Completing all Merseyside parkruns
There are currently 9 parkrun events in the present-day county of Merseyside, of which I have not yet completed any. The first was Princes which started on 26th March 2011 and the newest is Sutton Manor which started on 7th December 2019. The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “Mersey-Beat”.
The present-day / ceremonial county of Merseyside is made up of land that was previously in the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Birkenhead was originally in historic Cheshire but is now in Merseyside. All other Merseyside parkrun events were in the historic county of Lancashire.
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 Merseyside parkrun events …
Below are each of the Merseyside 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.
Birkenhead
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Cheshire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 18th July 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Crosby
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 14th November 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Croxteth Hall
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 14th March 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Kew Woods
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 15th December 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Knowsley
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 10th December 2016
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Princes
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 26th March 2011
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Southport
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: 11th June 2016
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
St Helens
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 5th July 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
Sutton Manor
I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Lancashire
Ceremonial County: Merseyside
Inaugural: 7th December 2019
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page
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