Clevedon's 4-mile Boxing Day race starts at 11am on 26 December from The Little Harp, with a junior race at 10.15am. Rolling closures run 9am to 12.30pm.

Clevedon’s Boxing Day Road Race is on Saturday 26 December 2026: the 4-mile senior race starts at 11am and the 3km junior race at 10.15am, both from The Little Harp on Elton Road. Rolling road closures run from 9am to 12.30pm, and online entry is open.

Overview

  • Senior race: 4 miles, 11am, age 15 or over on race day.
  • Junior race: 3km, 10.15am, ages 6 to 14.
  • Where: The Little Harp, Elton Road, Clevedon, BS21 7RH.
  • Entry: online now. The fee is non-refundable.
  • Road closures: 9am to 12.30pm, in force only when signs or cones are out.

Clevedon Athletic Club organises the race and calls it “historic”, saying it now regularly attracts around 1,000 competitors (Clevedon AC).

Road closures

Clevedon Town Council posted advance notice on 2 November, and said it will publish it again nearer the time (Clevedon Town Council). North Somerset Council’s draft order runs from 9am to 12.30pm. It is a rolling closure, so side roads are shut only while the race passes, and access to properties is kept where possible.

The signed diversion goes by Old Church Road, Southern Way, Kenn Road, The Triangle, Chapel Hill, Lower Linden Road, Linden Road, Six Ways and Elton Road.

The first page of the draft, as posted, has no list of streets, so 2026’s list is still to come. The 2025 final order, published by the club, is the best guide, and the route may change (2025 road closure order):

  • Elton Road, from The Beach to the mini-roundabout outside The Hawthorns
  • Old Church Road, from Elton Road to The Triangle; and from Westbourne Avenue to Elton Road, 11am to 12.30pm
  • Great Western Road, from Lidl to Old Church Road, 11am to 11.15am
  • The Triangle, Old Street, Walton Road and Holly Lane
  • Castle Road, Wellington Terrace, Marine Parade and The Beach

The draft prints the date as “Friday 26th December 2026”. That weekday is left over from 2025: Boxing Day 2026 is a Saturday, as the club’s terms say.

Entering

The club’s 2026 terms say entries are personal and cannot be swapped, sold, deferred or transferred, and that fees are not refunded if the race is cancelled or postponed for reasons outside the organisers’ control. Runners must be amateur, headphones are not allowed, and the race is not suitable for wheelchair athletes. The entry form did not show us its price, and we have not seen a 2026 closing date or whether there is entry on the day, so check the form before you travel.

Records and results

The club lists course records of 18:28 for men, by Ian Gillespie, and 20:15 for women, by Kate Reed, and publishes results from 2017 onwards on its race page. There was no race in 2020.

Getting there

Elton Road is inside the closures, so walk in or arrive early. Clevedon car parks and their tariffs are on our parking page, and buses and other works are on our roadworks and travel page. Clevedon has no railway station. Festive trains are on our Christmas train times page.

We will update this page when the final order is published.