This race will again come through Knowle on the morning of the 11th, causing major road closures and isolating the residents of several estates in the process. The Route will be (in dark blue) :-
Malvern Park, Solihull Sixth Form College onto Widney Manor Road;
Smiths Lane; Browns Lane onto Tilehouse Green Lane;
Longdon Road and Lodge Road onto the Warwick Road, Hampton Road to Eastcote;
Barston Lane to Barston, Hob Lane and Elvers Green Lane to Kenilworth Road
Back through the village past the Church onto Warwick Road, Lodge Lane and Longdon Road back to Solihull via Browns Lane and Widney Manor Road.
Roads will be closed as follows:-
6.00am – New Road closed
8.30am – All other road closures in place
10.30am – Last runner reaches Eastcote – Hampton Road can reopen
10.45am – Last runner reaches Barston – Barston Lane can reopen
11.25am – Last runner reaches Lodge Road – A4141 & Kenilworth Road can reopen
11.40am – Last runner reaches Widney Manor Road – Smiths Lane, Browns Lane, Tilehouse Green Lane, Longdon Road & Lodge Road can reopen
12.15pm – Last runner turns off Widney Manor Road into Malvern Park – Widney Manor Road can reopen
12.30pm – Last runner finishes the race – all roads reopened