GetPRO Bath Half 2027
Sunday, 14 March 2027 · Bath, United Kingdom
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The weekend at a glance
- Your number
- Posted to UK entrants, with delivery due by Tuesday 10 March in 2026. International runners collect closer to the event. The pack holds your bib and a kitbag
- Start
- Royal Victoria Park. The 2026 race started at 10:30
- Bag drop
- At the start, one rucksack or small bag per runner
- Finish
- The finish line closes at 16:00. The organiser says everyone has at least 4 hours 30 minutes
- Getting to the start
- Shuttle bus from Bath Racecourse, £5 including parking (2026). Bath Spa station is 1.8 km on foot
- Climb
- No figure published. The organiser's own description is flat
- Toilets
- At the start, the finish and every drinks station
- Weather
- The last five race mornings ran from 3.5 °C to 12.3 °C at 10:30
- Entering
- The organiser's 2027 page sends anyone who missed general entry to a charity place, so general places look to have gone, though it doesn't say sold out. Entries can't be transferred, deferred or refunded
The Bath Half Marathon runs through the traffic-free streets of Bath, and the Event Village is in Royal Victoria Park, on Middle Common. The organiser describes a 13.1-mile route through the city centre. A running shop's guide to the 2027 race calls it fast and flat and gives a 10:30 start.
The 2027 race is on Sunday 14 March. The organiser's main page already lists the Bath Miles on Saturday 13 March, a free entry with a souvenir medal. More than 12,000 runners were expected for the 2026 race.
The organiser hasn't posted the 2027 start times. The arrangements below are the 2026 ones, and any fact taken from the 2027 pages is marked as 2027.
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Getting to Bath
Bath Spa station is on Dorchester Street, and GWR trains from London Paddington take about 1 hour 20 minutes, running every 30 minutes. From Bristol Temple Meads the train takes about 15 minutes on average. From the station to the Event Village in Royal Victoria Park is 1.8 km, about 25 minutes on foot.
If you're driving, the organiser's 2026 arrangement was a £5 ticket that covered parking at Bath Racecourse on Lansdown and a shuttle bus to Royal Victoria Park. The ride took about 30 minutes. You booked a slot through your Let's Do This account as an add-on, and same-day tickets were sold but the slots could sell out. Return buses ran from 12:00 to 18:00, leaving the park until 17:00 and then Milsom Street until 18:00. Spectators could ride with a ticketed runner. Bikes weren't allowed on board.
Where to stay in Bath
Bath is a small city, and the start is in the park on its north-west edge. A room near the station is 25 minutes on foot from the start, and a room around the centre is shorter. The streets are closed to traffic on the morning, so don't count on a taxi for the last stretch.
Collecting your number
UK runners are sent an event pack in the post. In 2026 it was due by Tuesday 10 March. If it hadn't come, there were replacement packs at the Apex City of Bath Hotel on Friday 13 March from 10:00 to 18:00 and at the Event Village info point on Saturday 14 March from 9:30 to 15:00. Overseas runners collect nearer the race, so check the participant guide for the day and place.
Your posted pack contains your bib and a kitbag.
Race morning
The 2026 race started at 10:30, in waves. If you're not ready, you can move to a later wave on the day. You can't go earlier.
Bag drop is at the start, and the limit is one rucksack or small bag each. The finish line closes at 16:00. Family and friends can come to the Event Village, but they can't go into the secure runner areas unless they're running.
The course
The organiser's course page shows the route on an embedded map and offers no course file to download. It lists the entertainment and facilities but gives no mile-by-mile detail. There are four cheer buses on the route and live bands. The drinks are Wessex Water and HIGH5 energy gel, and there are toilets at the start, the finish and every drinks station. The finish area has sensory calm spaces, a parent and child area and a multi-faith space.
The course page gives no climb figure. A local guide to training for the race suggests hill work on the Bath Skyline because the course itself has no big climbs.
Weather in Bath in March
The race moved to October in 2022 and 2023 and went back to March in 2024. These are the last five race days at Royal Victoria Park, at 10:30 (the average of the 10:00 and 11:00 readings) and at 13:00.
| Race day | 10:30 | 13:00 | Wind at 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2022 | 12.3 °C | 14.9 °C | 12 km/h |
| 15 October 2023 | 8.3 °C | 10.1 °C | 8 km/h |
| 17 March 2024 | 11.4 °C | 12.7 °C | 19 km/h |
| 16 March 2025 | 3.5 °C | 6.0 °C | 11 km/h |
| 15 March 2026 | 8.3 °C | 10.8 °C | 24 km/h |
The March starts ran from 3.5 °C to 11.4 °C, and the 2026 morning had a 24 km/h wind.
Afterwards
At Royal Victoria Park, the finish area has a sensory calm space, a parent and child area and a multi-faith space. The shuttle buses back to the racecourse ran from 12:00 in 2026. Bath Spa station is 25 minutes on foot from the park.
Other race weekends
Close by, and with guides of their own, are Cardiff Half Marathon and Brighton Marathon.
The next races with a guide
Sources
| 2027 date, traffic-free streets, Bath Miles on 13 March | GetPRO Bath Half, organiser, 2027 edition |
| Pack posting, bag drop, 16:00 finish closure, entry timing | FAQs, organiser, 2027 edition |
| Event pack posting date, replacement packs, Event Village on Middle Common | Participant guide, organiser, 2026 edition |
| Shuttle bus from Bath Racecourse, price and hours | Start and finish shuttle bus, organiser, 2026 edition |
| Drinks, toilets, cheer buses | Course, organiser |
| 10:30 start, 12,000 runners | More than 12,000 get set for the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, organiser, 2026 edition |
| Fast and flat claim, 10:30 start | How to train for the Bath Half Marathon 2027, a local running shop's guide |
| Bath Spa station | Bath Spa, Great Western Railway |
| London to Bath trains, about 1 hour 20 minutes | Trains from London to Bath, Great Western Railway |
| Past race dates | Bath Half Marathon, Wikipedia, with the organiser's results pages for 2022 to 2026 |
| Walking times between places | OpenStreetMap routing, foot profile, to Royal Victoria Park, checked on the date above |
| Charity places for those who missed general entry | GetPRO Bath Half, organiser, 2027 edition, checked 4 October 2026 |
| Entries not transferable, deferrable or refundable | FAQs, organiser |
| Start in Royal Victoria Park, finish at Royal Avenue beside the Royal Crescent | More than 12,000 get set for the 2026 GetPRO Bath Half, organiser, 2026 edition |
| Event Village in Royal Victoria Park, extra trains, bus diversions | Spectator guide, organiser, 2026 edition |
| Race-day weather | Open-Meteo historical weather, at Royal Victoria Park, a 9 km grid |
Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 4 October 2026.
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