
AJ Bell Great Manchester Run
AJ Bell Great Manchester Run
The Run

If you’re going to do a run in Manchester – make it the greatest!
The AJ Bell Great Manchester Run is back on Sunday 26 May 2024.
Sign up now and SAVE BIG with our discounted launch price.
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What Makes It Great?
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£10 Off Your Next Great Run If You Refer A FriendFind Out More
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Fast & Flat City Centre Route Past Iconic Landmarks
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Music and Entertainment Zones at every Kilometre
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Bespoke Medal, (Optional) T-Shirt and Finishers' PackFind Out More
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Access to exclusive discounts when you sign up to a Great Run event
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Run number personalised with your name
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Free Training Plans and support
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Free Event Day Tracking App
Sign Up For Next Year
The AJ Bell Great Manchester Run is back on Sunday 26 May 2024 and entries are now open. Don’t miss out on our lowest entry price! Sign up now for next year to get our discounted launch price, but hurry, the offer is valid for two weeks only.
The Great Manchester Run is the city’s original and best-loved running event. And in true Mancunian style, it’s a party from start to finish, with a high-energy soundtrack, live music and entertainment zones at every turn – plus, some of the loudest and most enthusiastic local support we’ve seen anywhere in the UK.
Great Manchester Run entries are open to runners aged 15+ (10k) and 17+ (Half marathon) on the day of the event.
If you have any queries about Great Run events, see our FAQ section here.
Booking fee (£2 per entry) is applied at checkout. 2024 Launch Price offer ends 10am Monday 5 June.
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Event Timetable
Please note: timetable and is subject to change. We will communicate your specific wave colour, assembly and start time on your run number ahead of the event.
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The Route

Manchester’s original running event boasts a city centre start and finish, with Half Marathon and 10k routes taking runners out of the city past the iconic football stadiums.
Soak up the best of the Mancunian spirit with this course which lends itself to a great PB.
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At the Start
Your wave colour and start time are detailed on your run number. On the day, coloured signs will direct you to the assembly area and start point for your wave. Half Marathon & 10k Orange and 10k Pink wave runners access the assembly area via Princess Street. Half Marathon Red wave, 10k Green wave and 10k Purple wave access the assembly area via Charlotte Street.
You can view the Start & Finish map below.
The Finish
The Event Village on Peter Street, and Charity Village on Deansgate is open to everyone and features a range of activities and exhibitors for everyone to enjoy. Be sure to pop in and check out the stands. Family and Friends can wait for runners on Deansgate as they cross the finish line and exit the finish system.
The fun doesn’t stop after you cross the finish line. Head to our Apres Run Zone, at Great Northern Square, to celebrate. We’ve got a Heart Radio DJ providing club anthems.
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The Reward

The greatest reward in taking part is the sense of achievement as you cross the finish line…
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What You Get
Obviously you’ll have bragging rights for the forseeable, but you’ll also get…
- A huge round of applause as you cross the finish line
- A shiny new, AJ Bell Great Manchester Run medal, an exclusive finishers t-shirt plus a finisher’s bag filled with goodies
- Official event day photos available to view and purchase straight after the event, so smile for the cameras!
- Your official result ready shortly after you cross the finish line
- Access to exclusive discounts when you sign up to a Great Run event. You’ll receive an invitation to access the Great Run Rewards discount platform, powered by our friends at Endurance Zone, that features offers and discounts across a range of well-known running, sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.
We have made the decision to introduce optional finisher tees to our Great Run events for 2023. You can choose to forgo you finisher tee shirt at the point of entry, and in lieu of this we will make a donation to the National Trust Woodlands Appeal. Find out more here.
We will donate a portion of the fulfilment costs for each runner who chooses this option to the fund and commit that this donation to be a minimum of £20,000 in 2023.
20th Tee
As part of this years 20th celebrations, we’ve commissioned local artist Alex Francis to create an illustration that embodies the experience of the AJ Bell #GreatManchesterRun and celebrates our incredible runners. The amazing illustration will also feature on 2023 finisher t-shirts.
Make It
Personal
Why not celebrate your run with a personalised iTAB medal attachment? Your iTAB will be engraved with your name and finish time and fits perfectly onto the ribbon of your AJ Bell Great Manchester Run medal. Order now for just £8 including postage and packing and your iTAB will be posted out to you after the event.
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Run For Charity

