We have opened our charity place applications. Full details below.
This is THE iconic bucket-list event. Join more than 50,000 other runners and take on the UK’s biggest marathon. You’ll be running past London landmarks like Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, the London Eye, Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, all while raising vital funds to help vulnerable young people.
Whether this is your first marathon or your 10th, we’d love to have you on board!

We have now opened our charity place applications to run the 2027 TCS London Marathon. Places are limited and will be in demand.
Please complete our application form below, and we’ll be in touch to confirm if you’ve secured one of our limited spaces.
£100. We will only ask for this if you are successful in your application.
£2,000 (excluding Gift Aid). The first £1,000 to be raised by January 2027.
The fundraising target helps us pay for the cost of the charity places and to maximise the fundraising potential to continue our invaluable work supporting vulnerable, isolated children and young people.
Read about our 2026 London Marathon Team here.




We have a limited number of places for the TCS London Marathon, so please tell us why you want to run for us and how you plan to raise the £2,000 minimum sponsorship. The more detail the better!
Sunday, 9 August 2026, or before if demand for places is significant. Successful applicants will be sent details on how to pay the £100 registration fee to secure their place.
9 August 2026: Closing date
End of August 2026: Notification
14 September 2026: Final date to pay £100 registration fee
31 January 2027: First £1,000 to be fundraised
25 April 2027:
RACE DAY!
31 May 2027: Deadline for all remaining fundraising to be completed