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LonDone is the term for completing all parkrun events in Greater London. There are currently 62 parkrun events in Greater London. The first was Bushy Park which started on October 2nd 2004 and there’s typically a couple of new events added to the region each year. London is blessed with great public transportation links with most parkrun events within walking distance of a train, tube, tram or DLR stop. Travelling by bus gives you even more options.
Driving to the events is generally discouraged, but it will be the preferred option for some parkrunners for some events. Key considerations for drivers are parking options and whether the event is in, or the trip is through, the ULEZ or Congestion Charge zone.
Content on this page is sourced from the individual event pages, desktop research and input from the parkrun community. There make be some errors in the early release of this page and things can change. When planning your trip use this as a guide but always check the Course page of the relevant parkrun event and check other travel sites for any issues on your route for the day. Let me know if you spot any errors or have new information and I’ll make a quick update.
Links to key sections:
See my main parkrun LonDone page for more geekery on the Greater London parkrun events.
Public Transport: Nearest Stations and Stops
Notes:
Nearest station, excluding bus stops, is shown with a white background. Nearest alternative type shown with a light blue background.
Nearest and nearest alternative stations are all within walking distance of the start line. “Walking distance” is subjective but for the purposes of this I’ve determined it as “half-a-parkrun” (2.5 km).
Stations with an orange background are longer walks of between 2.5 km and 5 km.
“N/A” indicates that there’s no station of this type within a 5 km walk for the start line.
The Bus column shows the nearest stop to the start line. There’s normally several other stops nearby and on different routes.
Ally Pally to Hilly Fields:
Hoblingwell to Wormwood Scrubs:
Parking, ULEZ and Congestion Charges
Driving to London parkrun events is generally discouraged and it can often be expensive. I learned that the hard way when I running late for Victoria Dock had to pay £20 for a short stay in the nearest car park.
If you are driving the main three things to know are about parking, the ULEZ zone and Congestion Charge.
Most events have a car park either in the park or nearby. Some can be small so plan to arrive early to make sure you get a space and have time to pay (if needed) and walk to the start. If there’s a charge many car parks have pay-by-app options. This is great if you already have the app but takes time if you’re a first-time user and need to set it up. Northala Fields is an example of app-only parking with no options to pay by cash or card at a machine. I’ve made note of any specific details on parking, but let me know if you have additional local knowledge.
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is a large area of London where you have to pay a charge if your car doesn’t meet certain emissions standards. You can find out if your car is exempt, see the area covered, and pay the fee on this TFL page. From August 29th 2023 the ULEZ zone was expanded to include most of Greater London, and all London parkruns are now in the zone. 2 events; Bedfont Lakes and Riddlesdown are right on the edge of the zone. It’s possible to reach these by car and park outside of the ULEZ zone, however be careful not to cross into it on the drive there.
There are currently no parkrun events inside the Congestion Charge zone. As with the ULEZ Zone, be careful when planning your drive as you may have to pass through the zone even if the parkrun event is outside of it.
Ally Pally to Hilly Fields:
Hoblingwell to Wormwood Scrubs:
Café and Toilets
Knowing whether there’s a toilet at the event is often important when planning your trip. Most events have one near the start line but if they don’t it’s worth checking to see what’s on your route, especially for long trips. The original information here is from the Course pages from each event. Let me know if you have additional information (e.g. opening times, disabled access) on each that would help other parkrunners.
The cafés shown here are either ones noted on the Course pages or the closest one if not mentioned. These are not recommendations.
Ally Pally to Hilly Fields:
Hoblingwell to Wormwood Scrubs:
The LonDone parkrun tube and train map
There’s often chat in the Facebook parkrun groups about having a transport map showing the nearest stations to the London parkrun events. I’m certainly not the first to have this idea or to give it a go. Here’s my attempt at putting one together. Things to know are:
It shows nearest stations to parkruns and key interchanges, not all stations and lines.
Other stations may be more convenient for each parkrun, depending on where you’re coming from. Check the tables above for alternatives.
It’s intended to be an “artistic impression”, not for navigation.
There’s likely mistakes in this version. Please let me know if you spot any.
Nearest airports to London parkrun events
I’m guessing that parkrun’s encouragement of using public transport doesn’t include flying to events. This section is likely to be pretty niche, but I included it anyway. The map and table below shows the nearest major London airport to each parkrun event. “Nearest” is defined as the quickest route via public transport rather than as the crow flies.
The reality is that anyone flying to London for a parkrun is likely to choose whichever airport has the best cost and route options from wherever they are flying in from. Every parkrun event is accessibly from each of these airports within 90 minutes, so flying into any London airport on a Friday gives you lots of options to get to the event by parkrun o’clock on the Saturday.
A few notes on the exercise:
I included major commercial airports and excluded RAF or smaller airfields such as Northolt or Biggin Hill.
London Southend (SEN) was in-scope but there is no London parkrun that is closer to it by public transport than to a different airport. Harrow Lodge is the closest event to SEN but it’s quicker to get there by public transport from London City Airport (LCY).
