Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Beckton 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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England
- 5 kilometres
- Beckton District Park South
Meeting point: 51.51176, 0.04654. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.51176, 0.04654.
The course
Course description
Flat 2 lap 5km course. Located very close to Royal Albert Docklands Light Railway Station.
Lap 1 - starting at the childrens playground, towards pitches, around perimeter of the football pitches on grass, turn right onto gravel path, around the meadow in the 2nd field. Around large tree, onto tarmac footpath.
Continue on footpath, to the tree lined Beckton Corridor, for an out-&-back route on tarmac footpath with seperated cycle lane.
Large turn around sign. Directed around the duckpond on 1st lap, onto tarmac footpath back towards the childrens playground.
Lap 2 - Repeat of 1st lap. Perimeter of football pitch, gravel path, around meadow, onto footpath. Onto Beckton Corridor for the out-&-back route. On 2nd lap continue straight past the duck pond & carry straight on. At end of long straight, turn hard right towards finish.
The course is marked out with direction signs, small flag markers & Marshals.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The Course is in Beckton District Park South, and run on a mixture of grass and tarmac. 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
No Toilets are available
More details
Public transport
Bus - Buses 300 and 376 stop adjacent to the start. Buses 101, 129, 172, 263, 366, 376, 474 stop at Beckton Bus Station (700m to the east).
DLR - DLR stations are Royal Albert 200m away; Beckton Park 300m away; and Beckton 750m away
Please check the TfL Website for updates on service status and engineering work closures.
On foot
The course is situated in the south part of Beckton District Park, on Stansfeld Road. The start / finish area is adjacent to the Will Thorne Pavillion.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: in the pavilion. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the pavilion - please come and join us.
Course safety
Beckton 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 Beckton 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 beckton@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.
From the North West
- Leave the A12 just before Blackwall Tunnel and join onto the A13 Newham Way.
- Leave at the A112 Prince Regent Lane junction and head down Tollgate Road
- At the small roundabout [Stansfeld Road] turn right.
- The Will Thorne Pavillion [and carpark] is 500m down on the right. From the West
- Follow the A13 Newham Way.
- Leave at the A112 Prince Regent Lane junction and head down Tollgate Road
- At the small roundabout [Stansfeld Road] turn right.
- The Will Thorne Pavillion [and carpark] is 500m down on the right. From the North:
- Follow the A112 from Stratford.
- At the Prince Regent Lane / Newham Way junction head down Tollgate Road
- At the small roundabout [Stansfeld Road] turn right.
- The Will Thorne Pavillion [and carpark] is 500m down on the right. From the North East
- Leave the A406 North Circular and join onto the A13 Newham Way.
- Leave at the A112 Prince Regent Lane junction and head down Tollgate Road
- At the small roundabout [Stansfeld Road] turn right.
- The Will Thorne Pavillion [and carpark] is 500m down on the right. From the East
- Follow the A13 Newham Way.
- Leave at the A112 Prince Regent Lane junction and head down Tollgate Road
- At the small roundabout [Stansfeld Road] turn right.
- The Will Thorne Pavillion [and carpark] is 500m down on the right.
Event stats
- 680
- Events
- 10,668
- Finishers
- 38,770
- Finishes
- 692
- Volunteers
- 4,709
- Personal bests
- 1,228
- Groups
- 00:30:16
- Average finish time
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- Charlton parkrun Charlton Park · 3.5 km
- Hornfair Park junior parkrun Hornfair Park juniors · 3.9 km
- Barking parkrun Barking Park · 4.7 km
- Barking junior parkrun Barking Park · 4.8 km
- Mile End parkrun Mile End Park, London · 5.6 km
- Mile End junior parkrun Mile End Park · 5.7 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 E
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bk
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