33-702: Chester Road can mean: Part of the A183 road from South Shields to Chester-le-Street The A452 road in England. It runs from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to Brownhills in Staffordshire, following the line of the ancient drover's road called the Welsh Road The main road out of Manchester towards Chester, making up part of the A56 Chester Road North Ground ,
66-555: A 58 year old male runner died. The 2020 Great North Run was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2022 event cancelled its Junior and Mini events due to the death of Elizabeth II . Eddie Howe started the 2023 Great North Run for the 60,000 participants. The race was Mo Farah 's last ever before his retirement. The 2024 Great North Run took place on 8th September and was started by Olympic Silver Medalist Kieran Reilly . A 29 year old male runner died after collapsing during
99-518: A Morrisons. During that period, it meets Winchester Street after 0.151 kilometres (0.094 mi) at a roundabout, and a ramp to the Woodbine Estate after approximately 0.222 kilometres (0.138 mi) Here it becomes Ocean Road , famous locally for its Indian restaurants . The A183 then becomes Sea Road as it passes between North Marine Park and South Marine Park , before meeting the B1344 at
132-713: A cricket ground in Kidderminster Chester Road railway station , on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line in the West Midlands A residential street in the Whitehall area of Bristol Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chester Road . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
165-645: A roundabout with the Sea Hotel, which has recently gone into administration after the Coronavirus pandemic . The road then continues along the seafront area of the town as, passing Littlehaven Beach , the fairground, the Amphitheatre, Bents Park and local pubs. The road then turns at Colman's Seafood Temple, famous locally for its Fish & Chips, and passes Gypsies Green Stadium. At the New Crown Hotel it becomes
198-645: Is a major route in South Tyneside , Sunderland and Chester-le-Street serving many areas and landmarks along its route. The road begins in the centre of South Shields, at a junction with the A194 and A1018 , near the Town Hall, as Beach Road . It follows the side of the town hall for 0.223 kilometres (0.139 mi), before turning left at a roundabout, becoming Anderson Street It follows Anderson Street for around 0.389 kilometres (0.242 mi), before turning right at
231-643: The Coast Road once past the junction for the Waters Edge public house, the road continues to Marsden without any turn junctions, passing The Leas on the coastal side, the finishing point for the Great North Run . The A183 then meets the A1300 at its junction on Redwell Lane and continues as the Coast Road . Next the road passes the famous Marsden Rock and Marsden Grotto on Marsden Beach. The A183 then continues at
264-596: The Coast Road until it reaches Souter Lighthouse . There have been plans made by South Tyneside Council to realign a section of the road between the A1300 Redwell Lane and the Souter Lighthouse. The road now becomes Mill Lane as it passes through Whitburn Colliery. The road changes its name to East Street as it passes through Whitburn Village itself, where the road meets the B1299 , taking traffic towards
297-879: The Grindon estate, where it crosses the B1405. It is here that it becomes a dual carriageway - running past the Pennywell and Hastings Hill estates, past the Sunderland Echo office, to reach the A19 . Past the A19 the road runs past the Herrington Country Park and the Penshaw Monument , through Penshaw , before reaching a large roundabout at Shiney Row with the A182 . Originally,
330-787: The River Wear . The road ends at the A1(M) junction 67, with the A693 and A167 . Great North Run The Great North Run (branded the AJ Bell Great North Run for sponsorship purposes) is the largest half marathon in the world, taking place annually in North East England each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields . The run was devised by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster . The first Great North Run
363-775: The University of Sunderland , and the UNESCO World Heritage Site St. Peter's Church , built in 674AD (one of the oldest in England), before meeting the A1018 . The two roads run concurrent across the Wearmouth Bridge to cross the River Wear into the city centre, before splitting- the A1018 turning left to go around the eastern edge of the city, with the A183 turning right; looping around
