RUNNERS are limbering up getting ready for the Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon, but motorists should be aware of the road closures.

More than 1,200 runners are set to take part in the race, and some roads will be closed to keep the participants safe, say organisers.

The race takes place on Sunday, April 2, and kicks off at 10.30am.

Police will be holding traffic on Wellington Road in both directions from 10.25am to allow the runners to begin the race from Bridgwater and Taunton College.

Traffic will be held again on Bridge Street, Station Road, Staplegrove Road and Greenway Road as the main bulk of the runners go through the town, and will take around 20 minutes.

Silk Mills Road will be closed to through traffic from 10.30am until 3pm in both directions between Netherclay Lane and Bindon Road The road is open at the Bishops Hull end for two way traffic to Heron Drive, with access to St Margaret’s Hospice, Abbeyfield and Avery Plant Centre.

The diversion route through the town will be signed.

The bridge at Bradford-on-Tone will be closed between 11am and 1pm to all traffic with a diversion set through Nynehead.

Drivers in Bishops Hull itself are asked to follow a voluntary one-way system that flows with the runners, down Bishops Hull Hill and Netherclay Lane, up Waterfield Drive.

The exit to Wellington Road from Bishops Hull Road will be closed.