Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Fort William 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
- Nevis Range
Meeting point: 56.85148, -4.99916. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 56.85148, -4.99916.
The course
Course description
One lap on trail through Leanachan Forest. The start and finish are close the main car park and café.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Nevis Range, Torlundy, Fort William. The course is run entirely on 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
There are toilets within the cafe or next to the bike/ski hire. There are also a couple of showers available.
The Pinemarten cafe serves specialty coffees, home baking, freshly made snacks and meals daily. Both the Snowgoose restaurant at the top of the gondola, and the new Pinemarten cafe bar at the carpark, have amazing views and are the perfect place for a coffee stop or lunch after parkrun with friends and family.
More details
Public transport
The number 41 bus service operates between Fort William and Nevis Range. At present there is only a bus at 09:18 hours from bus station in Fort William, arriving at Nevis Range at 09:50 hours. Please see operators, Stagecoach, website for seasonal timetables.
On foot
You can cycle or walk to Nevis Range along the pathway which follows the A82, signpost to Inverness from Fort William. Once the pathway reaches Torlundy, it turns to the right, away from the A82 and goes through Leanachan forest to Nevis Range.
By road
Nevis Range is located 7 miles north of Fort William, on the A82 to Inverness. It is well signposted, and the access road to Nevis Range is a wide, good quality road; if you turn into a track, then you are on the wrong road. The postcode is PH33 6SQ, however this is a new postcode, so please be aware that it takes time for all the Sat Navs to account for this new information. The old postcode directed Sat Nav users to a small car park in Leanachan forest, causing considerable confusion! If you are driving, we recommend watching out for the traditional brown tourist signposting.
Ample parking in the car park of Nevis Range. Please note that?Nevis Range car park has a £6 per visit as of May 2026 (or £10 annual charge for local residents).
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Pinemartin Café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Pinemartin Café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Fort William 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 Fort William 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 fortwilliam@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
- 322
- Events
- 8,112
- Finishers
- 17,286
- Finishes
- 285
- Volunteers
- 1,866
- Personal bests
- 1,218
- Groups
- 00:31:44
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with F
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area PH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: F, Fr, Fm, Fl
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