If you are looking to run to raise money for a charity close to your heart or help to support a good cause, there are hundreds of charity running places available to choose from.
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Start Fundraising
Official Online Fundraising Partner, Enthuse, supports each Great Run event with an official branded fundraising platform to provide the best experience for you and the charities you support.
Set up your page today to support your favourite cause! To kick start your fundraising, read five quick and easy tips you can use to raise as much as possible.
Spotlight Charity
Manchester Foundation Trust Charity supports continuing excellence in treatment, research and care in our family of hospitals across Manchester and Trafford, including Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
As a charity our mission is simple: to support the excellence in treatment, research and care we provide to our patients each and every day. We want to make a real difference to the people we treat – young and old – by making sure that they continue to receive the very best treatment in the very best facilities. We do this by focusing our fundraising efforts on three key areas – treatment, research and care.
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Charities
You may be able to secure an AJ Bell Great Manchester Run charity entry with one of our charities below, by agreeing to raise sponsorship money.

Mind is delighted to be the official charity of the AJ Bell Great run series this year.
We’re Mind. We’re here to fight for mental health. We produce trusted information all about mental health problems. We support people through our helplines and online Side by Side community. We campaign with the government to get a better deal on mental health. And we speak out when something isn’t right, demanding mental health support respects our rights. There’s so much we do – and we couldn’t do it without you, so thank you.

Join forces with the team that will get you to the finish line. We’re the only ones fighting over 200 cancer . Our life-saving work is funded entirely by the generosity of our supporters, so every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, and every runner. One in two people now survive cancer. Together we’ve achieved so much, but we won’t stop until we’ve beaten it altogether. Join the team today and we will beat cancer.

The Bobby Moore Fund was set up in memory legendary footballer Bobby Moore, who sadly died from bowel cancer aged just 51.To date the Bobby Moore Fund has raised over £20 million. The funds are spent on world class bowel cancer research carried out by leading scientists working across the UK. With your support, bowel cancer stands no chance. Let’s make Bobby proud and help beat it sooner. Join the Bobby Moore Fund team today.

By 2025, there will be 1 million people in the UK living with dementia. Alzheimer’s Society are there for everyone living with dementia and their loves ones – wherever they are, whatever they’re going through. We campaign for change, fund life-changing research and give help and hope to those living with dementia. Join team Alzheimer’s Society today.

Join an army of Team Christie supporters and put your best foot forward at Manchester’s biggest and best day of running!
The Christie is committed to revolutionising the fight against cancer by funding world reaching research, treatment and care, and education. With every step you take around the city centre streets you will be helping us to achieve our ultimate goal of a future without cancer.
Whether it is your first or your fifteenth run, the extra-special atmosphere and Team Christie encouragement will ensure you never forget crossing that famous finish line. Be part of something special; choose The Christie!

When you run for the BHF, you run to beat the world’s biggest killers. Conditions like heart diseases, stroke and vascular dementia. You run for the people you love. You run for mums, for dads, for brothers, for sisters, for friends, for loved ones. You run to fund research that helps to keep families together. One life saving breakthrough at a time.
Champions like you have helped get them this far – heart transplants, clot busting drugs, genetic testing and so much more. Join Team BHF and help fund our ground breaking science.

At Macmillan, we give people with cancer everything we’ve got. If you’re diagnosed, your worries are our worries. We will move mountains to help you live life as fully as you can. And we don’t stop there. We’re going all out to find ever better ways to help people with cancer, helping to bring forward the day when everyone gets life-transforming support from day one. We’re doing whatever it takes, but we couldn’t do what we do without you, thank you so much for your support.

Manchester Foundation Trust Charity supports continuing excellence in treatment, research and care in our family of hospitals across Manchester and Trafford, including Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
As a charity our mission is simple: to support the excellence in treatment, research and care we provide to our patients each and every day. We want to make a real difference to the people we treat – young and old – by making sure that they continue to receive the very best treatment in the very best facilities. We do this by focussing our fundraising efforts on three key areas – treatment, research and care.

The North West Air Ambulance Charity’s helicopters and HEMS response vehicles operate 365 days a year, with highly skilled specialist doctors and HEMS paramedics on board providing enhanced pre-hospital care and hospital transfers to patients across the entire North West region each year – an area covering 5,500 square miles and over 8 million people. The charity is completely reliant on public and corporate donations to keep the North West Air Ambulance Charity service operational and helping to save lives, needing to raise over £9.5 million a year to support its lifesaving service. For more information on the North West Air Ambulance Charity or to donate, please visit www.nwairambulance.org.uk or call 0800 587 4570.