Walthamstow is the only parkun event that is closer to London Stansted (STN) than any other London airport. This is mostly due to LCY being very well connected to many public transport routes with fewer options into London from STN.
Ally Pally to Foots Cray Meadows:
Fulham Palace to Orpington:
Osterley to Wormwood Scrubs:
More parkrun posts
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If something is outdoors, has variety, can be tracked and has challenges, it’s a fair bet that I’ll get obsessed with it. parkun ticks all of those boxes and it’s been an obsession of mine since 2012. A friend who had got the parkrun bug a few years before took me to a Boxing Day Freedom Run in December 2012. I was hooked straight away and returned to Black Park to do my first official one the following week. I started touring early, heading over to Wycombe Rye only a few weeks later. As it happened the event was called off due to ice but we did a Freedom Run anyway and returned the following week to do it properly.
Since then I’ve been touring as much as possible, collecting challenges and counties along the way. Here’s a selection of my blog posts on parkrun. Comment below or contact me if you spot any errors and I’ll donate £1 to the parkrun Forever fund for each correction made.
parkrun Challenges & general geekery
parkrun Regions and Counties: London & The South East
Other parkrun Regions and Counties
parkrun Timeline
My completion year for the various parkrun clubs, challenges, countries and counties. There’s a few other smaller challenges that I’ve not shown here.
There are 22 parkrun events in the Historic County of Gloucestershire, of which I have completed 4. Two of these events: Blaise Castle and Eastville are now in the Ceremonial County and Unitary Authority of Bristol. Three events: Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury and Pomphrey Hill are in the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire.
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 Blaise Castle which started on May 6th 2023.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Berkeley Green
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: February 1st 2020
Blaise Castle
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
In the Ceremonial County & Unitary Authority of: Bristol
Inaugural: May 6th 2023
Cheltenham
Completed: December 28th 2015
Time: 25:43
Other routes touched: none
Inaugural: February 16th 2013
Chipping Sodbury
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
In the Unitary Authority of: South Gloucestershire.
Inaugural: February 22nd 2014
Cirencester
Completed: November 13th 2019
Time: 26:49
Other routes touched (walk): Monarch’s Way
Inaugural: February 3rd 2018
Eastville
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
In the Ceremonial County & Unitary Authority of: Bristol
Inaugural: November 18th 2017
Forest of Dean
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: April 24th 2010
Gloucester City
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: February 24th 2018
Gloucester North
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: October 10th 2015
King George V Playing Field
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: September 14th 2019
Kingsway, Gloucester
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/Kingsway/
Inaugural: June 6th 2015
Lydney
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: January 2nd 2016
Mallards Pike
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: August 31st 2019
Newent
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: March 9th 2013
Pomphrey Hill
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
In the Unitary Authority of: South Gloucestershire.
Inaugural: March 1st 2014
Severn Bridge
Most of the course is in Gloucestershire but the start and end are in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Completed: November 3rd 2018
Time: 28:14
Other routes touched (walk): Wales Coast Path
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN4
Inaugural: August 11th 2018
Stonehouse
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: July 23rd 2016
Stratford Park, Stroud
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: August 31st 2019
Tetbury Goods Shed
Completed: August 17th 2019
Time: 28:54
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 48
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/TetburyGoodsShed/
Inaugural: May 18th 2019
Tewkesbury
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: July 4th 2015
Thornbury
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
In the Unitary Authority of: South Gloucestershire.
Inaugural: November 18th 2017
Wotton
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: October 22nd 2016
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It took me nearly a year of cycling on Zwift before starting to do Zwift running too. I was hesitant to buy a treadmill so I considered buying the £38 RunPod to see if I could run both in Zwift and in real life (IRL) at the same time.
Winter 2020 approached and, with the prospect of being locked down for a long time, I bit the bullet and bought a treadmill. Predictably, I got hooked on Zwift running and was soon collecting the Run Achievement badges.
My friend Brian reminded me about the question of whether you can run both IRL and in Zwift at the same time. Having now had a better understanding of how Zwift Running works I thought that it would be weird but possible. As it turned out, that was true.
So, on a chilly Saturday afternoon in January I got to the start line of the Black Park parkrun course ready for the experiment. I had my Garmin watch ready to record the IRL run, my RunPod on my trainer and the Zwift App open on my iPhone. I selected the Watopia 5k Loop course, pressed start on the Garmin and I was off.
I normally run IRL with my iPhone in an arm strap. I kept it in my hand for this run as I wanted to keep track of my Zwift progress on screen and didn’t want to end the run by accidentally clicking on something. Keeping an eye on the IRL course and on the screen was a bit distracting but I wasn’t going for a PB so it was doable. I loved the contrast between the grey, drizzly Black Park and the bright, clear beach scene in Watopia.
When I’m running indoors there’s normally a noticeable difference between the treadmill speed and what shows in Zwift via the RunPod. The variance between Zwift and my Garmin for this run was only very slight. By the end of the run my Garmin showed 5.01 km to 4.77 km in Zwift.
