Cosmeston Lakes parkrun

Bus: Services 94 and 88 stop outside/opposite the park entrance. They run approximately every hour on Saturday mornings.

Train: The nearest train station is Penarth. It’s approximately 1.2 miles from the station to the park. Taxis are available outside the station. There are frequent train services from Penarth to Cardiff Central mainline station.

From Penarth town centre, follow Stanwell Road over the railway bridge, turning left just after the station onto Victoria Road. After 100m, turn left onto Westbourne Road and follow it for 1500m until its junction with Lavernock Road. Cross Lavernock Road after 800m (at the pedestrian crossing) and the park entrance is a further 100m along and to the right.

For Satellite Navigation or Google Maps use the postcode CF64 5UY.

• Cosmeston Lakes Country Park is located about five miles west of Cardiff and 11.5 miles from junction 33 of the M4 (via the A4232).
• The main entrance is 1.5 miles south of Penarth town centre on the B4267 Lavernock Road between Penarth and Sully.

There is ample parking just after the entrance to the park. Parking charges apply after 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Please see the Parking at Country Parks page of the Vale of Glamorgan Council website, or the machines in the car park, for further information.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: at the Refresh lakeside café or up at Willmore's and Dusty's coffee carts. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Refresh lakeside café or up at Willmore's and Dusty's coffee carts - please come and join us!

Cosmeston Lakes 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.
• 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.
• Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
  The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog.
• 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 Cosmeston Lakes 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 cosmestonlakes@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.