Completing all Buckinghamshire parkruns
There are currently 11 parkrun events in present-day Buckinghamshire. The first was Black Park which started on July 18th 2009 and the newest is Church Mead which started on April 9th 2022. The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “Buck'ed Up”.
The Historic County of Buckinghamshire has 12 parkrun events. These include Upton Court which is now part of present-day Berkshire.
I first completed the county on Christmas Day 2018 at Linford Wood.
Numbers exclude 2k Junior parkruns and any events that are not open to the general public such as prisons or armed forces facilities.
All of the Buckinghamshire parkrun events …
Below are each of the Buckinghamshire 5k parkrun events in alphabetical order. A few things to note:
The interactive maps below take you to the approximate location for the course, typically the centre of the park. See the course instructions in the parkrun page for each event for specific directions to the start.
Course maps and elevation profiles show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then. See the Course page in the event’s page on parkrun.org.uk for the current course outline. Note that course outlines are from Garmin data during a specific run and may vary from the officially measured distance.
Please contact me if you spot an event that doesn’t have a course map and elevation profile and you would like to donate one from your own run. I’m also interested in maps and elevation profiles for courses that have changed or where there’s a regular alternative route (e.g. Horsham). I’ll need a GPX file from your run plus the date. I’ll include a credit for you and will donate £1 to parkrun.
Aylesbury
I completed this event on: November 30th 2013 with a finish time of: 22:24 (My parkrun PB)
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Round Aylesbury Walk
Inaugural: November 2nd 2013
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Black Park
I first completed this event on December 26th 2012 (Freedom Run), December 29th 2012 (First recorded run) with a fastest Time of 22:32
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Beeches Way
Other routes touched (cycle): The Beeches Cycleway starts from the car park.
This event is also part of LonDone ++ and Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: July 18th 2009
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Buckingham
I completed this event on: December 1st 2018 with a finish time of: 27:39
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Ouse Valley Way
Inaugural: May 17th 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Bury Field
I completed this event on: November 27th 2021 with a finish time of: 25:54
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Ouse Valley Way
Inaugural: November 6th 2021
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Church Mead
I first completed this event on: April 16th 2022 with a finish time of: 27:35
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Other routes touched (walk): Chiltern Heritage Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): Chiltern Heritage Trail Milton Route
Inaugural: April 9th 2022
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up, My Run Report for event #43
Higginson, Marlow
I completed this event on: September 1st 2018 with a finish time of: 28:18
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Other routes touched (walk): Thames Path, Shakespeare’s Way
Inaugural: August 18th 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Linford Wood
I completed this event on: Christmas Day 2018 with a finish time of: 27:24
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: July 16th 2016
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Milton Keynes
I completed this event on: September 24th 2016 with a finish time of: 24:29
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Grand Union Canal Towpath
Other routes touched (walk): NCN 6, 50, 51
Inaugural: January 16th 2010
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Rushmere
I completed this event on: January 5th 2018 with a finish time of: 25:58
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
Other routes touched (walk): Greensand Ridge Walk
The address for Rushmere is actually in Bedfordshire but as the whole course is on the Buckinghamshire side of the border, I’m including it here.
Inaugural: November 7th 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Wendover Woods
I completed this event on: September 29th 2018 with a finish time of: 27:20
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Other routes touched (walk): Hillfort Trail, Hilltop Trail, Firecrest Trail
Inaugural: September 15th 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
Wycombe Rye
I completed this event on: February 2nd 2013 with a finish time of: 25:04
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial County: Buckinghamshire
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: August 4th 2012
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up
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