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#1732845278648396-512: The Great North Run. The 2016 Great North Run was the first staging of the event without a title sponsor. Simplyhealth became the new lead sponsor for 2017. AJ Bell was announced as the new lead sponsor for the Great Run series in 2023 in a 5-year partnership In 2004 a runner died (the eighth death in the event's then 24-year history). The 2005 Great North Run was the twenty-fifth edition of
429-620: The city centre, then crosses the Tyne Bridge into Gateshead . It heads around the eastern side of Gateshead town centre, then at a roundabout turns east and heads down the A184 (the Felling Bypass) in the direction of Sunderland . After 3.5 miles (5.6 km), the route turns off the A184 and heads north-east towards South Shields down the A194 (Leam Lane). 2.5 miles (4.0 km) later, the route reaches
462-575: The council's efforts to be carbon neutral. Through Seaburn, the road passes lots of restaurants and bars, and also the B1291, before passing another roundabout, which mean we enter Roker . After about 0.8 miles (1.3 km), it turns right onto Harbour View . It winds alongside the River Wear , before becoming Dame Dorothy Street , where it passes the National Glass Centre , the St. Peter's campus of
495-569: The county boundary, once again becoming Chester Road . The road becomes single carriageway once more, and passes out of Sunderland through Bournmoor , before passing the northern end of the A1052 at another roundabout. It runs downhill alongside the River Wear, close to Lumley Castle - this stretch is called New Bridge Bank , and the road crosses over the New Bridge, one of the earliest crossings over
528-561: The fastest ever half marathon by a woman; however, the course was not eligible for records. That same year, Mo Farah won a record sixth consecutive men's Great North Run. The Great North Run starts in Newcastle upon Tyne on the A167 road (the central motorway), on the edge of both the city centre and the Town Moor . The route heads east and south down the motorway section, around the eastern side of
561-559: The largest half marathon and the 13th largest running race that year. In 2014, the event had 41,615 finishers, making it the largest half-marathon in the world as certified by Guinness World Records in 2016. For the first nine races, eight of them were held in June. Since 1990, the race has instead been held in the autumn, usually in September but occasionally in October. Since 1990, the earliest date
594-645: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chester_Road&oldid=1147845045 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A183 road (England) The A183 road runs from South Shields in Tyne and Wear , through Sunderland and ends at Chester-le-Street in County Durham . It
627-449: The men's event just ahead of Farah. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo came first the women's race and multi Olympic Gold Medalist David Weir won the wheelchair event. In 2014 the 34th Great North Run had 57000 participants, celebrated the 1 millionth runner to cross the finish line, and was the first to have a British man win in 29 years. Mo Farah completed the race in exactly 1 hour, while Mary Keitany completed in 1:05:39 seconds - surpassing
660-448: The morning of Sunday, 18 September 2011. The race was started by World 5,000-metre champion Mo Farah . In 2013 the 33rd Great North Run had 56000 participants, most of whom were raising money for charity. The elite races had Olympic Gold Medalists and World Champion long-distance runners participating including in the men's race, Mo Farah , Kenenisa Bekele and a regular supporter of the event, Haile Gebrselassie . Ethiopian Bekele won
693-603: The north-western edge of the city centre as St. Mary's Way and Livingstone Road . Afterwards, we follow St. Michael's Way with the A1231 for around 275 yards (251 m), where the A183 turns right onto Chester Road . As Chester Road it runs past the city campus of the University, and through a commercial section before reaching the Sunderland Royal Hospital . It runs alongside Bishopwearmouth Cemetery towards
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#1732845278648726-407: The previous course record of 1:05:40 by 1 second, a record held by Paula Radcliffe . Tracey Cramond, who was raising money for Butterwick Hospices, was the 1 millionth person to complete the run, stating she was "gobsmacked" and that it was her "moment of fame". The Great North Run was the first International Athletics Association Event (IAAF) event in the world to reach such a milestone. In 2015
