Abbey Park parkrun

The park is close to Leicester city centre and is a 0.5 mile walk (approx. 10 minutes) from St Margaret’s Bus Station and 1 mile (approx. 20 minutes) from Leicester train station.

From the clock tower in Leicester City Centre: Walk down Belgrave Gate. Walk under Burleys Flyover and turn left on to Charter Street. Walk over the footbridge next to the Morningside Arena and you are in the park with the start line straight ahead.

From the train station: Turn right out of the station and then left on to Charles Street. When you reach Belgrave Gate, turn right and follow the directions as above.

From the bus station: Cross over Burleys Way dual-carriageway and turn right towards the flyover. Stay on the left to turn left and then right onto Archdeacon Way. Follow signs for the Morningside Arena stadium, turn left onto Charter Street and cross the footbridge at the arena.

If using SATNAV, the nearest postcode is LE4 5AQ for the park (or LE1 3UD for the free parking).

From the motorway: Leave the M1 at junction 21 and follow signs for the city centre. At the Holiday Inn Roundabout, bear left onto Vaughn Way.

For the St Margaret’s Pastures car park, turn left on to St Margaret’s Way and the parking is on the right. For the Abbey Park Road parking and the Morningside Arena, continue on to Burley’s Way and turn left at the roundabout. Turn left into Foundry Square and follow signs to the Morningside Arena.

From the north, on the A6, continue towards the city centre and then turn left onto Abbey Park Road.

From the south, on the A6, follow the road past the train station, and then bear round onto St George’s Way/A594. At the roundabout for the Retail Park, carry straight over to St Matthew’s Way, keep left, then at the next roundabout turn right on to Belgrave Gate (A607). Turn left onto Foundry Square and see directions above.

Abbey park has three car parks and we also have free parking agreed with the Morningside Arena.
Abbey Park Road, LE4 5AQ - £2 for 2 hours, card machine available
St Margaret’s Pastures, LE1 3AE - £2 for 2 hours, cash and card available
Morningside Arena, Unit 10, Charter Street, LE1 3UD - free parking, please do not use the arena parking on Memory Lane but use the parkrun signed parking at unit 10 on Charter Street.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Peppercorns at the Pavillion, Abbey Park. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Peppercorns at the Pavillion, Abbey Park - please come and join us!

Abbey Park parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
• parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Abbey Park parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email abbeypark@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.