parkrun Compass Club: UK
After a New Year’s Day visit to Westmill, I’ve now earned the (unofficial) parkrun Compass Club badge. This comes from completing parkrun events that contain the words North, East, South and West. But how many parkrun compass points are there? What’s the actual most Northerly/Easterly/Southerly or Westerly parkrun in the UK?. So, with a bit of extra time on my hands before New Year and inspired by a debate on the UK parkrun Tourists group I had to find out.
To be eligible for the Compass Club badge the event name must have the words north, south, east or west in the title. It counts even if the word is part of the name rather than a compass position (e.g loWESToft). Be careful about the long name as there’s an inconsistency were Henley Wood, OsWESTry counts but Bangor, NORTHern Ireland doesn’t count. parkrun challenge apps tend to use the short name of the event so if the compass position is in the long name it might not count on the app that you’re using. For the purposes of this page I’ve included all compass positions in both the long and short names.
Graphics show parkrun events that are open to the public. Note that Mount Pleasant, the most southerly parkrun event in the world is a closed event on an MOD facility. Similarly, Ayios Nikolaos parkrun on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus is the most easterly event in the UK parkrun region but is also a closed event on an MOD facility.
I update this page whenever I spot a new one pop up and do an annual check. Let me know if I’ve missed any or you spot any errors and I’ll donate £1 per update to parkrun.
See this page for the details on global parkrun Compass Club events
Shows all publicly accessible Compass Club parkrun events. Excluded parkruns on closed facilities
Note, Akrotiri is the most easterly event in the UK region (in a British Overseas Territory). It is not shown above as it is not open to the public.
UK East
Most easterly event in the UK mainland is Lowestoft
Ayios Nikolaos is the most easterly event in the UK “region” but is on a closed facility
EAST Grinstead: Completed November 9th 2019
EASTleigh: Completed July 2nd 2016
There was an EAST Sutton Park parkun on a closed facility but it closed after just 9 events
UK North
Most northerly event in the UK is Bressay, Shetland Islands
Most northerly event on the UK Mainland is Thurso
NORTHala Fields: Completed July 26th 2014
NORTHampton: Completed December 25th 2021
UK West
Most westerly event on the UK Mainland is Land’s End
Most westerly event in the UK is Enniskillen
WESTmill: Completed 1st January 2019
UK South
Most southerly event on the UK Mainland is Land’s End
Most southerly event in the UK parkrun region is Jersey
SOUTHall: Completed February 12th 2022
SOUTH Norwood: Completed 23rd December 2017
SOUTH Oxhey: Completed 31st January 2015
SOUTHampton: Completed 8th January 2022
SOUTHsea: Completed April 22nd 2023
SOUTHwark: Completed 11th November 2017
*compass position is in the long form of the event name. This may not be counted in the Compass Club in some parkrun challenge apps.
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