Running Route

This is the original running route prepared for the "Serpentine Running Club: Route 18: The Monopoly Run" as originally devised by Nick Slade in 2004 and is reproduced with permission

Nick Slade organised 3 small fun races over the course (2004,2005 & 2006) involving 6 teams (Dogs,Boats etc).

Above is "DOG" team of 2004 .. Nick is the one in the light blue being held down by team mates. The "dog" is just visible in his bag.

DISTANCE (MILES)	DESCRIPTION	MONOPOLY LOCATION	RA REF
0	The Seymour Centre is the allocated position for "GO!" . Head south along Seymour Place	GO!	11A
0.3	At end of Seymour Place turn right then immediately left into Edgware Road .Carry on down left hand side of road
0.4	Just before end of Edgware Road go down ramp into subway , turning first right , then first left, passed the public conveniences to end , then left up ramp and pass through gate into Speakers Corner.
0.5	Take third turning on right onto main cycleway and follow towards Hyde Park Corner		100A
0.7	Take left fork towards fountain. Just beyond fountain exit the park onto Park Lane . Nearby is a subway entrance.
0.9	Go down into subway make way to opposite side of Park Lane. On exit of subway, head north (to the right) along Park Lane for around 100m
1.0	You are now at The Grosvenor Hotel , the allocated stop for PARK LANE. From the entrance to the Grosvenor Hotel , go back south along Park lane and take the first left turn , heading down Mount Street. Follow Mount street until it reaches its end, turn right into Berkeley Square.	PARK LANE
1.5	The Centre of Berkeley square is the allocated stop for MAYFAIR. Exit Berkeley square via Bruton Street on the opposite side of the square to where you entered. Follow Bruton street for approx 200m before turning left into New Bond Street . Follow New Bond Street to Sotheby's on the RHS of the road.	MAYFAIR
1.7	Sotheby's is the allocated stop for BOND STREET. From here continue along road in the same direction for around 400m until you reach Oxford Street. Turn right into Oxford Street and head towards John Lewis. Don�t worry about Crossing road, but remain on the RHS path.	BOND STREET
2.1	The location on the opposite side of the road to John Lewis is the allocated stop for OXFORD STREET. Continue down the RHS path , and take the first right down Harewood Place and left following the perimeter of Hanover Square to Hanover Street. Turn right into Regents Street and cross to opposite side (LHS) . Follow Regents Street to Great Marlborough Street on the left. Turn into Great Marlborough Street and after just a few metres you will reach the entrance to "Liberty's" department store.	OXFORD STREET
2.5	Liberty's is the Allocated stop for MARLBOROUGH STREET . At entrance to Liberties turn right down Kingly Street and follow to end. Turn right then first left into Warwick Street and follow to end. Turn right into Glasshouse street and the left into Regents Street. Follow Regents street as far as the Caf� Royal on the LHS of the road.	MARLBOROUGH STREET
2.9	The Caf� Royal is the allocated stop for REGENTS STREET. From here go back the way you came along Regents Street (to your right as you look towards the road from the Caf� Royal) and cross over road to LHS. Follow road and take first left into Swallow Street. Follow Swallow Street as it curves to the left and a short way down you will find vine street on your left.	REGENTS STREET
3.0	Vine Street, being so small , is in fact the allocated stop for VINE STREET . There is unfortunately not much there. From here , continue in the same direction along Swallow Street until it ends at Piccadilly. Cross Piccadilly at nearby crossing and turn left , following road to Piccadilly circus. Once in Piccadilly circus use appropriate crossings to get to the statue of Eros in the middle.	VINE STREET
3.2	Eros is the allocated stop for PICCADILLY CIRCUS . From here head in more or less the same direction for another 50m and you will see the Trocadero on the opposite LHS of the road. Don�t worry about Crossing road, but remain on the RHS path.	PICCADILLY CIRCUS	100B
3.3	The location on the opposite side of the road to the Trocadero is the allocated stop for COVENTRY STREET. From here turn right into the Haymarket and follow for around 300m to its end at the junction with Pall Mall.	COVENTRY STREET
3.5	On the junction of Haymarket and Pall Mall there is the New Zealand Travel centre and a big sign for Pall Mall on the wall . The Road sign is the allocated stop for PALL MALL. From here turn left and follow road to Trafalgar Square. Use appropriate crossing points to get to Nelsons Column in the middle of the Square	PALL MALL
3.7	Nelsons Column is the allocated stop for TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Exit Trafalgar square via Whitehall and follow Whitehall on the RHS of the road. About 200m down the road are the Admiralty Buildings.	TRAFALGAR SQUARE
