When is the 2025 Great North Run? Here's the big date for the diaries

Whenever the Great North Run comes around, turning Newcastle and South Shields into a hive of activity, it can leave people feeling they have missed out if they aren't involved themselves.

The sight of 60,000 runners pouring over the Tyne Bridge, as the Newcastle to South Shields route is showcased live on TV to viewers worldwide, always inspires many people to want to take part the following year. And with the next run date already decided, they know what to aim for.

The date of the AJ Bell Great North Run in 2025 will be Sunday, September 7. Paul Foster, chief executive of the Great Run Company, has said of it: "We’re expecting record numbers of applications."

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For the first time, there is to be an early entry ballot for those eager to sign up as quickly as possible. This additional ballot was announced this week as an "exciting change".

It will be open from 10am on September 4 until noon on September 13. It's a chance to secure an early place but those who apply and are not successful will still have another opportunity to try as there will be a second ballot to come in January.

For more about the ballot see here and for full information about this year's Great North Run find a guide to Sunday's event here. Live September 8 coverage also will be broadcast live on BBC1 from 10am.