5k is probably as far as I would do as a dual run. Apart from the distraction it was a quite a drain on the phone’s battery so it won’t have lasted for a 10k. It was a fun experiment to prove that it could be done but I don’t think I’ll be doing any more dual runs.
In a year of Covid with parkrun on pause and very few organized events, this was the year of alternative 5ks …
There are currently 9 parkrun events in present-day Wiltshire of which I have completed 3. The first was Lydiard (Swindon) which started on March 6th 2010 and the newest is Quakers Walk which started on September 9th 2023.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Chippenham
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 12th 2014
Lydiard (formerly Swindon)
Completed: January 12th 2019
Time: 24:38
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: March 6th 2010
Marlborough Common
Completed: New Year’s Day 2022
Time: 29:35
Other routes touched: Wessex Ridgeway
Inaugural: September 22nd 2018
Melksham
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: December 19th 2017
Quakers Walk
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: September 9th 2023
Salisbury
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 6th 2015
Seven Fields
Completed: March 7th 2020
Time: 26:59
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: November 16th 2019
Southwick Country
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: September 3rd 2011
Tidworth
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 4th 2022
More parkrun posts
parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
Featured and popular parkrun posts:
I found this using the Running Challenges Chrome extension. Its a challenge to get a parkrun finish time for each second of a stopwatch. Given that its practically impossible to plan a finish to the second, its really a matter of luck over a period of many runs. I completed mine with :59 at Lyme Park in the Peak District in September 2017. Well, kind of ..... there was something wrong with their timing that day and I (and I assume others) was recorded at 59:59 rather than 29:39 as my Garmin had it. It took another 2 and a half years before I finally got a genuine :59 at Seven Fields parkrun in Swindon.
More parkrun posts
parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
Featured and popular parkrun posts:
The parkrun Regionnaire status used to be a major part of parkrun tourism, with South-East England being the largest region. Changes in the parkrun website in 2019 removed the regions making it harder to track completion status. All is not lost though as here’s the complete parkrun guide to what’s in and what’s out of the counties of South-East England.
As of June 2022, the total parkrun event numbers for each county are:
Berkshire: 10 parkrun events in the Present-Day county, 11 in the Historic County
Buckinghamshire, 11 parkrun events in the Present-Day county, 12 in the Historic County
Hampshire, 24 parkrun events in the Present-Day county (inc I.o.W), 26 in the Historic County
Kent, 25 parkrun events in the Present-Day county, 38 in the Historic County
Oxfordshire, 12 parkrun events in the Present-Day county, 7 in the Historic County
Surrey, 12 parkrun events in the Present-Day county, 26 in the Historic County
Sussex, 11 parkrun events in the Present-Day county of West Sussex, 5 in East Sussex and 5 in Brighton and Hove. 21 in the Historic County of Sussex
…giving a grand total of 115 parkrun events in the present-day counties of the South of England.
click on the link on each county name to go to the blog post for that county
Notes and exceptions.
Numbers of event above exclude prison parkruns and permanently cancelled events.
Bournemouth and Moors Valley parkruns were part of Historic Hampshire and would have been in Historic South-East England, but are now part of Present-day Dorset, so would be in the South West England region.
Hazelwood was part of Historic Middlesex and is now part of Present-day Surrey.
Parts of Historic Surrey and Kent are now part of Greater London. See the individual pages for those counties for the list of which events are now part of Greater London.
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There are 11 parkrun events in the Historic County of Northamptonshire, of which I have completed 5. One of these events, Market Harborough, is now in the Present-Day County of Leicestershire.
The county’s first parkrun event was Northampton, whose inaugural was on May 5th 2012. The newest event is University of Northampton which started on July 8th 2023.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Brixworth Country
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: November 30th 2019
Corby
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: September 21st 2013
Daventry
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: November 8th 2014
Irchester Country
Completed: December 21st 2019
Time: 25:58
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: November 2nd 2019
Kettering
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: September 24th 2016
Market Harborough
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: April 25th 2015
Northampton
Completed: Christmas Day 2021
Time: 26:30
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: May 5th 2012
Salcey Forest
Completed: January 25th 2020
Time: 26:03
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: October 26th 2019
Sixfields Upton
Completed: February 15th 2020
Time: 25:53
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: February 24th 2018
University of Northampton
not yet completed
Time: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Other routes touched: to follow once I’ve completed this event
Inaugural: July 8th 2023
Watermeadows
Completed: July 31st 2021
Time: 25:18
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: February 16th 2019
More parkrun posts
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Featured and popular parkrun posts:
The first parkruns events in each country in the continent of Europe. Updated January 2022 to show Austria. See the footnotes regarding Cyprus.
Footnotes
* shows where there were multiple events started on the first day for that country.
Iceland briefly had a parkrun but it has been permanently cancelled. Iceland is generally considered part of Europe but actually straddles the European and American continental plates. The parkrun event at Elliðaárdalur was on the American side of the continental divide.