3.8	The Admiralty Buildings are the allocated stop for WHITEHALL. Cross the road and on the opposite side there is the entrance to Great Scotland Yard. Follow Great Scotland Yard until it's end at Northumberland Street. Almost opposite the exit to Great Scotland Yard on Northumberland Avenue is a pub called the "Sherlock Holmes" . Cross over Northumberland Avenue and head towards this pub.	WHITEHALL
4.0	The "Sherlock Holmes" pub is the allocated stop for NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE. From here take Right Hand fork along Northumberland Street, heading straight on (road veers to the right, pedestrian zone goes straight on) as far as The Strand. Turn left towards Trafalgar square and cross over the road following the perimeter or Trafalgar square Past South Africa House to St Martins Place. Follow St Martins Place, then take a left into Irving Street. Follow Irving Street until it opens out into Leicester Square.	NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
4.4	The Odeon cinema is the allocated stop for LEICESTER SQUARE. From here exit head to the right (right as you face the square from the Odeon Entrance ) and exit the square via Cranbourn Street on the right. Follow Cranbourn Street across major junction with Charring Cross Road as far as a 6 way junction of roads .Take a right turn into Garrick Street and follow this as it turns left into Kings Street and alongside Covent Garden Market. Continue straight on (Market is on your RHS) through the Plaza and follow the road as it goes Right . Take the next left into Russell Street and left again into Bow Street. Just round the corner is the entrance to the Royal Opera House.	LEICESTER SQUARE
4.9	The Royal Opera House is the allocated stop for BOW STREET. Head back down Bow Street (to the right as you look at the road from the Opera House) , and Wellington Street as far as The Strand. Turn left into the Strand and head towards St Mary-Le-Strand Church located on an island in the middle of the road.	BOW STREET
5.3	St Mary-Le-Strand Church is the allocated stop for THE STRAND. Continue down The Strand on the LHS of the road and on into Fleet Street. On the LHS is a very small old pub called "Ye-Old-Cheshire-Cheese"	THE STRAND	100C
5.8	The pub "Ye-Old-Cheshire-Cheese" is the allocated stop for FLEET STREET. From here continue on down Fleet Street , cross the road and turn right into New Bridge Street. Follow New Bridge Street on the RHS, until it reaches the junction with Watergate on the right and Queen Victoria Street on the left. Blackfriars station is on the opposite corner and a subway to the station ,the riverside and Blackfriars Road Bridge is nearby. Take the subway to Blackfriars Road Bridge , and on exiting subway , cross the Bridge on the RHS path to the South Bank. At the far end of Blackfriars bridge there are some steps near the "Doggit" Pub that head down onto the south bank riverside walkway. Take the steps down and take the walkway through a tunnel under Blackfriars Road and Rail bridges and onto the Millennium footbridge. Next to the Millennium Bridge is the Tate Modern Art Gallery.	FLEET STREET
6.7	The Tate Modern Art Gallery is the allocated stop the ELECTRIC COMPANY (the gallery used to be an Electric Power Generator Building in a former life). Head straight on from Millennium Bridge along Thames path / South Bank passed the Shakespeare Globe theatre on your right. Pass through tunnel under Southwark bridge and follow path immediately left then right onto riverside once more. Follow riverside until you reach the Anchor Pub on your right , and a section of cobbled street. Follow cobbled street under rail bridge (through brick arch) into Clink Street . Vinopolis is on your right as you enter Clink Street , and the Clink Museum is about 50m into clink street.	ELECTRIC COMPANY
7.2	The Clink Museum is the allocated stop for JAIL (the clink being a former very famous Jail from many years ago) .From there follow Clink street as far as the replica "Golden Hind" sailing ship just ahead. At the "Golden Hind" , turn right then take the first left (this is a sharp hairpin corner) passed Southwark Cathedral on your right, and then follow road as it curves to the right again. Road now enters a short tunnel under London Bridge with green and blue lights under glass panels in the pavement.	JAIL
7.4	The "Disco lights" are located very close to where the old Waterworks of London Bridge were in years gone by. Sadly all has gone now, along with the old London Bridge, but the "Disco Lights" are close enough to the spot to be the allocated stop for WATERWORKS. From here take the steps up onto the Bridge deck and run in the opposite direction to the Bridge along Borough High Street . If not already on the LHS of the road, then cross over to the LHS. After around 700m there is a major road junction adjacent Borough Underground station. Take the left turn at this Junction into Great Dover Street , and follow this road for a further 800m until it reaches a very large Roundabout with a flyover. This is Bricklayers Arms Roundabout, at the very tip of Old Kent Road.	WATER WORKS	100D
