Completing all Gloucestershire parkruns

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There are 23 parkrun events in the historic county of Gloucestershire, of which I have completed 5. Two of these events, Blaise Castle and Eastville, are now in the ceremonial county and unitary authority of Bristol. This leaves 21 events in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire. Four events: Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury, Three Brooks and Pomphrey Hill are in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “Glos’ed Over” and “Brist-all” for all in the ceremonial county of Bristol.

Severn Bridge gets a special mention as most of the course is in Gloucestershire but the start and end are in Monmouthshire, Wales.

The county’s first parkrun event was Forest of Dean, whose inaugural was on April 24th 2010. The newest event is Three Brooks which started on July 20th 2024.

Little Stoke parkrun was permanently cancelled on May 7th 2016.

Numbers exclude any events that are not open to the general public such as prisons or armed forces facilities.

A map of the parkrun events in the county of Gloucestershire

All of the Gloucestershire parkrun events …

Below are each of the Gloucestershire 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 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.

Berkeley Green

 

Blaise Castle

 

Cheltenham

  • I completed this event on: December 28th 2013 with a finish time of: 25:43

  • Other routes touched: None

  • Inaugural: February 16th 2013

  • Course Map and Elevation Profile by: Mark Brace on May 20th 2023

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

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Cheltenham course (4 laps) December 28th 2013

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Cheltenham course (2 laps) May 20th 2023

 

Chipping Sodbury

 

Cirencester

  • I completed this event on: November 13th 2021 with a finish time of: 26:49

  • Other routes touched (walk): Monarch’s Way

  • Inaugural: February 3rd 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Eastville

 

Fire Service College

 

Forest of Dean

 

Gloucester City

 

Gloucester North

 

King George V Playing Field

 

Kingsway, Gloucester

 

Little Stoke

***Little Stoke parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***

  • I did not complete this event before it was closed

  • Inaugural: November 3rd 2012

  • Final event: #173 on May 7th 2016

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Lydney

 

Mallards Pike

 

Newent

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Other routes touched (walk): None

  • Inaugural: March 9th 2013

  • Course Map and Elevation Profile by: Mark Brace on May 18th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Pomphrey Hill

 

Severn Bridge

Most of the course is in Gloucestershire but the start and end are in Monmouthshire, Wales.

  • I completed this event on: November 3rd 2018 with a finish time of: 28:14

  • Other routes touched (walk): Wales Coast Path

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 4

  • Inaugural: August 11th 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 
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Stonehouse

 

Stratford Park, Stroud

 

Tetbury Goods Shed

  • I completed this event on: August 17th 2019 with a finish time of: 28:54

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 48

  • Inaugural: May 18th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 
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Tewkesbury

  • I completed this event on: August 9th 2025 with a finish time of: 26:42

  • Other routes touched (walk): Tewkesbury Battle Trail

  • Inaugural: July 4th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Thornbury

 

Three Brooks

 

Wotton

 

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