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Great Salterns 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: 50.80938, -1.04661. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.

Coordinates 50.80938, -1.04661.

The course

Course description

The course starts and finishes at the cricket hut with a short straight before turning left onto three clockwise fairly flat laps around the perimeter of Great Salterns Recreation Ground then returning back to the starting point. The course is a mixture of grass and gravel tracks and in bad weather parts are likely to be muddy. The course is also fairly narrow in places and care will need to be taken through these sections.

On the course

The course is 5k long. The course is at Great Salterns Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. The course is run on a mixture of grass 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

Toilets are located in Costa Coffee and McDonalds at Ocean Retail Park PO3 5NP. Approx 0.5 mile away from the start.

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Public transport

Bus: Bus Route 14 - Bus Stop is at Portsmouth College approx. 0.5 mile walk away.

Train: Hilsea Halt train station is 1.75 miles away.

On foot

The start is south of Ocean Retail Park approx. 0.5 mile walk.

By road

Great Salterns is located between Tangiers Road and Burrfields Road. Best parking is at Ocean Retail Park (PO3 5NP) approx. 0.5 mile from the start. Parking is free.

Coffee

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Cricket Hut at Great Salterns. Please come and join us!

We're friendly

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Cricket Hut at Great Salterns - please come and join us!

Course safety

Great Salterns 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 Great Salterns 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 greatsalterns@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

257
Events
6,560
Finishers
19,568
Finishes
673
Volunteers
2,872
Personal bests
641
Groups
00:30:34
Average finish time

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