Both of the original Russian parkruns are on the European, rather than Asian, part of Russia.
Although there is no parkrun in the Czech Republic yet, the Cieszyn parkrun course in Poland crosses the Poland/Czech border.
Akrotiri parkrun on the island of Cyprus is part of the British Overseas Territory of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. This make it fall within the same box on the graphic as Cape Pembroke Lighthouse, Falkland Islands. It is also on a closed facility and is therefore open to authorised people only.
More parkrun posts
parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
Featured and popular parkrun posts:
There are currently 24 parkrun events in present-day Essex of which I have done 6. The first was Gunpowder which started on October 22nd 2011 and the newest is Markshall Estate which started on November 13th 2021. Hatfield Forest was also an Essex event but has now closed.
The Historic County of Essex has a further 8 events, totaling 32. These 8 are now part of Greater London.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
PARKRUNS IN PRESENT-DAY COUNTY OF ESSEX
Basildon
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 5th 2014
Billericay
Completed: New Year’s Day 2023
Time: 26:57
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: June 24th 2017
Brentwood
Completed: November 16th 2019
Time: 28:53
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: December 6th 2014
Burnham-on-Crouch
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: July 22nd 2014
Chalkwell Beach
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/chalkwellbeach/
Inaugural: February 29th 2020
Chelmsford Central
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: January 19th 2013
Clacton Seafront
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: October 15th 2015
Colchester Castle
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 6th 2013
Great Dunmow
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 14th 2018
Great Notley
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 28th 2014
Gunpowder
Completed: December 27th 2014
Time: 25:47
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 1
This event is also part of M25 parkrun
Inaugural: October 22nd 2011
Hadleigh
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: October 22nd 2016
Harlow
Completed: Christmas Day 2019
Time: 26:54
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 1
Inaugural: November 8th 2014
Harwich
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: August 1st 2014
Hatfield Forest
***Hatfield Forest parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
I did not complete this event before it was closed
Inaugural: March 21st 2015
Final event: September 23rd 2017
Highwoods
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: March 2nd 2019
Hockley Woods
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: February 2nd 2015
Maldon Prom
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: August 31st 2013
Markshall Estate
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/markshallestate/
Inaugural: November 13th 2021
Mersea Island
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: December 17th 2016
Roding Valley
Completed: September 22nd 2018
Time: 27:08
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of M25 parkrun
Inaugural: January 14th 2017
South Woodham Ferrers
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: March 10th 2018
Southend
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: October 13th 2012
Thurrock
Completed: March 12th 2022
Time: 25:59
Other routes touched:none
Inaugural: October 10th 2015
Wickford Memorial
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: February 29th 2020
PARKRUNS IN HISTORIC COUNTY OF ESSEX BUT NOW IN GREATER LONDON
See the LonDone blog post for maps and stats for these:
More parkrun posts
parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
Featured and popular parkrun posts:
There are currently 23 parkrun events in present-day Hampshire of which I have done 14. The first was Basingstoke which started on July 5th 2008 and the newest is Ganger Farm which started on November 19th 2022.
The Historic County of Hampshire has a further 3 events, totaling 26. Bournemouth and Moors Valley were in historic Hampshire but are now part of present-day Dorset and are in the South-West region. Medina IOW was in Historic Hampshire but is now in the present-day county of the Isle of Wight.
Mountbatten School parkrun was active until the Covid-19 parkrun pause and is now permanently closed.
Sandhurst Memorial deserves an honorable mention as parts of the course are in Hampshire although the start and finish are in Berkshire.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Alice Holt
Completed: New Year’s Day 2020
Time: 28:09
Other routes touched (walk): The Shipwrights Way
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 22, 224
Inaugural: November 17th 2012
Andover
Completed: December 7th 2019
Time: 26.54
Other routes touched (walk): The Brenda Parker Way
Other routes touched (cycle): Charlton Lakes Cycle Path
Inaugural: July 16th 2011
Bartley Park
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: December 18th 2021
Basingstoke
Completed: July 1st 2017
Time: 23:57
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 23
Inaugural: July 5th 2008
Bournemouth
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is now part of present-day Dorset and in the South-West Region.
Inaugural: August 24th 2013
Brockenhurst
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: May 25th 2013
Eastleigh
Completed: July 2nd 2016
Time: 25:39
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: May 8th 2010
Edenbrook Country
Completed: August 27th 2022
Time: 25:08
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: April 23rd 2022
Fareham
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 9th 2016
Ganger Farm
Completed: December 2nd 2023
Time: 27:37
Other routes touched: None
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/gangerfarm/
Inaugural: November 19th 2022
Great Salterns
Completed: Christmas Day 2022
Time: 27:28
Other routes touched: none
Inaugural: January 22nd 2022
Havant
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 16th 2012
Hogmoor Inclosure
Completed: New Year’s Day 2020
Time: 25:20
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: March 10th 2018
Itchen Valley Country
Completed: November 12th 2021
Time: 27:05
Other routes touched (walk): Forest Trail, Woods and Meadows Walk, Purple Trail
Inaugural: February 29th 2020
Lee-on-the-Solent
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: July 4th 2015
Lymington Woodside
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/LymingtonWoodside
Inaugural: July 9th 2016
Medina I.o.W.
