Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Derry City 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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Northern Ireland
- 5 kilometres
- Derry City Centre
Meeting point: 55.00697, -7.31893. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 55.00697, -7.31893.
The course
Course description
Our out-and-back course starts on the riverside path, adjacent to Foyle Marina, near Baronet Street. Participants go along the river towards the city centre, left over the Peace Bridge, then having taken a right turn and rounded the hairpin bend, follow the St Columbs Park footway to the turn. The turn is at the area with the bench and three sheet-metal statues. From there participants retrace their steps finishing at the gate to Foyle Marina at Baronet Street.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at City Centre, adjacent to the River Foyle. The course is run on a mixture of paving and bitmac 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.
More details
Public transport
From the bus station (adjacent to the Guildhall), cross the road to the riverside and then follow quay downstream on foot to the Start. It's about a 600m walk.
From the railway station, either take the shuttle bus to the bus station and follow the directions above or walk along the cycle path that runs parallel to the railway line towards the Peace Bridge, having crossed that footbridge, follow the directions above. It's about one mile walk altogether, if you are planning to travel on the train that arrives at 08:22, you will have time for a leisurely walk.
On foot
From the city centre, at the Guildhall, follow the riverside path downstream, past the council offices to the Foyle Marina at Baronet Street.
By road
Follow sign posts for city centre from Foyle Bridge or Strand road from Craigavon Bridge.
Park in public car parks on Strand Road and follow the promenade to start.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the café adjacent to the finish. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the café adjacent to the finish - please come and join us!
Course safety
Derry City 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 Derry City 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 derrycity@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
- 623
- Events
- 11,669
- Finishers
- 61,271
- Finishes
- 602
- Volunteers
- 9,404
- Personal bests
- 751
- Groups
- 00:28:07
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Derry City junior parkrun Foyle Arena · 1.1 km
- Claudy Country Park parkrun Claudy Country Park · 15 km
- Buncrana parkrun Aileach Rd, Buncrana, Ireland · 17 km
- Holy Cross College parkrun Holy Cross College · 24 km
- Limavady parkrun Blackburn Park · 24 km
- Letterkenny parkrun St Conals Hospital Campus, Ireland · 27 km
- Derrynoid Forest parkrun Derrynoid Forest · 40 km
- Garvagh Forest parkrun Garvagh Forest · 40 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with D
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area BT
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Dy
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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