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Parkrun
Cwmbran 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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Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Northfields Recreation Ground
Meeting point: 51.64071, -3.00768. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.64071, -3.00768.
The course
Course description
The course starts outside the Boating Lake cafe, completes a lap of the lake on a tarmac path and after crossing the stream into the Southfields turns left onto the field, which it crosses before going under the subway onto chippings and then back onto a tarmac path alongside the river to the Northfields before turning and retracing the previous route back to the start. The whole route is flat and run on a combination of tarmac, grass and chippings. The area near the subway can flood and become unusable in bad weather in which case an alternative all tarmac route may be used, which involves laps of the lake and twice out and back to the Southfields car park.
Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Cwmbran Boating Lake, NP44 8JE. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths, grass and wood chippings. 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
Toilets are available at the Boating Lake including disabled facilities. There are also toilets at the changing rooms near the Southfields car park.
Free parking is available at the Boating Lake and at the Southfields, both of which are off Llanfrechfa Way.
There is a well equipped children's play area near the lake and the Boating Lake cafe is available at the start/finish for refreshments with indoor and outdoor seating.
More details
Public transport
Cwmbran Railway Station is about one and a half miles from the event start.
Bus: The main Cwmbran Town Centre bus terminus (NP44 1PL) is a short walk from the Railway Station. It is an 8-minute bus journey on the 24X, X24 or 23 bus to Llanfrechfa Way.
On foot
It is a 2-minute walk from the Boating Lake car park to the Boating Lake start.
It is a 5-minute walk from the Southfields car park to the Boating Lake start.
It is a 3-minute walk from the bus stop on Llanfrechfa Way to the Boating Lake start.
It is a 25-minute walk from Cwmbran Railway Station to the Boating Lake start.
By road
From Cwmbran town centre:
From the roundabout nearest Morrisons supermarket, take St David’s Road for half a mile. At the roundabout turn left onto Llanfrechfa Way. Southfields car park is quarter of a mile on the right-hand side. The Boating Lake car park is signposted about a mile along Llanfrechfa Way, on the right-hand side.
From the South/M4:
Eastbound (i.e. from Cardiff direction) leave m/way at J26, follow Malpas Road (Northbound) for 1.5 miles. At the roundabout go straight ahead onto Newport Road for one and a quarter mile, turn left at the roundabout onto Llanfrechfa Way, the Boating Lake car park is 300m on the left. Westbound (i.e. from Severn Bridge direction) leave m/way at J25A. Turn right at the roundabout on the motorway exit. Follow the A4042 (signposted Abergavenny / Y Fenni) for two and a half miles. At the Crown Roundabout (Cylchfan y Goron) take the second exit onto Llanfrechfa Way, the Boating Lake car park is 300m on the left.
From the North (Pontypool) leave A4042 at 3rd exit of Crown Roundabout (Cylchfan y Goron), the Boating Lake car park is 300m on the left.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Boating Lake Cafe. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in The Boating Lake Cafe - please come and join us!
Course safety
Cwmbran 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 Cwmbran parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email cwmbran@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
- 456
- Events
- 13,335
- Finishers
- 86,932
- Finishes
- 1,172
- Volunteers
- 13,506
- Personal bests
- 685
- Groups
- 00:31:11
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
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