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Parkrun
Livingston 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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Scotland
- 5 kilometres
- Almondvale Park
Meeting point: 55.88680, -3.51883. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 55.88680, -3.51883.
The course
Course description
Start by the 'Blue Bridge' over the River Almond and go south east, past the Remembrance Bridge and the Civic Centre. After 450m turn a sharp right onto the riverside path. Follow the riverside path west to the Blue Bridge to complete the first loop (800m).
Continue north, turn left after the Bowling Club and fork left onto the woodland path. Follow the Almond River paths west on the north side of the river towards Livingston Village, cross the river at the footbridge and follow the path on the south side of the River Almond east back to the blue footbridge to complete the second 'loop'. Note that the first part of this section is a narrower path. At the Blue Bridge there is 1.2km to go on the final loop.
Cross the Blue Bridge, turn right and follow the riverside path all the way to the Play Park. Go round the Play Park and return back to the Remembrance Bridge turning sharp right to finish by the Civic Centre.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Almondvale Park, Livingston. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and trail 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
Toilets are available at Almondvale Shopping Centre and the Bubbles Pool. There is ample free parking by Almondvale Stadium and additional (paid) parking at the Almondvale Shopping Centre.
More details
Public transport
The Bus station at Almondvale Shopping Centre 500m from the start is served by local and regional busses. ScotRail services serve Livingston North and Livingston South stations. See the Traveline Scotland website for timetables and a journey planner.
On foot
The start is 100m east from parking, 500m from the bus station - follow signs to the Civic Centre which is just west of the start (take care crossing Almondvale Boulevard). The start/finish is adjacent to Cycle Route 75.
By road
From the outskirts of Livingston M8 J3 J3A or A71 follow signs to Almondvale Stadium.
Use post code EH54 7DN, Latitude and longitude 55.886732,-3.519290 or OS NT050669 in your sat nav.
Park adjacent to Almondvale Stadium and walk east across the footbridge to the start.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the West Lothian Bowling Club, Howden South Rd, Livingston, EH54 6WF, which is just a few steps from the Civic Centre (note, cash only). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the West Lothian Bowling Club, Howden South Rd, Livingston, EH54 6WF, which is just a few steps from the Civic Centre (note, cash only) - please come and join us!
Course safety
Livingston 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 Livingston 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 livingston@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
- 492
- Events
- 14,587
- Finishers
- 121,419
- Finishes
- 1,178
- Volunteers
- 19,451
- Personal bests
- 702
- Groups
- 00:30:49
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with L
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area EH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Li, La, Lu, Lr, Lv
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