Ballina parkrun

Public transport into town is by Bus and rail situated on Station Road Ballina. Taking the N59 to Sligo till you come to Dunnes Stores, follow road around passing Ballina Town Council on your left, take the immediate road on the left and follow this road down till you come to Ballina Athletic Club track on your left, continue down for about 300m where you will arrive at the soccer club.

When you are standing outside the Ballina Council office take the road to the left and keeping walking till you reach the Ballina Athletic Club on the left on your left, continue down for about 300m where you will arrive at the soccer club.

Driving Directions coming from Foxford: You will come to 1st set of traffic lights go straight on to the 2nd set of lights, straight on thru these, you will come to mini roundabout, take right onto Circular Road heading straight you will come to another mini roundabout, keep straight and you will pass Dunnes Stores on your left, follow the road around by dunes you will come to Ballina Town Council Office, take the road off to the left heading down Nally Street onto Castle Court, athletic track on you left, continue down for about 300m where you will arrive at the soccer club.

Driving Directions from Sligo: You will drive up alongside River Moy (Claire Street) onto Cathedral Road keeping in the right hand lane (one way system) all the way as you have to go around Ham Bridge. When you have gone over the bridge onto Emmett Street, get into the left hand lane where you will drive around onto Dillon Tce. Take the 1st right (Ballina Town Council Office in front of you) onto Nally Street then onto Castle Court, athletic track on you left, continue down for about 300m where you will arrive at the soccer club.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: . Please come and join us!

Ballina 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 Ballina 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 ballina@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.