TCS London Marathon 2026

Join Team Scope on the starting line of this iconic event and be a marathon hero while helping achieve disability equality.

• Expert fundraising and training advice from our dedicated events team
• Team Scope training support from our coaching partners at Coopah
• Access to #TeamScope's private London Marathon Facebook and WhatsApp groups, to meet fellow runners and share tips and tricks
• A free technical Scope running vest (made from recycled plastic bottles)
• The loudest and proudest cheer squads along the course
• A celebratory welcome and refreshments at our post-race reception

The money you raise helps Scope continue supporting disabled people and create a fairer society.

The cost of living crisis has hit disabled people the hardest. From escalating energy bills and food expenses to rising care costs and inflation.

Many disabled people are being forced to make impossible choices. Choices between running life-saving equipment or eating.

That's why at Scope, we are determined more than ever to be there so we can:

• Provide free and impartial guidance through our Helpline
• Support disabled people into work through our Employment Services
• Continue campaigning relentlessly to change attitudes and create a more inclusive society

By joining #TeamScope for the London Marathon 2026, you are joining our movement for change. Together, we’ll use our collective power to change attitudes and end the injustice. Together, we'll be unstoppable.

We have a limited number of places, so please tell us why you want to run with Scope and how you plan to raise the £2,300 minimum sponsorship. The more detail the better! We'll then be in touch to discuss your application.

Successful applicants will then need to pay the non-refundable £80 registration fee.

If you already have a ballot place or 'good for age' place in the London Marathon, the good news is you can still run with Scope, we’d love to have you on the team!

You’ll get all the same support as our charity place runners but without a minimum sponsorship pledge. We just ask that you raise as much as you can.

The London Marathon welcomes the use of standard wheelchairs and race runners in the mass participation event.

Free places for guides and support runners are issued where necessary. Guides and support runners will receive a finisher's medal, t-shirt and recovery bag when they cross the finish line.

The final cut off for participants is 19.30 and there is no waiver they can complete to get a late finish. If you would like a disability place but don't think you can complete the course in the eight hours, you can contact the London Marathon Events team. They will be able to advise on the best course of action.

Finish Line Closure

The aim is to support every participant from Start to Finish and provide you with the best possible experience.

So that roads can reopen to vehicles, the official course cut-off time is eight hours from the moment the final participant crosses the Start Line at 11:30.  

The Finish Line closes at 19:30 on The Mall, and is then moved to St James's Park until 23:59:59. If it becomes apparent it will not be possible for you to reach the Finish Line before midnight, a sweep vehicle will collect you and transport you to  St James’s Park to collect your kitbag.

Once everyone is over the Start Line, a vehicle signalling the course closure will depart, maintaining a consistent eight-hour pace for the length of the marathon course.  

Drinks Stations and timing mats will stay in place until the eight-hour pace participants have passed. After this, a course closure vehicle will follow the Back of the Pack, along with four sweep minibuses to collect any participants who are unable to continue.

Participants who fall behind the masses but are ahead of the eight-hour pace Tail-walkers will be joined by a group of volunteers during the second half of the course. They will give them extra support to get to the Finish Line.