Coldham’s Common parkrun

Train: 33 min walk from Cambridge train station and 40 min walk from Cambridge North train station.

Bus: the nearest bus stop is on Stanesfield Road which is a 5 min walk from the start. It is served by the Citi 3 bus which can be boarded at Cambridge train station and in Central Cambridge.

From Whitehill Road: Turn into Pool Way, past the swimming pool and over the bridge onto the playing fields. The start will be visible on the left.

From Stanesfield Road bus stop: Proceed south on Whitehill Rd and follow the instructions above.

From Cambridge railway station: Proceed north and turn right onto Devonshire Rd, right at Mill Rd, then left onto Sedgwick Rd onto Cromwell Rd, and then across Coldham’s Lane into Coldham’s Common and follow signs for Abbey Pool.

From Barnwell Road: Enter the Common opposite the small parade of shops and cross the dog walking field to the playing fields, the start is on the right of this field.

From Coldham’s Lane: Enter the Common opposite Cromwell Rd, follow the path over the footbridge and the start is the opposite side of the playing fields. From Cambridge Retail Park (P&R bus stop): head into the Retail Park and turn right to reach Coldham’s Lane. After 300m at the traffic lights cross to enter Coldham’s Common and follow signs for Abbey Pool.

To Abbey Leisure Complex car park: if using SATNAV the nearest postcode is CB5 8NT.

We recommend travel to the course by foot, bicycle or bus. There is bike parking at Abbey Leisure Complex near the start. There is very limited car parking at Abbey Leisure Complex. Car parking is also available at the Tesco Newmarket Rd and Sainsburys Brooks Rd supermarkets if you will be a customer at these stores. The nearest Park & Ride parking is on Newmarket Rd and the bus service runs every 10 minutes taking less than 10 mins to reach Cambridge Retail Park which is a 19 min walk to the start. The Park & Ride is only a 1.8 miles, a 30 minute walk to the start.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the refreshment van. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the refreshment van - please come and join us!

Coldham’s Common 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 Coldham’s Common 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 coldhamscommon@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.