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: May 7th 2011
Moors Valley
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is now part of present-day Dorset and in the South-West Region.
Inaugural: November 7th 2015
Mountbatten School
***Mountbatten School parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
I did not complete this event before it was closed
Inaugural: March 2nd 2019
Final event: March 14th 2020
Netley Abbey
Completed: July 22nd 2023 on their alternative course as there was an event on the main course
Time: 26:58
Other routes touched (walk): N/A, although the Solent Way runs very close by.
Inaugural: March 17th 2012
Portsmouth Lakeside
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 30th 2016
Queen Elizabeth
Completed: March 30th 2019
Time: 26:58
Other routes touched (walk): South Downs Way, Staunton Way, Hangars Way, The Shipwrights Way
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 89
Inaugural: May 18th 2013
Rushmoor
Completed: 4th November 2017
Time: 26:51
Other routes touched (walk): Basingstoke Canal Towpath
Inaugural: May 3rd 2014
Southampton
Completed: January 8th 2022
Time: 26:12
Other routes touched: None
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: July 7th 2012
Southsea
Completed: April 22nd 2023
Time: 26:01
Other routes touched (walk): Solent Way, The Shipwright’s Way
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 2
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: October 5th 2013
Whiteley
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 1st 2017
Winchester
Completed: January 11th 2020
Time: 26:37
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: April 27th 2013
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There are currently 21 parkrun events in present-day Historic County of Sussex. The Historic County is now made up of 3 present-day counties:
East Sussex with 5 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Eastbourne which started on January 28th 2012 and the newest is Uckfield which started on May 4th 2019. I have only completed Uckfield.
West Sussex with 11 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Tilgate which started on June 9th 2012 and the newest is Wakehurst which started on April 20th 2024. I have completed 5 of these events.
Brighton and Hove with 5 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Brighton and Hove which started on November 3rd 2007 and the newest is East Brighton which started on December 8th 2018. I have completed 1 of these events.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Bevendean Down
Completed: June 25th 2022
Time: 27:52
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: February 6th 2016
Bognor Regis
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: May 24th 2014
Brighton & Hove
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: November 3rd 2007
Chichester
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: August 2nd 2014
Clair
Completed: September 7th 2019
Time: 25:21
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: July 20th 2013
East Brighton
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: December 8th 2018
East Grinstead
Completed: November 9th 2019
Time: 28:12
Other routes touched (walk): Sussex Border Path. The Western edge runs very close to the Greenwich Meridian Trail
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: September 9th 2017
Eastbourne
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: January 28th 2012
Hastings
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 18th 2015
Horsham
Completed: August 31st 2019
Time: 24:48
Other routes touched (Walk): West Sussex Literary Trail
Inaugural: September 6th 2014
Hove Promenade
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: July 11th 2015
Ifield Mill Pond
Completed: October 5th 2019
Time: 24:28
Other routes touched (Cycle): NCN 228
Inaugural: September 21st 2019
Lancing Beach Green
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: August 25th 2018
Littlehampton Prom
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 13th 2019
Peacehaven
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: May 20th 2017
Preston Park
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 20th 2013
Seaford Beach
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: March 2nd 2019
Tilgate
Completed: March 23rd 2019
Time: 25:24
Other routes touched (walk): Crawley Greenway
Inaugural: June 9th 2012
Uckfield
Completed: May 11th 2019
Time: 26:11
Other routes touched (walk): Weald Way
Inaugural: May 4th 2019
Wakehurst
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: April 20th 2024
Worthing
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 11th 2016
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After 291 parkruns, including 154 different locations, I’ve finally cracked the Alphabet challenge. This is the Holy Grail for parkrun obsessives, especially those in the parkrun Tourist community. I’d heard about it since I started parkrun 6 years ago, but with a lot fewer events at the time it was really hard. By the time I’d done 100 different events, I’d ticked off 21 letters without any targeted Alphabet bagging. All that remained were I, J, Y and Z. As there’s no X anywhere in the world, it doesn’t count (yet).
With 4 left to go I was now on a mission. At the time there were only 2 "I" parkruns in the country: Inverness and Ipswich. I very nearly did Inverness on our LEJOG adventure but decided against a run that day as we had 105 miles to cycle. A parkrun would have added an extra 5 miles and have delayed our cycle for 2 hours. It wasn’t going to happen. By the time I was planning my trip to Ipswich, a new event called Isabel Trail popped up in Stafford and I pounced on that one.
A weekend trip to Jersey bagged me the J and I got the island’s Half Marathon in on the same weekend. If I’d waited a year I could have used the new Jersey Farm event for my J and avoided a flight. I’m glad I did it though. It gave us a great weekend away and also contributed to my Channel Islands Regionnaire. Y was a relatively easy one. I had the choice of York and Yeovil Montacute. I chose the latter as we were visiting friends in Somerset so Yeovil was a short drive from there.
