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Parkrun
Bushy 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
- Bushy Park, Teddington
Meeting point: 51.41099, -0.33579. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.41099, -0.33579.
The course
Course description
A fast, flat course that runs anticlockwise from close to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park. After 250 metres or so on grass, running parallel with the play park, the course moves onto a hoggin path towards the Church Grove gate. There is a left turn to take you around the edge of Hampton Wick Cricket Club. Continue towards the Hampton Wick gate and take a left turn into Cobbler’s Walk (also called Nightingale Lane). After passing The Leg-of-Mutton Pond there is a right turn onto a track towards the Sandy Lane gate. On reaching the gate, there is a left turn to take you along the perimeter (hoggin) path towards the Teddington Gate. A further left turn will take you onto the grass of Chestnut Avenue. There is another left turn back onto Cobbler’s Walk. A marshal will indicate the point at which you will make a right turn onto a track to run towards Heron Pond, over a little bridge - be careful of the tree roots in the 100m section approaching the bridge - round the South side of the pond on a hoggin path or grass (your choice) - the finish is in sight!
Occasionally, the start will revert to the Diana Fountain end of Chestnut Avenue. This may be as a result of other events in the park or dangerous conditions.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Bushy Park, Teddington, and run on a variety of surfaces, including grass and 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
Toilets located at play area, a 1 minute jog from start (open before start of run).
More details
Public transport
The nearest railways stations at Hampton Court, Teddington or Hampton Wick. Each of these is less than 2km from the start. Buses do not go through the park but there are many local routes that travel close to the park, between Twickenham/Teddington and Kingston and also Kingston and Hampton Court.
On foot
The park is easily accessible by both foot and cycle. Cycle parking is available in both the Diana Fountain car park, close to the children's playground and also at The Pheasantry Cafe.
By road
If arriving by car please park in either Hampton Court Station car park (KT8 9AE) or Hampton Court Green car and coach park (KT8 9BP). These are approx 1km walk/jog to the start. There is a small charge.Coaches and minibuses are NOT permitted in Bushy Park.Please avoid using the Diana Fountain car park within the park itself as this is also used by other park users.If coming from the Teddington side, you can access the Pheasantry car park via Teddington Gate and Chestnut Avenue (TW11 0BS). This is about a ten minute walk to the start and finish area.There is also free parking at Clapperstile car park (TW11 0EQ) which is 2km from the start.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Pheasantry Cafe in the park. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at The Pheasantry Cafe in the park - please come and join us
Course safety
Bushy 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.
- 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.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Bushy 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 bushy@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
- 1,113
- Events
- 128,849
- Finishers
- 1,004,453
- Finishes
- 3,829
- Volunteers
- 117,050
- Personal bests
- 4,138
- Groups
- 00:28:13
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Bushy junior parkrun Bushy Park, Teddington · 1.1 km
- Kingston parkrun Kingston Riverside · 2.5 km
- Latchmere Rec junior parkrun Latchmere Recreation Ground · 3.2 km
- Surbiton junior parkrun Alexandra Recreation Ground · 4.4 km
- Moormead junior parkrun Moormead and Bandy Recreation Ground · 4.6 km
- Crane Park parkrun Crane Park, Twickenham · 4.8 km
- Hanworth junior parkrun Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre & Libra · 5.0 km
- Hanworth parkrun Hanworth Park · 5.3 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with B
- Stayin' Alive Starts with B (needed for Stayin' Alive)
- Bushy Pilgrimage The original parkrun event
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area KT
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: B, Br, Ba, Bk, Bh
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