The 42.195-km (26.219-mile) route consists of one short circuit of 3.571 km (2.219 miles) followed by three circuits of 12.875|km|abbr=off|1}}. The course, which was designed to pass many of London's well-known landmarks, starts and finishes on The Mall, within sight of Buckingham Palace, and extends as far as the Tower of London in the east and the Victoria Memorial in the west.