Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill
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
- Brockwell Park, Herne Hill
Meeting point: 51.45254, -0.10546. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.45254, -0.10546.
The course
Course description
The course is two laps, on tarmac throughout. After an initial loop round the field next to Brockwell Hall, it runs down towards the Rosendale Road entrance, and turns right to continue over the hill to the playground, then between the tennis courts to return to the Hall. After two laps, a right turn leads straight towards the finish.
On the course
The course is 5k long. It's run in Brockwell Park on wide 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
Public toilets are available at Brockwell Hall and near the entrance to the Walled Garden.
Post-parkrun we head to the Glassmaker's Cafe. Menus and further details can be found here.
More details
Public transport
Brockwell Hall is approximately 10 minutes’ walk from Herne Hill station, or about 25 to 30 minutes’ walk from Brixton Tube station.
Bus routes 3, 37, 68, 196, 201, 322 and 468 serve Brockwell Lido or Herne Hill/Brockwell Park.
On foot
The start is in the centre of the park, an uphill walk of around 900 metres from the furthest entrance.
By road
There is free street parking on the road outside the entrance to the Lido car park (Dulwich Road, SE24 0PA).
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Glassmaker’s Café at Brockwell Hall. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Glassmaker’s Café at Brockwell Hall - please come and join us.
Course safety
Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill 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 Brockwell parkrun, Herne Hill 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 brockwell@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.
Getting there by bike
Please note that the number of bike racks at Brockwell Hall is limited. If these are full, bikes must NOT be locked to any of the memorial benches in the park or to railings at any point along the course. There are plenty of racks in front of the Lido, and you are advised to arrive early enough to leave bikes there instead and walk up to the start.
Event stats
- 701
- Events
- 38,277
- Finishers
- 193,591
- Finishes
- 2,070
- Volunteers
- 29,263
- Personal bests
- 1,561
- Groups
- 00:26:40
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Brockwell junior parkrun Brockwell Park · under 100 m
- Dulwich parkrun Dulwich Park, Dulwich · 2.1 km
- Peckham Rye parkrun Peckham Rye Park · 3.1 km
- Peckham Rye junior parkrun Peckham Rye Park · 3.1 km
- Clapham Common parkrun Clapham Common · 3.2 km
- Kennington Park junior parkrun Kennington Park · 3.4 km
- Tooting Common junior parkrun Tooting Common · 3.5 km
- Tooting Common parkrun Tooting Common · 3.6 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 SE
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bi, Bk, …
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