Frequently Asked Questions

The 2025 Royal Parks Half Marathon will take place on Sunday 12 October 2025. 

The ballot for 2025 closed on Friday 7 February 2025. For those who missed the chance to enter or were unsuccessful in the ballot, you can still run with a charity place. We have hundreds of charity partners you can fundraise for by running the Royal Parks Half. 

You’ll be able to find out which charities have places to offer here.

The race will start and finish along South Carriage Drive in Hyde Park. This is also the location of our event village including bag drop. W3W: ///guard.tape.coach

You can view our 2024 route map here.

You must be at least 17 years old on Sunday 12 October 2025 (race day) to take part.

Ballot runners who are unable to take part will have the option to transfer their place to another runner via their participant dashboard in June.

Please note: If you were successful in the UK resident ballot, you can only transfer your place to another UK resident. Transfers from a UK resident ballot place to an international participant are not permitted.

The new participant will need to pay a £5 transfer fee at the time of registration. All transfers must be completed prior to Monday 1 September at 17:00 as this is when our runner registration closes. After registration closes, we will not be able to assist with any transfers, including those where an invitation has been sent but not yet completed.

The transfer of places is only available to ballot place runners. If you have a charity or corporate place, you’ll need to get in touch with your relevant contact to discuss your options.

You can access your participant dashboard via your original confirmation of registration email. 

We have a cut-off time of 4 hours after the last wave has started. 

You can view our runner terms and conditions here.

The public ballot for the 2025 Royal Parks Half Marathon opened on Monday 27 January and closed on Friday 7 February at 17:00 GMT.

Successful participants must confirm and register their place before Monday 3 March at 17:00 GMT or they will forfeit the place.

Yes, you can still participate in the Royal Parks Half if you are unsuccessful in the ballot. 

Each year we have hundreds of charity partners you can fundraise for by running the Royal Parks Half. You’ll be able to find out which charities have places to offer in February here.

When entering the ballot, there was an option to pay the entry fee upfront. 

Those who chose to do this and were unsuccessful in the first ballot will be entered into a second chance ballot. The results of the second chance will be shared on Thursday 6 March.