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Hartstown parkrun

Ireland

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: 53.39508, -6.41583. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.

Coordinates 53.39508, -6.41583.

The course

Course description

The course starts at the all-weather pitch near the park’s entrance behind Hartstown Community School next to the park’s parking lot. The route heads north and continues around the border of the park in a clockwise direction. In the middle of the park, the route takes a sharp right where it returns around to the start line. A second, near idential loop is completed with only a small 20 metres or so to be completed off the main path to the finish chute.

On the course

The course is 5k long. The course is in Hartstown Park, Hartstown. The course is run entirely on tarmac 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

Free parking is available at the Hartstown Park car park, beside Hartstown Community School.
Participants can also use the parking lot at the Hartstown Shopping Centre, which is approximately a 5 minute walk away from the meeting point.

More details

Public transport

Bus routes 39 and 39A from Ongar to UCD via the city centre. See the Dublin Bus website for details.

Those travelling from Maynooth can take the train to Clonsilla train station, then the 39A bus down the Clonsilla Road to Hartstown park. See the Irish Rail website for timetables.

On foot

From Blanchardstown Centre make your way to the bus stops at the road near the yellow entrance of the shopping centre and get either the 39 or 39A bus, which travels past Hartstown Community School.

By road

From Dublin city centre take R107 onto the Navan Road then take a left onto R121 beside the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. Travel down the Mountview Road until you get to Hartstown and follow the road adjacent to the park until you reach the park’s parking lot beside Hartstown Community School.
It's about a 100 metre walk from this car park to the meeting point.

Coffee

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local café. Please come and join us!

We're friendly

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café - please come and join us!

Course safety

Hartstown 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 Hartstown 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 hartstown@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

545
Events
6,085
Finishers
42,145
Finishes
721
Volunteers
6,054
Personal bests
298
Groups
00:29:28
Average finish time

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