Roads closed at Wallasey Tunnel as Armed Forces veterans march through

Roads around Kingsway Tunnell will be closed today for several hours as Mersey Tunnel 10k returns.

Over 2,000 runners are set to pace through the Wallasey Tunnel, on Sunday, April 14, in the 18th staging of the Born To Run point-to-point race. It is the only time throughout the year when people can make their way through the ‘new tunnel’ on foot, with many runners using it as an opportunity to gear up for the London Marathon the following weekend.

The race starts in Liverpool city centre before runners head into the Kingsway Tunnel. After emerging on the Wirral side of the tunnel, runners make their way to Seacombe Promenade, Fort Perch Rock, and Marine Lake. The finish line is on Ian Fraser Walk in New Brighton, where runners will collect their commemorative finishers’ medal and technical fabric running T-shirt.

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Taking part in the Mersey Tunnel 10K for the first time is a team of 20 Armed Forces veterans from Liverpool, Wirral, and Sefton. They will be pulling on their military boots and will march the route to fundraise for Liverpool-based The Block, an armed forces foundation homeless prevention project.

The group began in 2019 as a small veteran community service aimed at helping local ex-forces in times of crisis. Former Paratrooper Colin Eastaway from Liverpool is one of the charity’s founders, having served with the Special Forces Support Group, and did multiple tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The group will carry equipment in a traditional military-style exercise called speed march, or Tactical Advance to Battle (TAB). Former Paratrooper physical