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Dinton Pastures parkrun

United Kingdom England

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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Meeting point: 51.44029, -0.88006. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.

Coordinates 51.44029, -0.88006.

The course

Course description

The Dinton Pastures parkrun route is a 2-lap course on the west side of the park. It starts at the bottom corner of White Swan Lake by the gate to a car parking area and a path accessing the main lake. The first lap runs anticlockwise around White Swan Lake, taking in Tufty’s Corner, and the second lap runs around the west side of Black Swan Lake until the path to the bird hide, which you take around Herons Water until the top of White Swan Lake, which you then follow around (bypassing Tufty’s Corner) until the start. The footpath is mostly compacted gravel and very flat and in dry weather regular road running shoes will suffice. If it has been raining recently the paths will have puddles and areas of the course can get muddy and potentially slippery so, if you have them, trail shoes would be better.

On the course

The course is 5k long. The course is at Dinton Pastures Country Park, Wokingham. The course is run on a mixture of gravel 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

In addition to the café, there is also a large children’s play area near the start/finish area and lots to do in the park itself. See website for more information.

More details

Public transport

By bus:Bus 128 between Reading and Wokingham runs every hour and stops at Winnersh crossroads. Travel north up Robinhood Lane (B3030) and follow the on-foot directions.
By train:The nearest train station is at Winnersh, which is a 2km walk from the Park. Walk out of the station and turn left, and follow the on-foot directions.

On foot

There are many entrances into Dinton Pastures that can be accessed on foot or by bike, but the main entrance is on the B3030 between the Winnersh crossroads and Twyford. Travel north up Robinhood Lane (B3030), cross over the motorway and you will see the entrance to Dinton Pastures sign-posted on your left. Follow the road into the main car park.

By road

From junction 10 M4, take the A329(M) towards Reading. After one mile follow signs to Winnersh on the A329. After just over a mile turn left at Winnersh crossroads onto the B3030 to Twyford. The park is sign-posted on the left after 1.5km. The postcode is RG10 0TH. Access is also possible from Woodley via Sandford Lane but this is a narrow/single lane carriageway which is prone to flooding. The use of Wokingham Road is recommended.

Car parking charges are 1 hour £3.00, 2 hours £5.50, 3 hours £7.00, over 3 hours £8.50 (flat rate). Please do not park on roads outside the park as you may be liable to a fine or clamping.

Coffee

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Coffee House. Please come and join us!

We're friendly

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in The Coffee House - please come and join us!

Course safety

Dinton Pastures 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 Dinton Pastures 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 dintonpastures@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

370
Events
22,880
Finishers
116,439
Finishes
1,243
Volunteers
16,733
Personal bests
1,240
Groups
00:31:33
Average finish time

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