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Parkrun
Bournemouth 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
- Kings Park Athletic Stadium
Meeting point: 50.73362, -1.83273. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 50.73362, -1.83273.
The course
Course description
The course consists of one small lap and two large laps with a short dash to take participants to the finish. It is run in an anti-clockwise direction on mixed terrain of tarmac, grass and trail. There are undulations and short sections of uneven ground with tree roots to avoid.
The start is on the grass at the rear of the Athletics Stadium. The route heads along the grass before meeting a tarmac path where you head straight over. Turn left to run across a grass section, turn left again (at 'The Split') onto a tarmac path continue on the tarmac alongside the cemetery. Turning left alongside a series of containers and a play park, along another tarmac path which leads back onto the grass section for the first large lap. The route then turns left (at ‘The Split’) back onto tarmac heading downhill, then turn left into the woods (please be careful here). Turn left back onto a tarmac path and continue up towards the football stadium, follow the path round to the left past the training pitches. You then turn left (at 'Katies Corner') onto a gravel and grass path between the training pitches and the athletics ground, continue up the hill and back onto a tarmac path and repeat this large lap once more. Heading right off the tarmac path back onto grass for the finish.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Kings Park Athletic Stadium, Kings Park Drive, Bournemouth, BH7 6JD. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths, grass and off-road 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
Toilet facilities are available.
More details
Public transport
Bus: There are Morebus buses which run every 20 mins on a Saturday morning between Bournemouth and Christchurch along Christchurch Road, just get off the bus at Gloucester Road and walk along that road for 1/4 mile and the Kings Park Athletic Stadium is right in front of you.
Train: Pokesdown train station is approx 1/2 mile walk, from the station just walk along Christchurch Road towards Bournemouth, in 1/4 mile turn right into Gloucester Road then same as above.
On foot
Kings Park is off the main A35 Christchurch Road with numerous routes into the park. The Athletics Stadium is next door to AFC Bournemouth’s Football Stadium.
By road
Kings Park and AFC Bournemouth Football Stadium are signposted off the A338 Wessex Way, access by car is from Ashley Road too.
Parking is free on the park roads except on match days when there are restrictions from 9am. Please do not park in AFC Bournemouth, Athletics Stadium Car-Park or Lorry Park.
There a limited parking available in a car park at the end of Kings Park Drive/Clarence Park Road (what3words ///weeks.tried.sticks) and parking is also available on Kings Park Drive (what3words ///paths.recall.monkey)
Course safety
Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth 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 bournemouth@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
- 606
- Events
- 32,229
- Finishers
- 256,836
- Finishes
- 2,225
- Volunteers
- 32,557
- Personal bests
- 1,628
- Groups
- 00:28:45
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with B
- Stayin' Alive Starts with B (needed for Stayin' Alive)
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area BH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bk, Bh
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