Several roads and junctions around the Loughborough area will be temporarily closed on Sunday (February 23) due to the Leicestershire Half Marathon. Runners will be following a route using roads including the A6 and Loughborough Road in Shepshed.
All the road closures have been announced by Leicestershire County Council, which has approved all restrictions. The run raises vital funds for the Rainbows Hospice in Loughborough and it will start and end at Charnwood College in the town.
The race is due to take place between 9am and 12.30pm, although the road closures could be in effect outside this time window.
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Here is the full list of the road closures for Sunday, as produced by the county council:
- Thorpe Hill, Loughborough for its entire length
- Althorpe Drive, Loughborough for its entire length
- Roundabout junction of Knightthorpe Road, Rupert Brooke Road, Thorpe Hill And Kenilworth Avenue, Loughborough
- Kenilworth Avenue, Loughborough, for its entire length
- Coe Avenue, Loughborough, for its entire length
- Butthole Lane, Shepshed, for its entire length
- Loughborough Road, Shepshed, for its entire length
- Market Place, Shepshed, from Loughborough Road junction to Belton Street, Shepshed
- Belton Street, Shepshed, for its entire length
- Hallamford Road, Shepshed, from Belton Street to Belton Lane
- Belton Lane, Shepshed, for its entire length
- Carr Lane, Belton, for its entire length
- B5324 Rempstone Road, Belton, from Carr Lane
- B5324 Ashby Road, Long Whatton, for its entire length
- B5324 Ashby Road, Hathern, for its entire length
- B5324 Whatton Road, Hathern, for its entire length
- A6 Derby Road, Hathern, from Whatton Road junction to Shepshed Road, Hathern
- Shepshed Road, Hathern for its entire length
- Hathern Road, for its entire length through Long Whatton, Diseworth and Shepshed
- Countrymans Way, Shepshed, from Hathern Road junction to Blacksmith Avenue
- Blacksmiths Avenue, Shepshed, for its entire length
