The London Marathon

Roads along the marathon route and approaches will close at either 0700 or 0800 BST, with a reopening in stages as the runners pass through; the first roads will reopen from 1100 BST.

As a general rule, most roads south of the river will open by 1300 BST, and by 1900 BST to the north.

Public transport will be free to race runners and officials on the Tube and DLR until 5pm, as long as you show your tabard or race number.

Road closures

0700-1400 BST

Charlton Way, Shooters Hill Road, Charlton Road, Little Heath, Charlton Park Lane, Artillery Place, John Wilson Street, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Road, Trafalgar Road, Creek Road, Evelyn Street (from 0800)

0800-1600 BST

Surrey Quays Road, Salter Road, Brunel Road, Jamaica Road

0800-1900 BST

Tower Bridge, The Highway, Westferry Road, Westferry Road, East Ferry Road, Marsh Wall, North Colonnade, Poplar High Street, Commercial Road, Byward Street, Upper Thames Street

0700-1900 BST

Victoria Embankment, Birdcage Walk

If you're watching the race, there is severely restricted access to Cutty Sark because of ongoing restoration work, and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel will be closed between 1000 and 1200 BST.

Buses

Routes will be diverted or will stop short while the marathon is ongoing. Here are the routes affected:

1, 3, 11, 12, 15, 15H, 24, 25, 29, 42, 47, 51, 53, 54, 78, 87, 88, 89, 91, 96, 99, 100, 108, 115, 122, 129, 132, 148, 159, 161, 177, 178, 180, 188, 199

202, 211, 225, 244, 277, 286, 291, 341, 343, 344, 380, 381, 386, 388, 422, 453, 469, 472, 486, C10, D3, D6, D7, D8, P12, RV1 and East London line replacement bus services.

Tube

Here are the closures that will affect you on race day.

District line: suspended between Upminster and Barking due to engineering works. Replacement bus service.

Circle and District lines: Blackfriars station is closed for rebuilding. Mansion House or Temple stations are the alternatives. Cannon Street will also be closed on Sunday as usual.

Hammersmith & City line: suspended between Plaistow and Barking. 

Northern line: Goodge Street station will be closed.

Piccadilly line: suspended between Uxbridge and South Harrow and the Metropolitan line will be suspended between Uxbridge and Harrow-on-the-Hill. Buses replace trains.

London Overground

No services between Richmond and Stratford, Gospel Oak and Barking and Shepherd's Bush to Willesden Junction. A replacement bus service will run from Gospel Oak to Barking and from Gunnersbury to Stratford. 

Trains between Clapham Junction and Shepherd's Bush will run once an hour.

Docklands Light Railway

Enhanced service throughout the weekend with trains on Sunday beginning at 05.30 BST from Tower Gateway and Lewisham.

Services during the Marathon will operate as frequently as every 2½ minutes on the busiest sections of the route.

From 1600 BST, a normal Sunday service will operate until close of play at around 2330 BST.

River

You can board a river bus at Greenwich to Canary Wharf, Tower Millennium, London Bridge or Embankment Piers.

Follow travel updates on the days by tuning to BBC London 94.9 and on our twitter feed.

BBC London 94.9 coverage:

From 8.30am Matt Jones will be live at the Marathon course bringing you regular travel updates

8.30am: Jo Good and Paul Ross are live from the start point at Blackheath. They'll be speaking to runners as they prepare to set off.

10.30am: We'll be at Canary Wharf (the 19 mile point) with Lesley Joseph and Simon Lederman

Throughout the morning the presenters will go live to our reporters out and about all around the course. Keep tuned in!