Bath Half Marathon 2026

  • Sunday 15 March 2026
  • Bath City Centre

*Sign ups for the 2026 Bath Half officially open at 10am on Sunday 16 March 2025!

The Bath Half Marathon 2026 takes place on Sunday 15 March and is the most popular city centre road event in the UK. We’d love you to join Team Dotty and be part of it!

This is the most popular city centre road event in the UK. We’d love you to join Team Dotty and be part of it.

There are two ways of registering to take part: A Silver Bond Place or an Independent Place.

*Start time: first wave 10.20am
*Minimum age to run: 17 years old 

Silver Bond Places

We are delighted to announce that Dorothy House has 150 Silver Bond places in the Bath Half Marathon (50 more than previous years!), which are available on a first come, first served basis.

We ask for a payment of £45 for the place and a guarantee that you will be able to raise £250 or more for Dorothy House.

SIGN UP

Independent Places

If you have already bought your own Independent Place through the Bath Half Marathon please let us know by filling in our Independent Place Registration Form HERE.

You’ll then be on the team and we’ll send you your pack.

Download our Running Guide

Download our Running Guide for training top tips, guidance on setting up your fundraising page, making the most out of your fundraising and much more!

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Welcome to Team Dotty!

Once you’ve joined Team Dotty we’ll send you a fabulous dotty running vest or dotty running T-shirt and Running Handbook full of info and tips to maximise your fundraising and enjoyment of the day.

Dorothy House will also have a dream team marquee in the runner’s village on the day to welcome Team Dotty runners before and after the race.  We will have refreshments, lots of cake and the ever-popular free leg massages!  There will also be a cheering squad along the route to support our amazing runners along those 13.1 miles.

Bath Half Marathon runners have raised over £900,000 for end of life care! 

Dorothy House Hospice Care has been privileged to have charity places in the Bath Half Marathon since 2002. Over the past 23 years we’ve had 2,651 amazing runners taking part for Team Dotty. These legendary runners have raised an absolutely phenomenal £933,903 for palliative and end of life care in our local community and we are so proud of every single person who’s been part of the team.

We are so grateful to our runners for their amazing support and what an incredible impact each and every person has had in helping us to provide vital care when it counts over the last 23 years.