Then there was Z. Scroll down for the end of the story ……
Events by Letter
Aberystwyth, Abingdon, Aldenham, Ally Pally, Armagh, Aylesbury
Ballincollig, Banbury, Banstead Woods, Barclay, Barking, Basingstoke, Beckenham Place, Beckton, Bedfont Lakes, Bedford, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Bexley, Bicester Black Park, Bracknell, Brockwell, Bromley, Brooklands, Bryn Bach, Buckingham, Burgess, Bushy Park
California Country, Cannon Hill, Canons Park, Cassiobury, Castle Park, Catford, Cheltenham, Clair, Clapham Common, Crane Park, Cranleigh, Crissy Field Crystal Palace
Dartford, Dartford Heath, Didcot, Dinton Pastures, Dolgellau, Dulwich, Dunstable Downs
Fell Foot, Finsbury Park, Foots Cray Meadows, Frimley Lodge, Fulham Palace,
Gadebridge, Gladstone, Great Denham, Greenwich, Grovelands, Guernsey, Guildford, Gunnersbury, Gunpowder
Hackney Marshes, Hampstead Heath, Hanworth, Harcourt Hill, Harrow, Harrow Lodge, Hazelwood, Heartwood Forest, Henley-on-Thames, Hereford, Higginson Marlow, Highbury Fields, Hilly Fields, Hoblingwell, Homewood, Horsham, Houghton Hall
Maidenhead, Mile End, Millennium Country, Milton Keynes, Mole Valley
Oak Hill, Old Deer Park, Ormeau, Orpington, Osterley, Oxford
Raphael, Reading, Reigate Priory, Richmond Park, Rickmansworth, Riddlesdown, Roding Valley, Roundshaw Downs, Rushmere, Rushmoor
Severn Bridge, Shrewsbury, South Norwood, South Oxhey, Southwark, Squerreys Winery, St Albans, Stevenage, Sunny Hill, Swindon
Tetbury Goods Shed, Thetford, Tilgate, Tooting Common, Tring
Walthamstow, Wanstead Flats, Warszawa-Praga, Wendover Woods, Westmill, Wimbledon Common, Witney, Woking, Woodley, Worcester, Wormwood Scrubs, Wycombe Rye
Note that Yeovil Montacute has been permanently cancelled. It was one of the events that didn’t come out of the other side of the Covid pause. York and Yarborough Leisure Centre are now the UK’s 2 Ys
Zamek w Malborku
Completed: 19th October 2019
Time: 25:47
This was my second attempt at completing my Alphabet at Malbork. The first try was at the end of August. My parkrun mates and I had been trying to find a mutually convenient date all year. It looked like it wasn’t going to happen but then we found a date that would work as long as we were back by Saturday night before the wives had noticed we were missing.
Shortly before the weekend came I had to make a last minute work trip to New Jersey. I had booked an overnight flight back to London to land at 10:00 on Friday morning. This would give me 3 hours before Neil would need to pick me up for our drive to Luton for the Wizz Air flight to Gdańsk.
After a nightmare trip out to New Jersey I decided that I needed a bit of extra contingency. I paid an extra £300 to get the earlier flight back which would give me another 3 hours. That was plenty of time to make the afternoon flight. What could go wrong?
Lots as it turned out. The combination of a broken plane, a storm and general ineptitude by United meant I was trapped in Newark Airport for 27 hours. I finally landed at Heathrow 23 hours late at 06:30 on Saturday morning. I’d long since missed my opportunity to get to Poland. The faint silver lining was that I didn’t have to miss parkrun altogether. I was still able to get home, get changed and get to Bedford to complete my Bedfordshire County collection.
Seeing how annoyed I was about missing my Malbork trip, Timea (wife) offered to come with me on my second attempt. This was a big deal as she has a general disinterest in running except that it gives her an extra few hours sleep on a Saturday. The following few weeks were a mixture of fighting with United for compensation and planning the return trip.
I’d lost faith in things going to plan after a Summer of flight delays and cancellations. I was checking the parkrun website every day for the 2 weeks leading up to it to make sure it wasn’t cancelled. As it happened all went to plan. The flight was on time, none of the usual nonsense from the rental car company and the hotel was just what we needed.
There were 43 parkrunners there that morning. 11 were locals and 32 were Brits like me who had flown over for the event. Any town with a park that begins with a Z (and definitely those with an X) will do very well from tourist income.
The run itself was great: a simple out and back course along the River Nogat next to the Castle. Once I was finished I popped back to the hotel to walk up the wife, have a quick shower then back to the castle for breakfast. The castle is also a UNESCO World Heritage site so it also gave me a tick on that list too.
There's a few options for a Z in Poland, and several in other countries too. Zamek w Malbork is a really great option for a relatively easy trip from the UK and plenty of other things to do for a weekend away.
