Essar Chester Half Marathon

The Essar Chester Half Marathon takes place in the historic city of Chester with a city-centre start and finish at Chester Racecourse. The event is traditionally a predominantly flat, closed-road course that mixes city streets with surrounding rural roads, and it is title-sponsored by Essar. Entries for the 2026 edition are open for the race scheduled on 17 May 2026 and the organiser provides route information and participant resources on the official event pages.

This race is part of the Chester Triple series and serves as a qualifier for the England Athletics & Welsh Athletics Age Group Masters Half Marathon Championship. Race-day activities include a 1 Mile Fun Run and the organiser promotes training support such as paced training runs and race-day pace runners. The event has an established history with published race records and prize awards for leading finishers and age-group winners.