Didcot parkrun

Bus: There are buses to the centre of Didcot or Didcot Parkway train station operated by Thames Travel and Oxford Bus Company.

Train: Didcot Parkway train station is a 9 minute walk to the start line on Ladygrove Park and accessed on foot through Cow Lane underpass.

Ladygrove Park is located at the centre of the Ladygrove estate in Didcot and accessed on foot through Cow Lane underpass from the Town Centre and train station.

If you are travelling by car the nearest car park to the start is Willowbrook Leisure Centre, Bowmont Water. The postcode for satnav: OX11 7AF

From A34 North & Southbound:

• At Milton Interchange take the exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Didcot’
• At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A4130
• At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Wallingford’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Wallingford’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Wallingford’
• At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Avon Way signposted ‘Oaktree Health Centre’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Bowmont Water
• Turn left and you have arrived at the car park

From Wallingford:

• Join the A4130 from Wantage Road or any other junction from the Town Centre, signposted ‘Didcot, Wantage’
• At roundabout with Tesco Supermarket, take the 2nd exit onto the A4130
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Oxford, Newbury A34, All other routes’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Appleford, Sutton Courtenay, Drayton’
• Turn left onto the A4130 signposted ‘Oxford, Newbury A34, Wantage A417’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4130 signposted ‘Oxford, Newbury A34, Wantage A417’
• At roundabout take the 1st exit onto Avon Way signposted ‘Oaktree Health Centre’
• At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Bowmont Water
• Turn left and you have arrived at the car park

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Ladygrove Pub (OX11 7SZ). Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Ladygrove Pub (OX11 7SZ) - please come and join us!

Didcot 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 Didcot 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 didcot@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.