Castle Park parkrun

Bishop’s Stortford train & bus stations are close to the start / finish of the course.
The nearest bus stop is on Dane Street or Bridge Street or Adderley Road.

When approaching the Town Park from Bishop’s Stortford town centre, cross The Causeway at the traffic lights next to Jackson Square car park, or from the Causeway car park. Follow Causeway past the war memorial and paddling pool. The entrance to Castle Park is on the left hand side and the start is adjacent to the Bandstand.

Follow signs to the centre of Bishop’s Stortford. Then follow further signage to the car parks.

Our nearest car parks are: Link Road CM23 2BA, Northgate End CM23 2ET & Causeway CM23 2EN. All are within a five minute walk of the bandstand.
Please do not park in the Jackson Square or Grange Paddocks car parks.

If using SATNAV, the nearest postcode is CM23 2BA

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Port Jackson (please kindly remove muddy footwear before entering). Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at The Port Jackson (please kindly remove muddy footwear before entering) - please come and join us!

Castle Park 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 Castle Park 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 castlepark@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.