759-400: The race begins, however multiple vehicles including TV crews, emergency services, event staff, and a fleet of buses carrying participants' belongings are authorised to travel between Newcastle and South Shields on the closed course roads ahead of and following the participants. The run was devised by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster . Foster
792-470: The race has been held on is 7 September (2014) and the latest is 22 October (2000). Bupa was the title partner of the Great North Run from the early 1990s until 2014, one of Britain's longest ever sports sponsorship agreements. In 2015 Morrisons announced their sponsorship of the Great Run series. In November 2015, the Great Run Company announced it was searching for a new title sponsor which includes
825-569: The race incorporated the 1st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships . The event also has junior and mini races attached with these being run the Saturday before the main race on the Newcastle Quayside. Martin Mathathi holds the current men's course record with his run of 58:56 in 2011. In 2019, Brigid Kosgei 's women's course record of 64:28 bettered the previous mark by over a minute and was also
858-603: The race. Events to mark the anniversary included the launch of the Great North Run Cultural Programme at the Sage Gateshead . The race was started by Mike McLeod , the winner of the inaugural race in 1981. During the race, four participants died en route to South Shields. An inquest into the four deaths from 2005 began on Monday 5 June 2006 at Gateshead Council Chambers. In subsequent events, more emergency service personnel were brought in to ensure there
891-552: The road carried on through Shiney Row - but due to traffic-calming measures and the opening of a new link road past the new Biddick Woods Estate (which lies to the west of Shiney Row), the B1519 uses the old A183. Instead, A183 becomes Washington Highway , and shares the A182 for approx 0.4 miles (0.64 km), before coming onto its own again at Biddick Woods, changing its name to Basswood Road . It then links onto its original route just short of
924-485: The southern side of Jarrow and it turns east down the A1300 (John Reid Road). The route passes through the south of South Shields (through Harton and Marsden ) until it reaches the seafront just over 3.5 miles (5.6 km) later, where it turns north up the A183. The last mile (1.6 km) of the route runs along the seafront road to the finishing line at South Shields. All roads on the course are closed several hours before
957-514: The village of Cleadon . After passing Cornthwaite Park, the A183 becomes Whitburn Bents Road and enters the borough of Sunderland. Once through Whitburn , the road continues as Whitburn Bents Road , before changing its name to Whitburn Road , as we reach a roundabout with Lowry Road - the entrance to a Morrisons - here we enter Seaburn , which was the home of the annual Sunderland International Airshow which attracted 1.2 million visitors, before Sunderland Council stopped doing it in 2019, due to
990-475: Was adequate cover. In spite of increased medical provision at the 2006 race, a man in his twenties died. The 2007 Great North Run was held on 30 September and was started by former England and Newcastle United manager Sir Bobby Robson . Kara Goucher defeated Paula Radcliffe in an impressive victory for the American. Goucher's winning time was 1:06:57. The 2008 Great North Run was held on 5 October and
1023-559: Was inspired after running in the Round the Bays Race in New Zealand in 1979, and has built upon the Great North Run with a series of other Great Run road races. The first Great North Run was staged on 28 June 1981, when 12,000 runners participated. By 2003, the number of participants had risen to 47,000. The 2011 event saw an announced field of 54,000. The number of finishers was 35,777 in 2007,
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1056-534: Was staged on 28 June 1981, when 12,000 runners participated. By 2011, the number of participants had risen to 54,000. For the first year it was advertised as a local fun run; nearly thirty years on it has become one of the biggest running events in the world, and the biggest in the UK. Only the Great Manchester Run and London Marathon come close to attracting similar numbers of athletes each year. The 1992 edition of
1089-475: Was started by former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair . The 2009 Great North Run was held on 20 September and was started by the musician Sting . The 2010 Great North Run was the 30th running of the event and was held on 19 September and was started by TV presenters Ant & Dec . The number of finishers (half marathon only) was 39,459. The 2011 Great North Run took place on
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