What to expect

Central Birmingham will be the focus for the women’s and men’s marathon and the women’s and men’s T53/T54 wheelchair marathons. All events will start at Smithfield and finish in Victoria Square and take place on Saturday 30 July 2022 from just before 7AM until around 1.45PM.

The event starts in Smithfield and ends in Victoria Square, both in Central Birmingham, and the course extends many miles to Bournville, south of the city.

The course is made up of distinct sections. An 18km looped southern section which all athletes will complete twice and a 6.2km section through the city centre. Full details of the course are available here.

Course length: 42.4KM. This is made up of 2 x 18KM laps of the southern section plus the 6.2KM city centre section.

Detailed timings: This table shows the times that the lead athletes are expected to start and finish each event.

Birmingham is an essential visit, with top class sport at the Commonwealth Games and world class cultural events during the Birmingham 2022 Festival. The city is bursting with fantastic foodie options with canal side dining, award-winning restaurants, the vibrant street food scene, the Balti Triangle and Chinese Quarter.

Birmingham is home to Europe’s largest city centre-based shopping centre, luxury boutiques, independent markets and where better to buy your bling than the Jewellery Quarter.

Birmingham isn’t short of things to do with museums, galleries, and historic houses to explore, family friendly attractions, theatres and concert halls, and fascinating tours of Birmingham’s heritage and waterways. 

With the course heading south of the city there is also much to do around Edgbaston, Stirchley and Bournville. For the first time ever, women’s Cricket T20 will be part of the Commonwealth Games and this will be held at the Edgbaston Stadium. As this is one of our larger venues, there are still some cricket tickets available so you could even watch two sports in one day.

If you’re visiting from further afield why not stay overnight and enjoy all that the region has to offer.

Whether visiting for the day or staying a little longer, you’ll find lots to do in the area. Discover more about what to do and where to stay locally or elsewhere in the West Midlands here. 

Discover more at visitbirmingham.com