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Parkrun
Bury St Edmunds 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
- Nowton Park
Meeting point: 52.22489, 0.73018. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 52.22489, 0.73018.
The course
Course description
The run will consist of two loops. We start on the grassy area immediately behind the visitors centre, heading up a gentle incline parallel to the park’s picturesque lime avenue. At the top of the hill, we turn left and up a broad grassy track toward woodland on the right. The run continues in a broad clockwise sweep around the woodland. At the “Woodhenge” sculpture, the route swings to the right, now following an anticlockwise sweep until we pass meadow pond. The route then swings to the left, passing anticlockwise around a wooded coppice before entering the woodland trail. When we meet a track with a gate on the right, we turn left, leaving the woodland, but following its boundary, keeping it to our right. We head down hill toward the all weather pitches, passing anticlockwise around them to complete the first lap. The second loop follows the same route as the first, finishing on the grassy area behind the visitors centre.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds. The course is run on a mixture of broad grass track and woodland trail. 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
- Please note that following heavy rain, parts of the course may be muddy and slippery, so please use appropriate off road running shoes. There can also be exposed tree roots along the woodland trail, so be careful to look out for these.
- Car parking at Nowton Park costs £2 for up to 2 hours. An annual parking ticket for Nowton Park is available for £30 from the West Suffolk Council Website.
- Refreshments are available from the Nowton Cafe, which can be found in the Nowton Park Centre.
- Toilets are available in the Nowton Park Centre.
More details
Public transport
Bus: The nearest bus stop is in Mayfield Terrace, 200 metres from the park entrance. This can be reached from either the railway station or bus station using Breeze route 1. Mullys routes M11 or M22 can also be used from the bus station. Please check the timetables online.
Train: The station is 2.3 miles away on the opposite side of town. Take the Breeze route 1 bus from the station.
On foot
The park is 1.5 miles from the centre of Bury St Edmunds. Please consult local maps to plan your route.
By road
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users.
From A14: Leave A14 at junction 44 and head toward town centre. Take second exit at first and second roundabouts and first exit at third roundabout into Nowton Road. Continue on this road until you come to the park entrance on your left.
The postcode for navigation is IP29 5LU.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Nowton Cafe, which can be found in the Nowton Park Centre. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Nowton Cafe, which can be found in the Nowton Park Centre - please come and join us!
Course safety
Bury St Edmunds 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 Bury St Edmunds 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 burystedmunds@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
- 598
- Events
- 17,942
- Finishers
- 136,092
- Finishes
- 1,102
- Volunteers
- 19,183
- Personal bests
- 1,031
- Groups
- 00:29:17
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Bury St Edmunds junior parkrun Bury St Edmunds · 2.2 km
- West Stow Country parkrun West Stow Country · 11 km
- Chilton Fields parkrun Chilton Fields · 17 km
- Stowmarket Recreation Ground junior parkrun Stowmarket Recreation Ground · 18 km
- Clare Castle parkrun Clare Castle Country Park · 19 km
- Mildenhall Hub parkrun Mildenhall Hub · 20 km
- Mildenhall Hub junior parkrun Mildenhall Hub · 20 km
- Thetford parkrun Abbey Meadows · 21 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 IP
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Be, B, Br, Ba, Bk
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