Going ahead this Saturday
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Parkrun
Bestwood Village 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
- Bestwood Country Park
Meeting point: 53.02213, -1.17119. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 53.02213, -1.17119.
The course
Course description
One lap clockwise around the Park, starting from the Dynamo House, heading East. There are two (and a half!) “undulations” through woodland and open parkland.
As well as the marshals and temporary event signs, the course has permanent direction and distance signs.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Bestwood Country Park, Bestwood Village, Nottingham. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths and forest trail 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
Limited free parking is available at the Country Park. Once the car park is full, please park within the village. The car park marshals will be on hand to guide you to the most suitable parking spots.
We kindly ask everyone to park considerately - please avoid blocking driveways, parking near junctions, or restricting visibility for other drivers. The village is small, so your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Toilets are available in the Dynamo House near the Start/Finish area and will open when the café staff arrive to prepare for the day. After the event, drinks and cake will be available for purchase in the Dynamo House café.
More details
Public transport
The start is just 1 mile walk from the Hucknall Bypass stop on TrentBarton’s 3 service, which runs every 10 minutes.
Stagecoach operate an hourly 141 bus service, with a stop at the Park gates.
It is also 1.2 miles from Moor Bridge station on the Nottingham Tram service. Trams run every 10 minutes from Nottingham city centre to Hucknall and return. (Trams to Phoenix Park do not serve Moor Bridge station.)
On foot
Bestwood Country Park can be accessed off Park Road in Bestwood Village. It is also an easy, pleasant walk around the Mill Lakes from Hucknall.
By road
Bestwood Country Park is on the edge of Bestwood Village, 6 miles north of Nottingham city centre. The car park can be accessed off Park Road. Sat nav users follow NG6 8UE.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Dynamo House. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Dynamo House - please come and join us!
Course safety
Bestwood Village 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 Bestwood Village 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 bestwoodvillage@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
- 436
- Events
- 10,938
- Finishers
- 49,577
- Finishes
- 1,022
- Volunteers
- 6,880
- Personal bests
- 788
- Groups
- 00:33:08
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Hucknall junior parkrun Titchfield Park · 2.3 km
- Forest Rec parkrun Forest Recreation Gound, Nottingham · 6.4 km
- Forest Rec junior parkrun Forest Recreation Ground · 6.4 km
- Gedling junior parkrun Gedling Country Park · 6.4 km
- Gedling parkrun Gedling Country Park · 6.4 km
- Wollaton Hall parkrun Wollaton Hall and Deer Park · 8.3 km
- Colwick parkrun Colwick Country Park, Nottingham · 9.9 km
- Victoria Embankment parkrun, Nottingham Victoria Embankment · 10 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 NG
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bi, Bk
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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