Completing all Tyne and Wear parkruns

There are currently 14 parkrun events in the present-day county of Tyne and Wear, of which I have not yet completed any. The first was Town Moor which started on 16 January 2010 and the newest is Windy Nook which started on 20 April 2024. The name for having completed all parkrun events in Tyne and Wear is “Full Tyne”.

Tyne and Wear is a present-day / Ceremonial county that was formed from the north-eastern part of County Durham and the south-eastern part of Northumberland. The event listings below show which are in either of the historic counties.

Gibside was a parkrun event in Tyne and Wear but has now been permanently cancelled.

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 Tyne and Wear parkrun events …

Below are each of the Tyne and Wear 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.

Chopwell Wood

 

Denton Dene

 

Elemore Park

 

Fulwell Quarry

 

Gateshead

 

Gibside

  • This parkrun event has been permanently cancelled. I did not complete this event before it was closed.

  • Historic County: County Durham

  • Ceremonial County: Tyne and Wear

  • Inaugural: February 22nd 2014. Final event: #280 on March 14th 2020

  • Reason for cancellation: Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes on the Gibside estate (National Trust property) making the original course unviable.

  • Replaced by: Chopwell Wood

  • Links: Event Home Page

 

Herrington Country

 

Jesmond Dene

 

Leazes

 

Rising Sun

 

Silksworth

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Original name: Sunderland. Changed to more accurately reflect the specific location of the course within the Silksworth Sports Complex, particularly as other parkrun events began to populate the wider Sunderland area.

  • Historic County: County Durham

  • Ceremonial County: Tyne and Wear

  • Inaugural: 10th October 2009

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

South Shields

 

Town Moor

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Original name: Newcastle. Changed when the event restarted after the COVID-19 pause. Several other parkruns had launched in Newcastle, requiring a more specific location name, which was accompanied by a route change.

  • Historic County: Northumberland

  • Ceremonial County: Tyne and Wear

  • Inaugural: 16th January 2010

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Whitley Bay

 

Windy Nook

 

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