The NSPCC are the Uk’s leading children’s charity and we are passionate about the work we do. We want to answer every call, reach every child when they need help, and keep adapting to whatever challenge is thrown at us.
Around 90 per cent of our income comes from our supporters – people like you, who decide to take a stand and help protect children. Join the team today and together we can help keep children safe.

We are Diabetes UK. Our vision is a world where diabetes can do no harm. Join our Great Manchester Run team today and help us achieve this vision.
We’re leading the fight against the UK’s biggest and growing health crisis. And it’s a fight that involves us all – sharing knowledge and taking on diabetes together.
Diabetes is a serious and often hidden condition, so without access to crucial information and support people experience life-changing and potentially fatal complications.
It’s our job to tackle the diabetes crisis. We’re here to prevent Type 2 diabetes, campaign for and support everyone affected by all types of diabetes, and fund research that will one day lead us to a cure.

East Cheshire Hospice is a warm and welcoming space for adults facing life limiting illness. Providing care, comfort and compassionate support to patients and their loved ones is our number one priority. All of our services are provided free of charge to those who need them. However, only 17% of our funding is from the government and the remainder is donated by the communities we serve: Buxton, Congleton, High Legh, High Peak, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Poynton, Wilmslow and everywhere in between.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress. PAPYRUS believes that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide. Our supporters and fundraisers provide a huge part of our income, which helps us reach more people across the UK, and support more young people at risk of suicide. Through fundraising you are also raising vital awareness of PAPYRUS and spreading our message of hope. Join team PAPYRUS today – your support means the world to us!

St Ann’s Hospice is a charity which cares for thousands of people across Greater Manchester with life-limiting illnesses every year. Around a third of St Ann’s funding comes from the NHS, the rest from donations and the kind support of people who raise money to help patients and their families. Every penny makes a real difference to those who really need it–right when they need it most. By running for the hospice and joining #TeamStAnn’s, you’ll have access training and nutrition advice, regular training runs and your very own running vest. Do something amazing, run for St Ann’s Hospice!

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. Life changes instantly and recovery is tough. But the brain can adapt. Our specialist support, research and campaigning are only possible with the courage and determination of the stroke community. With more donations and support from you, we can rebuild even more lives. Rebuilding lives after stroke is a team effort and you’re a vital part of it. Join #TeamStroke and help us rebuild lives after stroke.
Other Charities
4 Louis
Age UK Cheshire
AMEND
Ataxia UK
Become
Billington Foundation
Bolton Wanderers in the Community
Breast Cancer Now
British Red Cross
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Caritas (Diocese of Salford)
Child Bereavement UK
Coeliac Uk
Cure Leukaemia
CUREUsher
Dementia UK
Depaul UK
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Destination Florida
Diane Modahl Sports Foundation
Dogs Trust
Epilepsy Society
Forever Manchester
Francis House Children’s Hospice
Friends of Serenity
George House Trust
Heartbeat
HExN
Home-Start Trafford Salford & Wigan
Lancashire Mind
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity
Maggie’s
Manchester Aid to Kosovo
Manchester Youth Zone
Mental Health UK
Mesothelioma UK
Michael Carrick Foundation
Military vs Cancer
MS Therapy Centre (NW)
Mustard Tree
National Tremor Foundation
NorthCare Charity
OCD-UK
Olympias Music Foundation
Peaches Womb Cancer Trust
Prevent Breast Cancer
PTSD UK
Queenscourt Hospice
Rescare
Ronald McDonald House Charities UK
Signpost for Carers
St Mary’s Hospice
St Rocco’s Hospice
Stamma
Teenage Cancer Trust
The 401 Foundation
The Lewy Body Society
The LGBT Foundation
The Little Ted Foundation
The Mariposa Trust
The Natalie Kate Moss Trust
The Royal Marines Charity
The Wellspring
Tommy’s Together for Every Baby
Transplant Patients Trust
Unique
Venture Arts
Wellbeing of Women
Wheelpower
Wouldn’t Change a Thing
WWF UK
Young Lives vs Cancer
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