Jesmond Dene parkrun

Bus: From Haymarket bus station - buses 6, 51, 52, 57, 306, 307, 308 or 309. Get off at Cradlewell/Jesmond Road, next to a stone wall, and just before the road tunnel. Walk downhill and bear off left at the turn, and you’ll come to Armstrong Bridge. Turn left down the hill towards the Millfield House café.

From the Monument, John Dobson Street or the west end of Newcastle - bus number 38. Get off either at Jesmond Road (as above, for the south end of the Dene and Armstrong Bridge), or stay on until Freeman Hospital (for Paddy Freeman’s) and walk through the Dene, following Dene directions for Pet's Corner.

Metro: Millfield House is approx. a 15 minute walk from Jesmond Metro, come straight out of Jesmond Metro Station and turn left down Jesmond Road, stay on Jesmond Road until the pavement stops, then follow the signs to Jesmond Dene.

Accessible from Jesmond Road/Benton Bank, near the Coast Road A1058 and Jesmond Dene Road.
From Jesmond Road/Benton Bank, go over the Armstrong Bridge, and turn into the main entrance into Jesmond Dene and walk down the hill towards Pet's Corner and Millfield House Café.

If using sat nav the postcode is NE7 7BQ.

From the A1058, there are signs directly to Jesmond Dene. However parking in Jesmond Dene is extremely limited. Please park on Jesmond Dene Road or Benton Bank, below the flyover, where there is limited pay and display parking. There is a 2-minute walk to the starting line. There is a small car park in Paddy Freeman’s Park.
Please note the streets around the Dene are primarily residential with parking permits. Please park considerately.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Millfield House Café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Millfield House Café - please come and join us!

Jesmond Dene 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.
• 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.
• Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
  The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog.
• 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 Jesmond Dene 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 jesmonddene@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.