This is a list of Parkruns in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

and the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

. Parkrun is the name given to the collection of

5K run The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of . Also referred to as the 5K road race, 5 km, or simply 5K, it is the shortest of the most common road running distances. It is usually distinguished from the 5000 met ...

s that take place every Saturday morning at different locations throughout the country, including every

region of England The regions, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England, established in 1994. Between 1994 and 2011, nine regions had officially devolved functions within government. While they no ...

, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Events take place in a range of general locations including

city parks An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...

, country parks,

national parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...

stately homes An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people ...

, castles, forests, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, beaches,

promenade An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cle ...

s, racecourses and nature reserves. Parkruns in the Channel Islands and England start at 9am, events in Scotland and Northern Ireland at 9:30. The runs are all 5 km in length but have different degrees of difficulty, with hilly runs, for instance at Lyme Park, harder to complete than those that are flat like the one at

Kingsbury Water Park Kingsbury Water Park is a country park in north Warwickshire, England, not far from Birmingham and lying on the River Tame, West Midlands, River Tame. It is owned and managed by Warwickshire County Council. It has fifteen lakes situated in over ...

. The running surfaces vary: many city park Parkruns are run on

tarmac Tarmac may refer to: Engineered surfaces * Tarmacadam, a mainly historical tar-based material for macadamising road surfaces, patented in 1902 * Asphalt concrete, a macadamising material using asphalt instead of tar which has largely superseded ta ...

footpaths, closed roads, grass or a mixture of all three, while forest and country park Parkruns are more likely to be on

trails A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. The ...

. The weather affects the difficulty of the course, with trail runs more liable to be affected by mud or leaves than runs on tarmac paths. Since Parkrun began 2,725,817 runners have completed 43,556,181 Parkruns in the UK (as of 3 Dec 2022) with the help of 379,735 volunteers. The highest ever attendance is 2,545 at Bushy Parkrun with an average attendance across all parkruns of 206.

Channel Islands

There are two Parkruns: one in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

, and one in

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

, as at 15 Aug 2022.

East Midlands

There are 47 active parkruns in the region as of 12 Aug 2022. parkrun classify North and North East Lincolnshire as part of the Yorkshire and Humber Region.

East of England

There are 92 active parkruns in the region as of 12 August 2022. Gorleston Parkrun was the first Parkrun to be set up in the region. The 500th event at Gorleston Parkrun was held on 1 December 2018 and 349 attended.

London

There are 59 parkruns within the

London region London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

as at 12 Aug 2022.

North East England

There are 31 active parkruns in the region as of 12 Aug 2022, with Hartlepool judged the fastest and South Shields the most scenic by the Claremont Road Runners.

North West England

The region has 72 active parkruns (as at 15 Aug 2022) and contains the country's slowest course, Millom parkrun, with an average run time of 35 minutes 39 seconds and hilliest, Whinlatter Forest parkrun, with total climb and descent of 205 m.

Northern Ireland

There are 36 active public parkruns as at 15 Aug 2022. This includes Portrush Parkrun at East Strand Beach, the only UK run on the sand and voted the UK's best Parkrun in 2017.

Scotland

There are currently 64 active parkruns in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

as 15 Aug 2022.

South East England

There are 110 parkruns in South East England as at 12 Aug 2022. It consists of

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

and

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...

South West England

Currently there are 76 active parkruns in South West England as at 15 Aug 2022.

Wales

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of . The country has 22 counties with a parkrun in each one. , there are 47 active parkruns in Wales.

West Midlands

There are a total of 42 active parkruns in the

West Midlands West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

as of 15 Aug 2022.

Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2011 was 5,284,000 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York. It is ...

is one of nine official parkrun regions of England. It comprises South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire including Hull, North Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The rest of Lincolnshire is the in East Midlands region whilst North Yorkshire runs in and around Middlesbrough are classes by parkrun as in the North East region. There are 64 active parkruns in this region as of 12 Aug 2022.

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