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Parkrun
Heritage Coastal Path parkrun, Easington
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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England
- 5 kilometres
- Heritage Coastal Path, Easington
Meeting point: 54.78947, -1.31874. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 54.78947, -1.31874.
The course
Course description
The start is adjacent to a large car park on an open grassed area. The route then passes under a railway bridge to the costal path and follows a figure of 8 route with open cliff top views.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Heritage Coastal Path, Easington Colliery. The course is run on a combination of grass, trail paths and permanent 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
There is a cafe near to the car park entrance, which is opposite a children’s play area. There are a few picnic tables next to the car park. Adjacent to the car park is a mining heritage display walk showing the history and geology of the area.
There are toilet facilities near to the entrance of the Nature Reserve Car Park. They are in the Pay Note Cafe which has kindly agreed to open specially for us and allows all participants to use their facilities.
More details
Public transport
Bus: The Durham to Sunderland Arriva 22 bus stops nearby at the Station Road/Office Street junction.
Train: There is no nearby rail station.
On foot
From the corner of Crawlaw Avenue and Seaside Lane. Facing north onto Crawlaw Avenue, to the left is the Paynote Cafe to the right the Easington Nature reserve, walk 100 metres along Crawlaw Avenue northwards, turn right into the Nature Reserve at the car park entrance, walk down to the carpark and off to the right about 100 metres beyond the car park is a large tunnel under the rail line. The event will assemble there.
By road
If using SatNav, the nearest postcode is SR8 3QQ. There is a car park at the nature reserve and also on street parking.
Crawlaw Avenue is at the eastern extremity of Seaside Lane B1283, which runs from the A19 through Easington Village and then Easington Colliery. Turn left at the 90 degree bend in the road, the car park entrance is on the right, just beyond the children's play area.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Pay Note Café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Pay Note Café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Heritage Coastal Path parkrun, Easington 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.
- 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.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Heritage Coastal Path parkrun, Easington is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email heritagecoastalpatheasington@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
- 70
- Events
- 4,070
- Finishers
- 6,591
- Finishes
- 195
- Volunteers
- 757
- Personal bests
- 368
- Groups
- 00:32:49
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with H
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area SR
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: H, He, Ho, Hg, Hs
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