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Parkrun
Cheltenham 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
- Pittville Park
Meeting point: 51.90845, -2.07515. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.90845, -2.07515.
The course
Course description
A two-lap course run mostly on grass. Starting by the Boathouse next to Pittville Park lake, head towards Tommy Taylor’s Lane on the grass, keeping the trees on your left. Turn right and run clockwise around the wildflower meadow. Head for the marshal on the turning point and turn left up the hill, running around the marked tree and back down to the arrow sign. Turn left to head back to the boathouse, this time with the trees on your right. Turn left up the hill towards the Albermarle Gate car park. Turn right at the car park and continue around the perimeter of the field and past the tennis courts. Turn left down the woodchip path and at the bottom of the hill turn right to join the tarmac footpath. Turn left across the metal bridge, cross the footpath and head past the football pitch to the southern perimeter of the park. Run along the perimeter with the boundary on your left. Turn left off the path at the playground, go to the left of the playground and the basketball court, then head past the finish area on your left and aim for the gap in the trees at the bottom of the hill. Follow the path up through the middle of the wildflowers and turn right to head back to the marshal on the turning point. After the second lap the finish line is just past the basketball court on the grass banking behind the leisure centre.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Pittville Park, Cheltenham. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and grass. 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
- Leisure Centre: More details on the facilities at the Leisure Centre and classes can be found at http://www.leisureatcheltenham.com
More details
Public transport
Bus: The Leisure Centre is on the H bus route from the station.
Train: The train station is 1.4 miles on foot along the Honeybourne Line.
On foot
The Leisure Centre can be found at the western side of Pittville Park, opposite the Prince of Wales Stadium and close to the northern end of the Honeybourne Line.
By road
- 4.3 miles from the south M5 J11
- 3.3 miles from the north M5 J10
If using SATNAV, the nearest postcode is GL50 4RN.
Please park at The Prince of Wales Stadium car parks: opposite the park, just off Prince Regent Avenue where there is plenty of parking. You'll get a lovely short warm up/cool down walk and we won't be taking up customer spaces at the leisure centre.
Please DON'T park at the leisure centre - we have a good relationship with them and want this to continue as we use some of their facilities.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Leisure Centre café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Leisure Centre café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham 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 cheltenham@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
- 647
- Events
- 36,691
- Finishers
- 290,729
- Finishes
- 2,393
- Volunteers
- 39,056
- Personal bests
- 1,724
- Groups
- 00:29:01
- Average finish time
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