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Parkrun
Boston 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
- Witham Way Country Park
Meeting point: 52.99016, -0.03856. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 52.99016, -0.03856.
The course
Course description
The course is three anticlockwise laps of the Country Park, starting in the meadow just a short walk after turning left at the railway themed signpost at the park entrance.
From the start, turn left onto the path, follow the path anticlockwise for about 500 meters until the path meets a T junction where a marshal will direct you to turn left. Continue to follow the path until you meet another marshal when you will turn sharp left again passing the meadow where you started and you have completed the first lap.
On the second lap, when the course reaches the T junction turn right this time and follow this path until you meet another marshal where there is a curve in the path, you will then turn back along the river bank, continue down here where you will be directed by a marshal to re-join the main path, continue to follow as for lap 1 till you go past the start and then repeat for lap 3.
At the end of lap 3 continue for a little further beyond till you reach the finish funnel on the left of the path on the grass.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Witham Way Country Park, Boston. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and 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
We currently have no toilet facilities at Witham Country Park and recomend you use public conveniences before arriving.
More details
Public transport
Bus: Unfortunately there are no bus services that reach the park from Boston centre in time for the parkrun.
Train: Boston has a railway station. Timetables are available on the National Rail website.
On foot
The park is a little over a mile north west of the centre of Boston. It can easily be accessed by walking along Tattershall Road, or following the footpath on the north bank of the River Witham.
By road
To get there by road use the following post code for sat nav PE21 9LR. We are at Witham Way Country Park on Tattershall Road . There is car parking available, adjacent to Boston Town Football Club.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Burton House Brewers Fayre, Wainfleet Road, Boston. PE21 9RW - a short drive from the park. There you can get anything from cups of coffee to full breakfasts. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Burton House Brewers Fayre, Wainfleet Road, Boston. PE21 9RW - a short drive from the park. There you can get anything from cups of coffee to full breakfasts - please come and join us!
Course safety
Boston 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 Boston 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 boston@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
- 500
- Events
- 10,044
- Finishers
- 71,963
- Finishes
- 933
- Volunteers
- 10,171
- Personal bests
- 915
- Groups
- 00:31:10
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Central Park junior parkrun, Boston Central Park · 1.4 km
- Boston Road Rec junior parkrun Boston Road Recreation Ground · 24 km
- Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School parkrun Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School · 25 km
- Hunstanton Promenade parkrun Hunstanton North Promenade · 36 km
- Snowden Field parkrun Snowden Field · 36 km
- Wisbech parkrun Wisbech Park · 38 km
- Wisbech junior parkrun Wisbech Park · 39 km
- Belton House parkrun Belton House · 39 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 PE
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: B, Br, Ba, Bk
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