8.5	The Bricklayers Arms Roundabout is the allocated stop for OLD KENT ROAD. Turn left at the roundabout into Tower Bridge Road and follow this road (on the LHS pavement) as far as Tower Bridge. Go straight over the Bridge and passed the Tower Of London on your left. Turn Left into Tower Hill and take subway to Tower Hill Underground Station Entrance. Just round the corner from the station is Coopers Row. Follow Coopers Row until it passes under Fenchurch Street Station . There is an entrance to the station here.	OLD KENT ROAD	100D
10.2	The Coopers Row entrance to the station is the allocated stop for FENCHURCH STREET STATION. From here head straight on Friars Street and Jewry Street. At the end of Jewry street turn right into Aldgate High Street , passing Aldgate Underground Station on your left. Carry straight on along Whitechapel High street using the subway to get onto the LHS of the road. Continue to follow Whitechapel High Street passed Aldgate East Underground Station and for a further 200m or so , when the road then forms the start of Whitechapel Road.	FENCHURCH STREET STATION	100E
10.9	Once you have located a street sign for Whitechapel road head for it�this is the allocated stop for WHITECHAPEL ROAD. From there head back along Whitechapel High Street on the RHS path, passed Aldgate East Underground Station and Just before Aldgate station take a right into St Botolphs Street, and as this road veers tot he left instead head straight on into Middlesex Street. Follow Middlesex Street to its end at the junction with Bishopsgate. Turn left into Bishopsgate and cross the road onto the RHS. A short distance ahead is the entrance to Liverpool Street Station. Head down escalators or steps onto the main station concourse.	WHITECHAPEL ROAD
11.6	The main station concourse is the allocated stop for LIVERPOOL STREET STATION. From here head straight on through the Broadgate shopping area and out onto Eldon Street. Follow Eldon street to the major junction with Moorgate. Turn right , and head long main road which is first called Finsbury Pavement (Moorgate is the opposite direction) and eventually forms City Road , as far as Old Street Roundabout. Use Subway to get to opposite corner of roundabout so you are heading along City Road on the LHS of the road heading towards Islington. After about a mile , at the top of a long shallow climb is a major junction with Islington High Street . At this junction on the left is the Angel Centre.	LIVERPOOL STREET STATION
13.5	The Angel Centre is the allocated stop for THE ANGEL ISLINGTON. From here head straight on into Pentonville Road. Cross over to the RHS and about half way down a shallow descent is a large old building surrounded by a very small park . This is the Joseph Grimaldi Park.	ANGEL ISLINGTON	100F
13.9	The Joseph Grimaldi Park is the allocated stop for PENTONVILLE ROAD. From here continue on down the hill . About 400 m further on adjacent a major Road Junction is Kings Cross Station Main entrance. Head for the main entrance.	PENTONVILLE ROAD
14.4	The main entrance to the station is the allocated stop for KINGS CROSS STATION. From here head straight on along what is now Euston Road, passed St Pancras Station , and the British Library on your right. A little further on is the entrance to Euston Station. Head for the entrance.	KINGS CROSS STATION
14.8	The entrance to Euston Station is the allocated stop for EUSTON ROAD. From here continue straight on along Euston Road passed Euston Square station entrance on your left, across the major junction with Hampstead Road / Tottenham Court Road, passed Great Portland Street and Regents Park underground stations , Madame Tussauds , the Planetarium and Baker Street Station .Just beyond Baker Street Station main entrance turn right into Baker Street . Cross the road onto the LHS pavement and take the first left into Melcombe Street. Follow Melcombe Street to Dorset Square and head straight on to Melcombe Place. Directly ahead is the main entrance to Marylebone Station.	EUSTON ROAD
16.2	The main entrance to Marylebone Station is the allocated stop for MARYLEBONE STATION. From here , just After Marylebone Station turn left into Harewood Avenue. At end of Harewood Avenue turn right onto Marylebone Road. Cross Marylebone Road Pedestrian Crossing and turn left into Seymour Place. Follow Seymour Place to Seymour Centre.	MARYLEBONE STATION
16.5	The Seymour Centre is the allocated position for "GO!" Congratulations you have finished!	GO!

