Full list of road closures set to be in place for Manchester Marathon 2026 this weekend
Travel warning issued ahead of busiest weekend of the year for Manchester Marathon. Credit: Supplied
The adidas Manchester Marathon returns to the streets of Greater Manchester this weekend.
Known for its flat route and incredible Mancunian crowd support, the Manchester Marathon returns this Sunday (19 April 2026) – welcoming more than 42,000 participants and 140,000 spectators for one of the UK’s biggest running events.
Now the second-largest marathon in the UK and one of the biggest in Europe, Manchester Marathon attracts both elite athletes, charity participants, and first-time marathoners alike.
The event is, once again, set to place Greater Manchester at the centre of the UK running calendar, bringing communities together across the city’s streets.
Millions of vital funds will also be raised for official charities, like The Christie, Cancer Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society, and British Heart Foundation, alongside other associate charities.
And, of course, in order for the event to take place as smoothly and safely as possible, Manchester City Council has announced that a number of road closures and other measures will be put in place across the weekend.
Here’s everything you need to know.
The adidas Manchester Marathon returns on Sunday 19 April!
— Manchester City Council (@ManCityCouncil) April 11, 2026
Road closures will be in effect in parts of Manchester as thousands of runners raise millions for charity, visit https://t.co/mfxYlLe1z5 for full details about road closures. pic.twitter.com/UjS0vtsO4n
Manchester Marathon 2026 – Road Closures
6am on Saturday 18 April – 4am on Monday 20 April:
- Oxford Road – from Grosvenor Street to Hulme Street
- Rosamond Street West – from Oxford Road to Jenkinson Street
- Booth Street West – from Higher Cambridge Street to Oxford Road
- Booth Street East – from Oxford Road to Rumford Street
- Dover Street – from Oxford Road to Brighton Place
- Ackers Street – from Oxford Road to Portsmouth Street
- Chester Street – from Oxford Road to Chester Street car park entrance
- Newman Street – from Oxford Road to Loverose Way
- Sidney Street – from Oxford Road to Grosvenor Street
- Grosvenor Street – from Oxford Road to Upper Brook Street
- Cavendish Street – from Oxford Road to Lower Ormond Street
- York Street – from Grosvenor Street to end of street
Sunday 19 April
From 4:30am to 11:59pm
- Oxford Road – from Whitworth St West to Hulme Street
- Wakefield Street – from James Leigh Street to Oxford Road
- New Wakefield Street – from Great Marlborough Street to Oxford Road
- Hulme Street – from Great Marlborough Street to Oxford Road
- Charles Street – from Oxford Road to York Street
- Chester Street – from Chester Street car park entrance to Cambridge Street
- Rosamond Street West – from Boundary Lane to Higher Cambridge Street
From 4:30am to 7pm
- Newman Street – from Loverose Way to Princess Street
- Higher Ormond Street – from Lower Ormond Street to Boundary Street West
- Lower Chatham Street – from Lower Chatham Street to Boundary Street West
- Boundary Street West – from Higher Cambridge Street to Higher Ormond Street
- Rosamond Street West – from Higher Cambridge Street to Jenkinson Street
- Higher Cambridge Street – from Cavendish Street to Lloyd Street North
- Burlington Street – from Pencroft Way to Higher Cambridge Street
- Lloyd Street North – from Higher Cambridge Street to Monton Street
- Denmark Road – from Pencroft Way to Aberdeen Street
- Cecil Street – from Denmark Road to Dilworth Street
- Acomb Street – from Denmark Road to Dilworth Street
- Sanctury Close – from Acomb Street to end of close
- Burleigh Street – from Denmark Road to end of street
- Aberdeen Street – from Denmark Road to end of street
From 4:30am to 8pm
- Oxford Road – from Grafton Street to Hathersage Road
- Grafton Street – from Oxford Road to Nelson Street Hospital Entrance
- Nelson Street – from Oxford Road to Hospital Access Road
- Denmark Road – from Aberdeen Street to Oxford Road
From 7:30am to 1pm
- Chester Road – from Chester Road to Deansgate Interchange
- Chester Road – from Deansgate Interchange to Bridgewater Viaduct
- Great Jackson Street – from Chester Road to Silvercroft Street
- Bridgewater Viaduct – from Chester Road to Whitworth Street West
- Deansgate – from Chester Road to Owen Street
- Westbound off slip – from A57(M) to Deansgate Interchange
- Eastbound off slip – from A57(M) to Deansgate Interchange
- Chorlton Road – from Deansgate Interchange to Stretford Road
- Jackson Crescent – from Chorlton Road to Barrhill Close
- Royce Road – from Shawgreen Close to Elisa Street
- Lower Moss Lane – from Chester Road to Bramfield Walk
- Barrack Street – from Chester Road to Tatton Street
- Hulme Hall Road – from Chester Road to Ellesmere Street
- Manson Avenue – from Chester Road to Malt Street
- Malt Street – from Chester Road to Manson Avenue
- Princess Street – from Bridgewater Way to Nancey Street
- Ellesmere Street – from Chester Road to Hulme Hall Road
- Trentham Street – from Chester Road to Dinton Street
- Cornbrook Road – from Chester Road to Dinton Street
From 7:30am to 2pm
- Stretford Road – from Chorlton Road to Talbot Road
From 8:30am to 6:30pm
- Edge Lane – from Kings Road to Wilbraham Road
- Edge Lane – from Wilbraham Road to Kingshill Road
- Ryebank Road – from Daresbury Road to Edge Lane
- Hampton Road – from Daresbury Road to Edge Lane
- Wilbraham Road – from Edge Lane to Albany Road
- Whitelow Road – from York Road to Wilbraham Road
- Manchester Road – from Nicolas Road to Wilbraham Road
- Brundretts Road – from Groby Road to Wilbraham Road
From 9am to 6:30pm
- Barlow Moor Road – from Groby Road to Manchester Road
- Nicolas Road – from Manchester Road to Manchester Road
- Manchester Road – from Barlow Moor Road to Seymour Grove
- Longford Road – from Oswald Road to Manchester Road
- Brantingham Road – from Keppel Road to Manchester Road
- Kensington Road – from Oswald Road to Manchester Road
- Railway Terrace and Buckingham Road – from Clarendon Road West to Manchester Road
- Stratton Road – from Strathmore Avenue to Manchester Road
- Upper Chorlton Road – from Seymour Grove to Chorlton Road
- Sylvan Road – from Upper Chorlton Road to Whalley Road
From 9am to 7pm
- Chorlton Road – from Upper Chorlton Road to Stretford Road
- Stretford Road – from Chorlton Road to Cavendish Street
- Bonsall Street – from Bus Gate to Stretford Road
- Slip Road (Southbound off slip) – from Princess Road to Stretford Road
- Epping Street – from gates to Oxford Court (allowing access) to Stretford Road
- Cavendish Street – from Stretford Road to Cambridge Street
- Boundary Lane – from Stretford Road to Bronte Street
- Burlington Street – from Boundary Lane to Pencroft Way
From 10am to 5:30pm
- Oswald Road – from Kensington Road to Wilbraham Road
There will also be a number of one-way traffic restrictions in place, even including on the M60 Junction 7, Chester Road (clockwise and anti clockwise slip roads closed) from 6.30am to 7.30pm on the Sunday (19 April).
Parking restrictions will also place.
For more information about all the road closures, traffic and parking suspensions for the weekend can be found on the Manchester City Council website here.
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