Completing all Cheshire parkruns
There are currently 13 parkrun events in the present-day county of Cheshire, of which I have completed 1. The first was Congleton parkrun which started on 15th December 2012 and the newest is Alderley Park parkrun which started on 14th March 2020. The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “The Cheshire Set”.
The present-day / ceremonial county of Cheshire is smaller than the historic county of the same name. Several Cheshire parkrun events fall into different historic and ceremonial counties:
Birkenhead was in historic Cheshire and is now in Merseyside.
Widnes was in historic Lancashire and is now in Cheshire.
Bramhall Park, Cheadle Hulme, Hyde, Marple, Sale Water, Woodbank and Wythenshawe were in historic Cheshire and are now in Greater Manchester.
Fletcher Moss was in historic Lancashire and is now in Greater Manchester but a small part of the course crosses into present-day Cheshire.
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 Cheshire parkrun events …
Below are each of the Cheshire 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.
Alderley Park
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 14th March 2020
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Chester
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 9th July 2016
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Congleton
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 15th December 2012
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Crewe
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 17th February 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Delamere
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 2nd March 2013
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Ellesmere Port
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 18th October 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Lyme Park
I completed this event on: September 23rd 2017 with a finish time of: 29:39
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Other routes touched (walk): North Cheshire Way, GM Ringway, Gritstone Trail, Lyme Walks: A Walk to the Cage / A Walk to the Lantern / Paddock Cottage Walk
Inaugural: 22nd February 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Macclesfield
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 28th April 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Northwich
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: 17th March 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Phoenix
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 24th February 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Warrington
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire / Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 25th January 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Widnes
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 31st January 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Wilmslow
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Cheshire
Inaugural: 11th April 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
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