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Parkrun
Cuningar Loop 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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Scotland
- 5 kilometres
- Cuningar Loop
Meeting point: 55.84069, -4.20143. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 55.84069, -4.20143.
The course
Course description
The course is two laps over mixed surfaces including tarmac and tight gravel paths. It starts next to The Tur on the main tarmac path and runs anti-clockwise, finishing at the Evolve sculpture located close to the south entrance to the park.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Cuningar Loop, Rutherglen. The course is run on a combination of gravel paths, permanent paths and trail 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
Public toilets and changing facilities are located within The Bothy, open 8am to 5pm, seven days a week. Cuningar Loop has bike tracks, Scotland’s first outdoor bouldering park, an adventure play area and a range of walks accessible to everyone with plenty of seating.
There are a number of post event coffee options close by, including:
McDonald’s, Rutherglen Retail Park, G73 1AE
Costa Coffee (located in Tesco Extra), Rutherglen Retail Park, G73 1NY
Greggs, Rutherglen Retail Park, G73 1AE
Starbucks Coffee, Rutherglen Retail Park, G73 1NY
Topgolf Glasgow, G73 1DR
More details
Public transport
Bus: There are regular buses between Glasgow and Rutherglen which run along Dalmarnock Road.
Train: The nearest train stations are Dalmarnock and Rutherglen. Cuningar Loop is a 10min walk from both stations. Plan your journey at Traveline Scotland.
On foot
The Clyde Walkway (part of National Cycle Route 75) passes the Cuningar Footbridge if you'd like to walk or cycle to the park. You can also enter from the south entrance from Downiebrae Road or via the car park (two footpaths from the car park take you into the park).
People Make Glasgow bikes are available at Dalmarnock Station.
Cycle storage is available at The Bothy and there are several cycle racks around the park to store bikes.
By road
The nearest postcode for Downiebrae Road is G73 1PW. Some sat navs don't reach the exact car park entrance so please follow the signs for Cuningar Loop, Woodland Park. There are signs on either side of the entrance / exit with the car park hours.
From the M74, take the exit at junction 2 for Rutherglen/Cambuslang. Continue on Cambuslang Road/A724, turn onto Duchess Road and continue towards the south entrance to Cuningar Loop where you will see the signs above.
There is a free car park at the south entrance to Cuningar Loop and on-street parking nearby on Downiebrae Road. Please allow ten minutes from parking on Downiebrae Road to reach the south entrance on foot.
Car park opening times:
April - September, 7am - 9pm
October - March, 8am - 7pm
Course safety
Cuningar Loop 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 Cuningar Loop 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 cuningarloop@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
- 81
- Events
- 7,997
- Finishers
- 23,372
- Finishes
- 506
- Volunteers
- 4,532
- Personal bests
- 463
- Groups
- 00:29:56
- Average finish time
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