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There are currently 25 parkrun events in present-day Kent of which I have done 16. The first was Whitstable which started on November 6th 2010 and the newest is Dover Waterfront which started on September 9th 2023.
The Historic County of Kent has a further 13 events, totaling 38. These 13 are now part of Greater London.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
PARKRUNS IN PRESENT-DAY COUNTY OF KENT
Ashford
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: October 26th 2013
Bedgebury Pinetum
Completed: January 22nd 2022
Time: 26:23
Other routes touched: Bedgebury Pinetum Mountain Bike Routes
Inaugural: March 19th 2016
Canterbury
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: March 15th 2014
Cyclopark
Completed: March 19th 2022
Time: 26:23
Other routes touched (Cycle): NCN 177
Inaugural: June 20th 2019
Dartford
Completed: December 22nd 2018
Time: 29:06
Other routes touched (walk): Darent Valley Path
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 125
This event is also part of M25 parkrun
Inaugural: June 26th 2014
Dartford Heath
Completed: December 15th 2018
Time: 29:02
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of M25 parkrun
Inaugural: May 12th 2018
Dover Waterfront
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/doverwaterfront/
Inaugural: September 9th 2023
Folkestone
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: August 16th 2014
Great Lines, Medway
Completed: March 23rd 2023
Time: 28:44
Other routes touched: Saxon Shore Way
Inaugural: September 28th 2013
Kingdom
Completed: February 1st 2020
Time: 27:10
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: April 27th 2019
Lullingstone
Completed: November 2nd 2019
Time: 31:17
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: April 11th 2015
Maidstone River Park
Formerly just called Maidstone parkrun
Completed: April 9th 2022
Time: 25:46
Other routes touched (walk): KCC Centenary Walk
Inaugural: April 13th 2013
Malling
Completed: April 2nd 2022
Time: 25:29
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: October 3rd 2015
Margate
Completed: January 4th 2020
Time: 27:02
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 15, Viking Coastal Trail
Inaugural: April 27th 2013
Mote Park
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: June 4th 2022
Pegwell Bay
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: May 11th 2013
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Completed: 29th January 2022
Time: 27:27
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: April 26th 2014
Shorne Woods
Completed: March 26th 2022
Time: 26:14
Other routes touched: Several trails inside the country park
Inaugural: March 30th 2013
Sittingbourne
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: February 27th 2016
Squerryes Winery
Completed: October 12th 2019
Time: 26:55
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: September 14th 2019
Swanley
Completed: December 18th 2021
Time: 25:25
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: October 23rd 2021
The Leas, Minster
Completed: August 12th 2023
Time: 28:06
Other routes touched: England Coast Path
Inaugural: September 28th 2019
Tonbridge
Completed: 15th January 2022
Time: 26:13
Other routes touched (walk): Weald Way, Eden Valley Walk, The Tudor Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 12
Inaugural: November 9th 2013
Walmer and Deal Seafront
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: September 15th 2019
Whitstable
not yet completed
Time: TBC
Other routes touched: [to be added once I’ve completed it]
Inaugural: November 6th 2010
PARKRUNS IN HISTORIC COUNTY OF KENT BUT NOW IN GREATER LONDON
See the LonDone blog post for maps and stats for these:
* The Bethlem Royal Hospital course is half in Historic Surrey and half in Historic Kent
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There are currently 7 parkrun events in present-day Bedfordshire. The first was Bedford which started on June 11th 2011 and the newest is Henlow Bridge Lakes which started on September 25th 2021.
I first completed the county on August 24th 2019 at Bedford.
Note that the address for Rushmere parkrun is in Bedfordshire but the whole of the parkrun course is in Buckinghamshire so I have listed it there.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Bedford
Completed: August 24th 2019
Time: 26:06
Other routes touched (walk): John Bunyan Trail
Inaugural: June 11th 2011
Dunstable Downs
Completed: May 18th 2019
Time: 28:35
Other routes touched (walk): Icknield Way Path, Chiltern Way
Other routes touched (cycle): Icknield Way Trail
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: February 23rd 2019
Great Denham
Completed: July 27th 2019
Time: 25:50
Other routes touched (walk): Ouse Valley Way
Inaugural: February 17th 2018
Henlow Bridge Lakes
Completed: November 6th 2021
Time: 26:47
Other routes touched (walk): Hicca Way, Kingfisher Way
Other routes touched (cycle): none but NCN 12 runs past the entrance.
Inaugural: September 18th 2021
Houghton Hall
Completed: New Year’s Day 2018
Time: 27:02
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 6
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: December 23rd 2017
Luton Wardown
Completed: April 15th 2017
Time: 26:51
Other routes touched (walk): Lee Valley Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): N/A, but the Western edge of the course runs close to a parallel with NCN 6
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: April 18th 2015
Millennium Country
Completed: July 16th 2019
Time: 26:09
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 5
Inaugural: March 23rd 2019
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There are currently 12 parkrun events in present-day Oxfordshire. The first was Abingdon which started on May 7th 2011 and the newest is University Parks which started on February 5th 2022.
