Green Park parkrun

Bus: Reading Buses stop “100 Longwater Ave” is served by routes Greenwave 50 and Buzz 9 from Reading town centre. Mereoak P&R 600 stops a 10-minute walk from the start at Reading Gate.

Train: Reading Green Park railway station is an 18-minute / 1.2km walk. The business park is well signposted for pedestrians, including maps.

Green Park is located on National Cycle Network 23, which connects with National Cycle Network 4 into central Reading or south to Basingstoke.

Shared use (pedestrians and cyclists) paths provide easy access from central Reading, or alternatively, taking the National Cycle Network routes along the banks of the Foudry Brook and River Kennet.

From West Reading, follow the route of National Cycle Network 4, along the banks of the River Kennet, before turning south onto National Cycle Network 23 running alongside the A33 and Foudry Brook. You will enter Green Park opposite 100 Brook Drive, and find the start behind the building.

From the A33, follow the signs for Green Park. When entering the business park, follow signs for Longwater Avenue or South Oak Way.

Please allow plenty of time to walk from the free parking, available at:

• 200 & 250 Longwater Avenue, Reading RG2 6GP; 400m from start, 350 parking spaces. The route to the start is well signposted by us.
• 250 South Oak Way, RG2 6UG; by post-event cafes, 1400m from start, 313 parking spaces. We do not signpost the route to the start from this car park.

Please do not park in any other car parks or on the roads around Green Park.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: one of the following, which both open at 08:00: Street Bake Shop, 220 South Oak Way, Reading RG2 6UQ, or The Switch, 250 South Oak Way, Reading RG2 6UG. These are a 1.6km walk from the finish, or a short drive, with ample free parking at 250 South Oak Way, RG2 6UG. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at one of the following, which both open at 08:00: Street Bake Shop, 220 South Oak Way, Reading RG2 6UQ, or The Switch, 250 South Oak Way, Reading RG2 6UG. These are a 1.6km walk from the finish, or a short drive, with ample free parking at 250 South Oak Way, RG2 6UG - please come and join us!

Green Park 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 Green Park 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 greenpark@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.