Chester parkrun

The nearest railway station is Bache. Bache is reached from Chester via Merseyrail services and takes 4 minutes. There are regular services on Saturday mornings. Leave the station platform, heading towards Chester. At the roundabout, follow Countess Way for 500m before turning right into the park.

The nearest railway station is Bache, behind the Morrisons store on Mill Lane. Turn left out the station down Mill Lane and turn left until you reach the roundabout. Cross over the roundabout and follow Countess Way, (the A5480) and the Country Park is 500m on your right-hand side.

From Chester city centre, follow Northgate Street heading north until you reach the large roundabout, (Fountains Roundabout). Cross the roundabout and keep left, following Parkgate Road all the way down to a large roundabout with Morrisons store. Turn right onto Countess Way and the Country Park is immediately on your left.

From Chester town centre, follow the A5268, (ring road) to the Fountains Roundabout and onto the A5116 which will be signposted for the Hospital. Keep in the right-hand lane and follow Liverpool Road until you reach a major roundabout and Morrisons. Turn left here onto Countess Way, (A5480). The Country Park is a quarter of a mile on your right-hand side.

From the M53 (north) leave at J10 and turn right onto the A5117, or left if coming from the south. Follow the A5117 until you reach the A540. Turn left at this junction and go straight over the next roundabout. Follow the A540 all the way to the roundabout and turn left onto Countess Way, (A5480). The Country Park is immediately on your left.

From the M56 (east), exit the motorway at J10. Turn left onto the A540, Parkgate Road. Follow the A540 all the way to the roundabout and turn left onto Countess Way, (A5480). The Country Park is immediately on your left.

From the A55/A494 (North Wales), follow the A55 until merging onto the A494. Follow the A494 until leaving at the A540, signed for Hoylake and Chester. Turn right at this junction and go straight over the next roundabout. Follow the A540 all the way to the roundabout and turn left onto Countess Way, (A5480). The Country Park is immediately on your left.

For satnav please use postcode CH2 1UL.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Little Owl Pub, which opens especially for us at 9:30am. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Little Owl Pub, which opens especially for us at 9:30am - please come and join us!

Chester 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 Chester 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 chester@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.