Three events in present-day Oxfordshire: Harcourt Hill, Didcot and Grove Fields, were part of Historic Berkshire. Abingdon gets an honorable 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 Linford Wood.
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Abingdon
Completed: March 16th 2019
Time: 25:38
Other routes touched (walk): Thames Path, Oxford Green Belt Way
A small section of the course at Abingdon Lock was in Historic Berkshire
Inaugural: May 7th 2011
Banbury
Completed: July 6th 2019
Time: 26:08
Other routes touched (walk): N/A, although the Western edge goes very to close, and parallel with, the Oxford Canal Walk
Inaugural: September 27th 2014
Bicester
Completed: January 27th 2018
Time: 25:15
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 51
Inaugural: April 16th 2016
Chipping Norton School
Completed: December 14th 2019
Time: 28:13
Other routes touched (walk): Shakespeare’s Way
Inaugural: December 14th 2019
Didcot
Completed: February 9th 2019
Time: 24:48
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 5
Inaugural: February 21st 2015
Grove Fields
Completed: September 11th 2021
Time: 24:53
Other routes touched (walk): Wilts and Berks Canal Towpath
Inaugural: August 21st 2021
Harcourt Hill
Completed: February 16th 2019
Time: 24:55
Other routes touched (walk): Ramblers’ Jubilee Circular Walk
Inaugural: October 18th 2014
Henley-on-Thames
Completed: August 19th 2017
Time: 28:57
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: July 1st 2017
Horspath
Completed: September 18th 2021
Time: 24:44
Other routes touched (walk): None
Other routes touched (cycle): None, however NCN 57 runs past the entrance and parallel to the southern edge of the course.
Inaugural: August 14st 2021
Oxford
Completed: Christmas Day 2017
Time: 26:17
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 51
Inaugural: November 5th 2011
University Parks
Completed: March 5th 2022
Time: 25:18
Other routes touched: None, although NCN 51 runs parallel to the western edge of the route.
Inaugural: February 5th 2022
Witney
Completed: June 29th 2019
Time: 25:56
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 57
Inaugural: March 10th 2018
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There are currently 14 active parkrun events in present-day Hertfordshire. The first was St Albans which started on January 9th 2012 and the newest is Leavesden Country which started on October 22nd 2022. Heartwood Forest was also a Hertfordshire event but has now closed. Ellenbrook Fields and Tring parkrun were active until the Covid-19 parkrun pause and are now also permanently closed.
The Historic County of Hertfordshire has 15 parkrun events. It includes Oak Hill which is now part of Greater London.
I first completed the county on February 2nd 2019 at Letchworth and maintained it at Leavesden County on January 21st 2023
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 show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
Aldenham
Completed: November 14th 2015
Time: 25:08
Other routes touched (Walk): London Loop
This event is also part of M25 parkrun
Inaugural: June 20th 2015
Barclay
Completed: January 19th 2019
Time: 26:27
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: June 6th 2015
Cassiobury
Completed: Christmas Day 2015
Time: 25:00
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of M25 parkrun and Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: February 28th 2015
Castle Park
Completed: New Year’s Day 2019
Time: 25:11
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: September 30th 2017
Ellenbrook Fields
***Ellenbrook Fields parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
Completed: June 17th 2017
Time: 25:52
Other routes touched: N/A
This event was also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: May 21st 2016
Gadebridge
Completed: November 21st 2015
Time: 27:29
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: May 2nd 2015
Heartwood Forest
***Heartwood Forest parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
Completed: January 20th 2018
Time: 28:00
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: June 29th 2017
Final event: October 6th 2018
Jersey Farm
Completed: November 24th 2018
Time: 27:53
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: November 10th 2018
Leavesden Country
Completed: January 21st 2023
Time: 26:16
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: October 22nd 2022
Letchworth
Completed: February 2nd 2019
Time: 28:31
Other routes touched (walk): Letchworth Greenway
Inaugural: January 27th 2018
Panshanger
Completed: New Year’s Day 2018
Time: 26:46
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: October 11th 2014
Rickmansworth
Completed: April 1st 2017
Time: 26:24
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 6, 61
This event is also part of M25 parkrun and Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: March 4th 2017
South Oxhey
Completed: January 31st 2015
Time: 27:14
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of M25 parkrun and parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: January 31st 2015
St Albans
Completed: February 22nd 2014
Time: 25:17
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: January 9th 2012
Stevenage
Completed: January 26th 2019
Time: 24:15
Other routes touched: N/A
Inaugural: May 28th 2016
Tring
***Tring parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
Completed: November 22nd 2014
Time: 27:01
Other routes touched (walk): The Ridgeway
Other routes touched (walk): The Icknield Way Trail
This event was also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: November 1st 2014
Westmill
Completed: New Year’s Day 2018
Time: 29:01
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: July 22nd 2017
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parkruns are free, weekly, community 5k events all around the world. I started in December 2012 and have been obsessive about it ever since. See my parkrun Collection page for details.
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