Gedling junior 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: the 1889 café at Gedling Country Park. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the 1889 café at Gedling Country Park - please come and join us!

Gedling junior parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. To make the event as safe as possible, participants, spectators and volunteers are asked to take note of the following rules and guidelines:

• Whilst parkrun fully accepts its duty of care and will do everything it can to minimise risk of injury and harm to all participants whilst at parkrun events, it is parent/guardians who ultimately have responsibility for the welfare of their children.
• It is not mandatory for a parent/guardian to participate in junior parkruns, but children under the age of 11 must be accompanied to/from the event by a responsible adult, and the responsible adult must remain in attendance for the duration of the event.
• junior events are open and inclusive. Disabled people may participate wherever it is safe for them to do so. The event team can provide disabled participants with course information in order that the participant (or their parent/guardian) can make an informed decision about their safe participation.
• Whilst more competitive children can use junior parkruns to test themselves against their own time, and against others, participation should ultimately be for fun, and we urge all parents/guardians/volunteers not to put children under undue pressure to perform.
• junior parkruns are running, jogging and walking events, and the use of children’s scooters, balance bikes, trikes or cycles is prohibited.
• Slower runners are encouraged to seed themselves, by starting towards the back of the group especially if an adult is accompanying them.
• junior parkruns are timed events. Only those aged between 4 to 14 years old completing the course themselves will be given a result. ​
• Exceptions to this rule are subject to the discretion of parkrun head office. Examples include those over 14 with special educational needs (SEN) or those with a registered disability, for whom social interaction and physical activity may be difficult but important.
• A strict ‘no barcode no result’ policy will be enforced.
• Buggies are allowed, subject to course conditions, but only if the adult pushing the buggy is accompanying a junior parkrunner. Adults with buggies are urged to position themselves appropriately for the safety and enjoyment of all.
• With the exception of assistance dogs, dogs are not allowed to accompany walkers, joggers, runners or volunteers at junior parkrun events.
• 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.
• Spectators should keep clear of participants on the course and keep control of any children and dogs.
• Participants should take care near roads and car parks, congregate away from the cars and be careful if driving to/from the event.
• Photography or filming is likely to take place at junior parkrun events. Please see our photos page for more details.
• 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.

Please consider helping the event by volunteering - this event survives only because of your generosity. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email gedlingjuniors@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.