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Parkrun
Cockington Court 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
- Cockington Court
Meeting point: 50.46371, -3.56410. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 50.46371, -3.56410.
The course
Course description
Two laps, out and back, bi-directional course. Starting outside Cockington Court House, the first section is a tarmac driveway to the Game Keepers Cottage. Turning right into Manscombe Woods, gentle uphill to the Warren Barn, then left up a steep hill to the U-turn at Scadson Woods. Follow the same course back to Cockington Court House and repeat. After two laps, the finish line is outside Cockington Court House, in the same area as the start. Participants need to keep to the left-hand side of all paths.
Parts of the course may make it harder for people with buggies & pushchairs - please contact the team in advance for further information.
The course is not suitable for double buggies due to narrow sections.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Cockington Court, Torquay. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths and permanent 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
- Four nearby carparks: Higher Lodge car park, Cockington Village car park, Cockington Cycle Hub car park, Cockington Court car park.
- Toilets are in the Cockington Village car park and next to the Seven Dials cafe at Cockington Court (start/finish area).
- In the village there is the Drum Inn, Sanctuary Coffee and Weavers Cottage Tea Garden.
More details
Public transport
Bus: From Torquay or Paignton take bus number 12 to Livermead House Hotel by Livermead Sands beach. At traffic lights walk along Cockington Lane for just over one mile to Cockington village.
Train: From Torquay train station, follow the seafront to Livermead Sands beach. At traffic lights walk along Cockington Lane for just over one mile to reach Cockington village.
On foot
From Livermead Sands walk along Torquay seafront, at traffic lights by Livermead House Hotel follow Cockington Lane for one mile to reach Cockington Village
By road
From Torquay follow A3022 along Torquay seafront. At traffic lights by Livermead House Hotel turn right into Cockington Lane. At the mini roundabout take the 2nd exit into Cockington Lane to reach Cockington Village.
From Paignton follow A3022 towards Torquay. At traffic lights by Hotel Indigo turn left into Cockington Lane. At the mini roundabout take the 2nd exit and follow the road for about a mile to Cockington Court.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Seven Dials Cafe at Cockington Court. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Seven Dials Cafe at Cockington Court - please come and join us!
Course safety
Cockington Court 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 Cockington Court 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 cockingtoncourt@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
- 5
- Events
- 1,033
- Finishers
- 1,222
- Finishes
- 108
- Volunteers
- 82
- Personal bests
- 124
- Groups
- 00:32:53
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with C
- Pirates! Starts with C (needed for Pirates!)
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area TQ
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: C, Ca, Cr, Co, Cu, Cn
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