There are currently 13 parkrun events in present-day Oxfordshire. The first was Abingdon which started on May 7th 2011 and the newest is Kilkenny Lane Country which started on October 18th 2025. The name for completing all of the events in the county is Oxford Don(e)

Three events in present-day Oxfordshire (Harcourt Hill, Didcot and Grove Fields) were part of Historic Berkshire. Abingdon gets an honourable mention as, although it was in Historic Oxfordshire, there’s a small section by Abingdon Lock that was in Historic Berkshire.

I first completed the county on July 6th 2019 at Banbury.

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 Oxfordshire.

All of the Oxfordshire parkrun events …

Below are each of the Oxfordshire 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.

Abingdon

I completed this event on: March 16th 2019 with a finish time of: 25:38
Historic County: Oxfordshire. A small section of the course at Abingdon Lock was in Historic Berkshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (walk): Thames Path, Oxford Green Belt Way
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Inaugural: May 7th 2011
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Banbury

I completed this event on: July 6th 2019 with a finish time of: 26:08
Historic County: Oxfordshire.
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (walk): N/A, although the Western edge goes very close to, and parallel with, the Oxford Canal Walk.
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Inaugural: September 27th 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Bicester

I completed this event on: January 27th 2018 with a finish time of: 25:15
Historic County: Oxfordshire.
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 51
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Inaugural: April 16th 2016
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Chipping Norton School

I completed this event on: December 14th 2019 with a finish time of: 28:13
Other routes touched (walk): Shakespeare’s Way
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Inaugural: December 14th 2019
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Didcot

I completed this event on: February 9th 2019 with a finish time of: 24:48
Historic County: Berkshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 5
Inaugural: February 21st 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Grove Fields

I completed this event on: September 11th 2021 with a finish time of: 24:53
Historic County: Berkshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (walk): Wilts and Berks Canal Towpath
Inaugural: August 21st 2021
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Harcourt Hill

I completed this event on: February 16th 2019 with a finish time of: 24:55
Historic County: Berkshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (walk): Ramblers’ Jubilee Circular Walk
Inaugural: October 18th 2014
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Henley-on-Thames

I completed this event on: August 19th 2017 with a finish time of: 28:57
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: July 1st 2017
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Horspath

I completed this event on: September 18th 2021 with a finish time of: 24:44
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (cycle): None, however NCN 57 runs past the entrance and parallel to the southern edge of the course.
Inaugural: August 14th 2021
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Kilkenny Lane Country

I have not yet completed this event
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Inaugural: October 18th 2025
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

Oxford

I first completed this event on: Christmas Day 2017 with a finish time of: 26:17
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 51
Inaugural: November 5th 2011
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

University Parks

I first completed this event on: March 5th 2022 with a finish time of: 25:18
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Ceremonial County: Oxfordshire
Other routes touched: None, although NCN 51 runs parallel to the western edge of the route.
Inaugural: February 5th 2022
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page