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Parkrun
Bangor parkrun, Northern Ireland
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Nearby Sunday 2k junior parkrun events for 4 to 14 year olds and their families can be found here.
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United Kingdom
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Northern Ireland
- 5 kilometres
- Ward Park
Meeting point: 54.66002, -5.66169. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 54.66002, -5.66169.
The course
Course description
The course is three figure-of-eight laps of Ward Park on tarmac paths, starting in front of the War Memorial on the main thoroughfare. About 300 metres after the start, the course takes a left turn and follows the duckpond until it crosses the second wooden bridge. Keeping to the right, the course continues up the side of the tennis courts and then turns sharply left. It continues up a gentle, tree-lined hill, turning left at the top, and back down towards the duck pond where it takes a right turn. The course continues alongside the duck pond, past the playground and takes a sharp left turn across the stone bridge. Continuing straight on, the course returns to the main thoroughfare, which is split into a contraflow by a line of cones at which participants keep to the left. At the end of the cones the course takes a left turn towards the duck ponds, returning to the main thoroughfare via a sharp right turn at the crossroads at the top of a short hill. Keeping to the left-hand side of the cones on the main thoroughfare, the course continues past the War Memorial and turns left at the rose pergola. The cannon, flower beds and bowling greens are kept on the left, and then at the end of the flower beds the course takes a sharp left turn and continues past the front of the bowling pavilion. After passing the bowling greens, the course takes a sharp right turn at the crossroads and re-joins the main thoroughfare for the start of laps two and three. At the end of the third lap there is no left turn at the end of the flower beds - the finish funnel is straight ahead.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Ward Park, Bangor. The course is run entirely on bitmac paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Public toilets are available beside the Bowling Pavilion plus there is a covered area in front of the Pavilion where running kit can be left.
More details
Public transport
Bangor Town Service Route map (302) can be found on the Translink website. The closest drop off point is Gransha Road, near the tennis courts.
On foot
Walking takes ten minutes from Bangor bus and rail station. Cross the road and head up the hill at Castle Park Avenue towards Bangor Town Hall, passing the Police Station and Premier Inn on the left. Turn left into Castle Park Road and continue down the hill to the traffic light T junction, passing SERC on the right and Bangor Academy on the left. Cross straight across the road at the traffic lights into Ward Park’s main thoroughfare. The course starts at the far end of the thoroughfare. The bowling pavilion and toilets are along the first path on the left.
By road
From Bangor train/bus station: at the roundabout take the 3rd turning Castle Park Avenue towards Bangor Town Hall (past Bangor Castle Leisure Centre). Follow the road left into Castle Park Road. Turn right at the T junction (South Eastern Regional College) onto Gransha Road. Shortly after the tennis courts turn left into a car park (free).
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Bowling Pavilion. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Bowling Pavilion - please come and join us!
Course safety
Bangor parkrun, Northern Ireland 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 Bangor parkrun, Northern Ireland is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
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.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email bangor@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
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.
Event stats
- 558
- Events
- 14,604
- Finishers
- 154,287
- Finishes
- 1,244
- Volunteers
- 23,609
- Personal bests
- 553
- Groups
- 00:29:14
- Average finish time
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