoke be aware that your normal route may be affected.

A full list of temporary closures and times are below: 

Basingstoke Half Marathon 2019 - temporary road closure

Starts: 06 October 2019 for one day - various roads and times listed below

Full road closures are required on all the roads marked on the attached plans to allow for the safe passage of runners during the Basingstoke Half Marathon.

Hackwood Road, Basingstoke: Closure in both directions from the junction with Southern Road, up to the Hackwood Road roundabout – closure time: 8am until 12noon.

Hackwood Road between Hackwood Roundabout and Venture roundabout (southbound carriageway only), closure time 10am to 11.45am.

Closure of A339/Hackwood Road both directions from Venture roundabout to junction with Farleigh Road (B3046). This closure will be from 10am until 2.30pm. Access will remain only from Poynings Crescent and the Holiday Inn northbound. Diversion route for the A339 will be Tunworth Road and Huish Lane (see traffic management plan for details)

Closure of Farleigh Road (B3046) in both directions from junction with A339 to junction with The Avenue at Farleigh Wallop between 10am and 2.30pm.

Closure in both directions of Church Lane/Hackwood Lane/Northgate Lane between Cliddesden village and Ellisfield (junction with Grammarsham Lane) between 10am and 2.30pm.

Closure in both directions of Church Lane in Ellisfield up to junction with Green Lane Ellisfield, between 10am and 2.30pm.

Closure of Church Lane Ellisfield from junction with Green Lane to junction with College Lane at Wildmoor Farm between 10am and 2:30pm.

Closure of College Lane between junction with Church Lane at Wildmoor Farm and junction with Berrydown Lane between 10am and 2:30pm.

Closure of Berrydown Lane between junction with College Lane and junction with Green Lane between 10am and 2:30pm.

Closure of Green Lane between junction with Berrydown Road and Church Lane, Ellisfield between 10am and 2:30pm.

Closure of Grammarsham Lane between Ellisfield and the junction with Farleigh Road (B3046) 10am to 2:30pm.

Closure of Grove Road between Venture Roundabout and junction with Whistler Close, between 10am and 2.45pm.

Woods Lane between its junctions with Farleigh Road (B3046) and the Brighton Way/Cliddesden Lane/Hatch Warren Way roundabout between 10.00am and 2pm.

Traffic will be held up, using qualified TCOs on the A30 at the Hackwood Roundabout from 10.50am to 11.15am to allow safe passage of runners across the A30 Hackwood Road roundabout. Holding the traffic will prevent the need for longer road closures on the A30.

If you have any queries please contact Felicity Edwards on 01256 338415 or e-mail felicity.edwards@destinationbasingstoke.co.uk.