Burnley parkrun

Towneley Park is approximately 2 miles from Burnley Town Centre. The Park and Towneley Hall itself are featured on a variety of walks in and around Burnley. See visit Burnley for further details.

Follow signs for Towneley Hall, which is well signposted with brown tourist signs. The postcode for Towneley Hall is BB11 3RQ. On the approach road through the Park towards the Hall, the road forks; take the left hand option which will take you round to the Riverside car park. From the M65, you will need to exit at junction 10. Towneley Park is situated just off the A671 Todmorden Rd.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Rotunda Café located in the Riverside car park near to the finish line and children’s play area. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Rotunda Café located in the Riverside car park near to the finish line and children’s play area - please come and join us!

Burnley 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 Burnley parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

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.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email burnley@parkrun.com to help.

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.

There is public transport available to Towneley Hall from Burnley Bus Station on Centenary Way (opposite Tesco) on Saturdays only. The bus service is No.3 and the service is operated by Traveline.

Burnley has 2 central train stations - Burnley Central and Burnley Manchester Road. The closest one to Towneley and Burnley Bus Station is Burnley Manchester Road. See National Rail Enquiries for train details .

With the Pennine Cycleway, Route 68 of the National Cycle Network, passing right through the centre of the park it's no problem riding to Towneley. See Sustrans for National Cycle Network details.