RISK ASSESSMENTS (Provided by Nick Slade)

RISK ASSESSMENT REF NUMBER: 11A

START: SEYMOUR SPORTS CENTRE

FINISH: SPEAKERS CORNER

VIA: SEYMOUR PLACE / SLOPED EXIT TO SUBWAY

Hazard Location Hazard description Level of risk Control measures

SEYMOUR PLACE / SEYMOUR STREET / EDGWARE ROAD Traffic, narrow pavement, bollards/posts. Crossing several small to medium road junctions. M Leave the Seymour in small groups to avoid overcrowding on the footpath. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users. Watch out for bollards obscured by runners ahead.

MARBLE ARCH SUBWAY Blind corners and slippery decent in wet or icy conditions L Slow down and approach corners with caution. Look out for pedestrians and give way.

RISK ASSESSMENT REF NUMBER: 100E

START: FENCHURCH STREET STATION

FINISH: ANGLE CENTRE ISLINGTON

VIA: MONOPOLY RUN ROUTE

Hazard Location Hazard description Level of risk Control measures

FRIARS STREET / JEWRY STREET / ALDGATE HIGH STREET SOUTH SIDE Light Traffic, narrow pavement, bollards/posts. M Run in small groups to avoid overcrowding on the footpath. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users. Look out for obstacles / trip hazards along path.

ALDGATE HIGH STREET SUBWAY Steps, Cyclists, blind corners and slippery decent in wet or icy conditions L Slow down , walk down and up any steps and approach corners with caution. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way.

ALDGATE HIGH STREET NORTH SIDE / WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET Narrow Pavements. Crowds of shoppers. Street furniture such as bins, lampposts and bus stops. Underground station entrance H Look out for pedestrians and give way to other footpath users. Run in small groups to avoid overcrowding on the footpath. Look out for obstacles / trip hazards along path.

MIDDLESEX STREET Busy road section with multiple medium road crossings. H Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

CROSSING MIDDLESEX STREET Major road crossing H Use pedestrian crossing where possible. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

CROSSING BISHOPSGATE Major road crossing H Use pedestrian crossing. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

LIVERPOOL STREET STATION / BROADGATE SHOPPING CENTRE Escalators / stairs to and from Station and Shopping concourses. Crowds of shoppers and commuters especially at peak travel times. H Slow down , walk down and up any steps / escalators . Slow down and run in small groups to avoid overcrowding on concourse. Look out for pedestrians and give way to other concourse users.

ELDON STREET Busy road section with multiple medium / minor road crossings. H Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

MOORGATE / CITY ROAD FROM ELDON STREET TO OLD STREET Busy road section with multiple medium road crossings. H Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

OLD STREET SUBWAY Steps, Cyclists, blind corners and slippery decent in wet or icy conditions L Slow down , walk down and up any steps and approach corners with caution. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way.

CITY ROAD FROM OLD STREET TO ANGEL CENTRE ISLINGTON Busy road section with multiple medium road crossings. H Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

CROSSING GOSSWELL ROAD Major road crossings H Use pedestrian crossing. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

CROSSING ST JOHN STREET Major road crossing H Use pedestrian crossing. Stop if necessary and give way to all traffic and cyclists. Look out for pedestrians and cycles and give way to other footpath users.

RISK ASSESSMENT REF NUMBER: 100D

START: LONDON BRIDGE