Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Barry Island parkrun
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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Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Barry Island Promenade
Meeting point: 51.39020, -3.27137. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.39020, -3.27137.
The course
Course description
Barry Island parkrun is a 2 lap, out and back course starting and finishing underneath the Eastern Shelter on the promenade.
Starting underneath the Eastern Shelter head along the promenade towards Marco’s Café. Turn right and right again at the end of the promenade to head through the gardens above the promenade and towards the headland of Jackson’s Bay. Turn left at the Coastguard station, up a short, steep slope, turn left again at the top of the slope and retrace your steps back to the start. Once back at the start, repeat the above once more and finish under Eastern Shelter.
Due to safety concerns at some narrow points on the course, dogs are not allowed at Barry Island parkrun.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Barry Island Promenade, Barry. The course is run on a mixture of block paving and concrete 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
Parking: pay and display parking available at locations indicated on the map. See Harbour Road and Nell’s Point on the Vale of Glamorgan Council website for current charges.
Toilets: Public toilets are located at Western Shelter and Harbour Road Car Park.
More details
Public transport
Bus: bus service to Barry Island is provided by Cardiff Bus (route 95/95A). For bus times please visit the Cardiff Bus website.
Train: the nearest train station is Barry Island. For train times please visit the National Rail website.
On foot
Head to the Eastern Shelter on the Promenade. Meet in front of the beach huts.
By road
If using SATNAV the nearest postcode is CF62 5TJ
From the M4:
- Barry Island is approx. 10 miles from Junction 33 of the M4.
- leave the M4 at Junction 33 and take the A4232 exit to Airport/Penarth/Barri/Barry/Gorllewin Caerdydd/Cardiff West
- then take the A48/A4050 ramp to Cardiff (W)/Caerdydd (Gn)/Cardiff Airport/Maes Awyr Caerdydd/Barry Airport/Barri Airport.
- follow the signs for Barry Island.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Marco’s Café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Marco’s Café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Barry Island 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.
- 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.
- Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog. - 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 Barry Island parkrun 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 barryisland@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
- 513
- Events
- 15,713
- Finishers
- 75,694
- Finishes
- 1,312
- Volunteers
- 10,263
- Personal bests
- 1,167
- Groups
- 00:29:41
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Barry junior parkrun Romilly Park · 1.4 km
- Cosmeston Lakes parkrun Cosmeston Lakes Country Park · 6.7 km
- Grangemoor parkrun Cardiff · 9.0 km
- Trelai Park parkrun Trelai Park · 10 km
- Cardiff junior parkrun Llandaff Fields · 12 km
- Cardiff parkrun Cardiff Blackweir · 13 km
- Tremorfa parkrun Tremorfa Park · 14 km
- NIAC junior parkrun NIAC juniors · 16 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with B
- Stayin' Alive Starts with B (needed for Stayin' Alive)
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area CF
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: B, Br, Ba, Bi, Bk
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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