Blenheim Palace Half, 10k & Fun Run

Timing chip

A medal for all finishers

Parking at Blenheim Palace

Water stops en route and at the finish line.

Access to luggage stores

Post-event massage (for small donation)

Full route signage and marshalling

Downloadable map

Training guidance

Fundraising support

Blenheim Palace Estate, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PX

Getting there by car

Blenheim Palace is a 20-minute drive from Oxford on the edge of Woodstock; about an hour and a half from London and Birmingham.

There is plenty of free parking at the palace. To avoid queues and congestion, please allow at least one hour to arrive and park at the Palace as there will be several thousand runners arriving at the same time.

Follow the British Heart Foundation event car parking signs on arrival to Woodstock.

Before 9.30am: If you are approaching the Palace on the A44 from the south please use the main visitor gate. If you are travelling on the A44 from the north please use the Woodstock gate.

After 9.30am: All entry into the Palace grounds will use the main entrance on the A44. When leaving please follow the exit signs to leave through the Lower Park, the usual exit point.

Use postcode OX20 1PX for your Satnav

Getting there by bus

There will be public buses available from Oxford centre. Please check the Stagecoach website for information on times.

For detailed directions visit the Blenheim Palace website.

There will be:

Toilets at the start and finish and along the route.

Water at the finish line and the water stops (located at 3 mile intervals along the half marathon route and at the 5K mark of the 10K route)

A luggage store in the Event Village

Changing facilities in the Event Village.

Plenty of catering outlets on site.

Sports massages

The route is on tarmac and ideal for participants in wheelchairs. Please contact us in advance to arrange easy access to the start line.

There will be marshals, first aiders and support along the routes.

Age restrictions:

Half Marathon - 17 yrs

10k - 16 yrs

All spectators must purchase a spectator tickets from Blenheim Palace in order to access Palace grounds. More information on this will be available early 2020.

Dogs are not allowed on the route but are welcome to accompany spectators, and must be kept on a lead at all times.

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We would love to send you information on our life saving research and how you can help us to keep more hearts beating through fundraising, events and volunteering opportunities.

Once you have booked your place please tick the appropriate box to let us know whether we can contact by email or post.

Your fundraising helps our researchers keep more hearts beating.

We ask that you raise £10 for every mile you'll accomplish. The minimum sponsorship target is £130 for the Half Marathon, and £60 for the 10K.

Creating a Just Giving fundraising page is the easiest way to get sponsored. Share your page on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, via email, on group chats and around your family and friends.

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Thanks to our research, today more people than ever survive heart and circulatory diseases. But these conditions still cause heartbreak for millions of families - killing 1 in 4 people. We will change that.