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Parkrun
Gnoll 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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Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Gnoll Estate Country Park
Meeting point: 51.66111, -3.78862. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.66111, -3.78862.
The course
Course description
The course is in the grounds of Gnoll Country Park and is on tarmac and trails. Participants meet at the visitor centre and walk to the start which is at the far side of the lake.
The course consists of three laps; one small, one medium and one large lap. Lap 1 is a clockwise loop of the lake. Lap 2 is a loop of the lake followed by a trail around the old Gnoll house "ruins". Participants return to the lake for lap 3. On this final lap, participants ascend a short hill before returning down to the lake followed by a second time around the ruins. The finish is at the visitor centre.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Gnoll Estate Country Park, Fairyland, Neath. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths, gravel paths and compacted earth. 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 is a large Pay & Display car park in the country park itself, near the visitor centre. The cost is £3.75 for up to 4 hours. Toilets and café are located in the visitor centre. A young children’s play area is located near the finish line, and there is also an “adventure” playground for older children near the hill.
More details
Public transport
The nearest train station is Neath.
On foot
The Gnoll Estate Country Park is around 2km walk / jog from the centre of Neath.
By road
From the M4, take the A465 towards Neath. Leave at the Neath exit and follow the brown signs for “Gnoll Estate”.
If using SATNAV the postcode is SA11 3BS.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the visitor centre. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee at the visitor centre - Please come and join us!
Course safety
Gnoll 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 Gnoll 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 gnoll@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
- 483
- Events
- 9,774
- Finishers
- 55,924
- Finishes
- 1,121
- Volunteers
- 8,816
- Personal bests
- 663
- Groups
- 00:30:55
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
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- Swansea Prom junior parkrun Swansea Prom · 13 km
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with G
- Stayin' Alive Starts with G (needed for Stayin' Alive)
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area SA
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Ga
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