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Top Flight by RunThrough - Quayside 5K

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

Gateshead
GB

Alvin Leong · CC BY-SA 2.0Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0

Race date Aug expected: August 2027
City · Distance: Gateshead · 5km
Entry fee: Fee TBDVaries by event and entry period
Status: SoonSee how to enter ↗

2027Date August 2027 · expected · Soon

2026Date Aug 5, 2026

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 13, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

This Wednesday evening 5K follows the River Tyne on Newcastle-Gateshead’s Quayside.

It is a flat out-and-back course with the Tyne’s bridges, including the Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge, as the backdrop.

Billed as “the fastest 5K in the North,” it is a speed race that draws club runners aiming for a PB.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from runners who've been there.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Quayside 5K LIVE | Elite 5K Racing in Newcastle | Top Flight Series 2026

RunThrough

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

From the 2026 edition

We'll fill this in once the official entry rules are out.

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 5km

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

From the 2026 edition

START

Newcastle Business Park

Start · Google Maps

RunThrough organizes the event in partnership with Gateshead Harriers.

It is one stage of the “Top Flight Race” series, which brings together Britain’s fastest course.

Series points are awarded by finishing position, including 25 points for the winner, adding an elite-level competitive edge.

The course is a flat out-and-back along the River Tyne and has produced some of the fastest winning times in the UK since it began in 2014.

A 10K division has also been offered since 2025.

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2026 edition

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startOfficial pages describe the course as a flat, out-back course along the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside,…
Transit cardGateshead is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, with fares from about 2.20 pounds using a reloadable Pop…

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

Official pages describe the course as a flat, out-back course along the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside, running along the River Tyne from the Newcastle side of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge to Newcastle Business Park, with a related listing giving the venue as Baltic Square, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA. No Metro/train station, parking, or shuttle info was found in the fetched content.

Quayside is centrally located between Newcastle and Gateshead city centres, generally well served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, but no official page fetched named a specific station or transit route for this event.

Getting to the finish

Not separately specified; out-and-back course along the Quayside near Newcastle Business Park.

Transit card

Gateshead is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, with fares from about 2.20 pounds using a reloadable Pop card (topped up at station machines, online, or retailers) or by tapping a contactless bank card/phone directly at the gateline on participating stations. Gateshead Stadium has its own Metro stop near the race area.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The Quayside is about a 15-minute walk from Newcastle Central Station.

By Tyne and Wear Metro, it is accessible from Central Station or Gateshead station.

As a midsummer weekday evening race, it overlaps with the commuter rush, so allow plenty of time to arrive.

Registration is handled through the RunThrough website.

Times are local to Gateshead. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Rooms Inn

Hotel · 1.3km

7.4/10(4963)

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York Self-Drive Boat Rental

₩85,000

Top Flight by RunThrough - Quayside 5K

About Top Flight by RunThrough - Quayside 5K — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run