Bourton Half Marathon - Sunday 28th September 2025 at 9:00AM
The Bourton Half Marathon follows an accurately measured 13.1 mile route through the amazing Cotswolds countryside around Bourton-on-the-Water. It is a single lap route on undulating, sometimes hilly, rural roads with some spectacular views en route.
Congratulations to Dylan Gillet of Weston Tempo, who won the 2025 Bourton Half in a new course record of 1:10:06, and to Megan Marchant also of Weston Tempo who finished in 1:21:42, smashing the women’s course record. We have added a few photos from the 2025 race and will be adding more shortly.
Race timing was again provided by LuSH Timing and the final results for the 2025 are available download .
The route takes runners through the beautiful centre of Bourton on the Water and across the river before taking on The Steeps, the first of three major hills, and then follows country lanes out to the picturesque village of Farmington where you’ll meet the second hill. Follow along more country lanes to the lovely village of Sherborne before looping back up the third climb to the village of Clapton-on-the-Hill and then a long well-earned downhill back into Bourton-on-the-Water for the finish.
A map of the route can be viewed via a downloadable GPX file is available to here.
Please download a copy of our Runner Information document, providing key information about the event for you.
2025 race winner 2025 Dylan Gillet of Weston Tempo.
Megan Marchant also of Weston Tempo was the winning women in 2025.
The Bourton Half was part of the Gloucester AAA 2025 Road Racing Series and once again incorporated the Gloucestershire County Half Marathon championships. There was an extensive prize list (see below). There was also an extra bonus of £100 for a course record.
Prizes
Each runner is only able to claim one prize other than a team prize. To qualify for the team prize, the winning team will comprise six members, with at least two male and two female athletes, all of whom are wearing the club’s vest. The team prize will be £60 for the winning team of six.
| MALE | FEMALE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Prize | £100 cash | 1st Prize | £100 cash |
| Bonus for record | £100 cash | Bonus for record | £100 cash |
| 2nd Prize | £50 cash | 2nd Prize | £50 cash |
| 3rd Prize | £25 cash | 3rd Prize | £25 cash |
| Team Prize - Winning team comprising six members, with at least two male and two female athletes - £60 | |||
| For the winner of following age-categories, the prize will be £20. | |||
| 1st MV40 | 1st FV40 | ||
| 1st MV50 | 1st FV50 | ||
| 1st MV60 | 1st FV60 | ||
| 1st MV70 | 1st FV70 | ||
As noted above, there was a bonus prize for anyone able to set a new course record on this challenging course and both were broken. The new current course records are:
Female - 81 minutes and 44 seconds (gun time) - Megan Marchant of Weston Tempo - 2025
Male - 70 minutes and 6 seconds (gun time) - Dylan Gillet of Weston Tempo - 2025
All finishers will be given access to a priority entry to the Bourton 10k next February.
Download a copy of our course measurement certificate.
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Charitable support
Bourton Roadrunners in proud to be supporting Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) (a registered charity in England and Wales: 1143118), as our principal charity partner throughout 2025. Bourton Roadrunners Club will contribute to the charity from our race proceeds. Additionally, we are supporting local charities North Cotswold Foodbank (registered charity: 1181310), CALM: Children Achieving Lifelong Movement (registered charity: 1189437) and Gloucestershire Young Carers (registered charity: 109028).
Overview
Race timing was again provided by LuSH Timing and the final results for the 2025 are available download .
Rebbecca at Bourton Half - 28th September 2025.
We have added a few photos from the 2025 race and will be adding more shortly.
The results for the 2023 race and the 2022 race are still available to download too.
Bourton Roadrunners in proud to be supporting Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) (a registered charity in England and Wales: 1143118), as our principal charity partner throughout 2025. Bourton Roadrunners Club will contribute to the charity from our race proceeds. Additionally, we are supporting local charities North Cotswold Foodbank (registered charity: 1181310), CALM: Children Achieving Lifelong Movement (registered charity: 1189437) and Gloucestershire Young Carers (registered charity: 109028).
