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Run Bournemouth Half Marathon

Sunday 12 October 2025

Person running and raising their hands in the air

The Run Bournemouth Half Marathon makes the most of its coastal location. Starting at Hengistbury Head, you'll run you past both Boscombe Pier and the Russell Coates Museum. You'll then run on Bournemouth Pier before reaching the finish line on Bournemouth Pier Approach. 

How to enter

There are two ways you can run in the Run Bournemouth Half Marathon.

Charity place

Apply for one of our BHF places. If you’re successful you will need to pay a £25 entry fee and raise a minimum of £250.

  • £25 registration fee
  • £250 fundraising target

Sign up

Own place

If you’ve already got a place for the Run Bournemouth Half Marathon, you can sign up to fundraise for BHF. You’ll get all the same support and benefits as a charity place runner. There’s no entry fee and no fundraising goal. Just raise as much as you can.

  • No registration fee
  • No fundraising target - raise as much as you can.

I have my own place

12 October 2025
Bournemouth
£25
13.1 miles / 21.1 km

Your entry includes:

  • a BHF running top or vest
  • free training plans and support
  • a fundraising pack with information and tips
  • regular support from BHF 
  • access to our Team BHF Facebook group.

The easiest way to start fundraising is by setting up a JustGiving page.

You can share your page with friends and family and on social media.

We also have a wealth of fundraising resources for you. You can:

You might be an experienced runner, or this might be your first official race. Either way we’d recommend some training before taking on this kind of run.

In order to help you reach the finish line, we've put together some top tips on nutrition and some running training schedules.

Learn about nutrition for sport

See our running training plans

Contact us

Our customer care team is available from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

If you have a question you can reach them on:

Tel: 0300 330 3322

WhatsApp: 07581016513

Email: [email protected]