Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Horsham 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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England
- 5 kilometres
- Horsham
Meeting point: 51.06650, -0.32788. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.06650, -0.32788.
The course
Course description
Horsham parkrun is 3 laps anti clockwise around the outside of the park, starting on the opposite side of the pond to the assembly point following the path to join the main course. Follow the path uphill keeping the playground on your right. Take one left turn and leave the path as directed by the marshal, then turn right at the outcrop of trees, before turning left and passing the skate park. After a short uphill to the north end of the park you bear left following the boundary of the park all the way to The Rec Rooms where you go round the 'metallic tree' and join the path back to the lake. After completing 3 laps follow the 'to the finish' sign just before the pond and do a three quarter anti clockwise lap round the pond to finish.
During winter months trail shoes may be appropriate
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Horsham Park, Horsham. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and grass. 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 are toilets available in the Pavilions In The Park. Parking is available at Pavilions In The Park off Hurst Road and Jubilee car park off Albion Way.
More details
Public transport
Horsham train station is 5 minutes away with main line links to London and the South coast. Buses run from local areas and stop on North street by the park see the Metro Bus website.
On foot
Both car parks border the park and the park is very open, we meet by the pond at the finish where we give the start briefing and then we all walk to the start.
By road
Horsham is easily accessible the north along the A264 from Crawley and the M23 and from the south via A24 or A29.
Car parks are Jubilee RH12 1AH and Pavilions in the park RH12 2DF.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Koffie (in Horsham park). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Koffie (in Horsham park) - please come and join us!
Course safety
Horsham 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 Horsham 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 horsham@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
- 570
- Events
- 22,310
- Finishers
- 223,581
- Finishes
- 1,555
- Volunteers
- 28,574
- Personal bests
- 1,066
- Groups
- 00:29:54
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Horsham junior parkrun Horsham Park · under 100 m
- Ifield Mill Pond parkrun Ifield Mill Pond · 8.9 km
- Jubilee Fields junior parkrun Jubilee Fields juniors · 10 km
- Tilgate junior parkrun Tilgate Park · 11 km
- Tilgate parkrun Tilgate Park, Crawley · 11 km
- Cranleigh parkrun Knowle Park · 14 km
- Cranleigh junior parkrun Bruce Mckenzie Memorial Field · 14 km
- Wakehurst parkrun Wakehurst · 17 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with H
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area RH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: H, Ho, Hs
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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