Gedling parkrun

Spring Lane Entrance: the Nottingham City Transport bus service 61 runs along Spring Lane from where you can enter either the Main Entrance to Gedling Country park or the North Eastern Entrance from Lambley. This service runs from Nottingham city centre via Mapperley to Lambley, Woodborough and Calverton. Please see the Nottingham City Transport website for details.

Colliery Way Entrances: the Nottingham City Transport bus service 44 runs along Arnold Lane from where you can enter the Southern Entrances on Colliery Way, either via Lambley Lane Recreation Grounds (alight at Lambley Lane), or via Waldrom Road (alight at top of Shelford Road). This bus service runs from Nottingham city centre via Colwick and Netherfield to Gedling. Please see the Nottingham City Transport website for details.

Also, the Nottingham City Transport bus service 60 runs to a terminus on Waldrom Road, from where you can enter the Southern Entrance on Colliery Way. This bus service runs from Nottingham city centre via Mapperley to Gedling. Please see the Nottingham City Transport website for details.

North Eastern Entrance (Lambley): on Spring Lane near to the junction with Lambley Lane.

North Western Entrance (Mapperley): on Hartland Drive (off Spring Lane), or on Axmouth Drive (off Spring Lane, or through estate from Mapperley Plains and Chartwell Grove).

Southern Entrance (Gedling): on Colliery Way, opposite footpath from Lambley Lane Recreation Ground, or adjacent to traffic island at end of Waldrom Road (light controlled).

There are two car parks available at Gedling Country Park.

The main car park with its overflow extension has space for approximately 200 vehicles, and the entrance is accessed via Spring Lane, Mapperley, NG4 4PE. This car park is located within the country park and has dedicated disabled parking. There is a charge of £2.00 for all day parking, payable either at the machine or via an app. Blue badge holders are exempt from parking charges.

Free parking is available to all volunteers. A parking permit may be collected from the Run Director. They are in limited supply, and must be returned at the end of each event.

You can also park at the Lambley Lane Recreation Ground, Gedling. You then need to walk across the recreation ground fields and cross Colliery Way to enter the park through the Southern Entrance. This car park is approximately 20 minutes’ walk from the start.

Please note that both car parks have a 2 metre height restriction.

Visitors with mobility problems are advised to use the main entrance on Spring Lane to avoid ‘kissing gates’ at pedestrian entrances, and steep hills from/to entrances on Colliery Way.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Cafe 1899 which is located close to the children's play area. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Cafe 1899 which is located close to the children's play area - please come and join us!

Gedling 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 Gedling 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 gedling@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.