Market Harborough parkrun

The nearest rail station is Market Harborough, served by East Midlands Trains services from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Kettering and London St Pancras. National Rail enquiries will provide details of services.
Market Harborough is served by a number of bus services including X3 from Leicester via Great Glen and Kibworth, 44 from Fleckney and Foxton, 58 from Lutterworth and Hinckley, 67 from Corby and Gretton, X7 from Northampton and the Centrebus County Connect service from surrounding areas.

The park can be accessed on foot from the town centre from the Commons car park, via Coventry Road or Welland Park Road.

From the train station it is less than 1 mile. Leave the station and bear right and slightly downhill to follow the vehicle access road. Continue west along Rockingham Road. Turn left onto Kettering Road and then right at the roundabout onto Springfield Street. Turn left then immediately right onto Welland Park Road. The park is on the right hand side just after the Welland Park Academy.

From the main bus station, immediately cross Northampton Road at the pedestrian crossing and continue straight ahead along a path that leads into Welland Park. National Cycle Route 6 runs through Welland Park and past the finish area.

From the M1, leave at J20 Lutterworth and follow signs for Market Harborough along the A4304. Welland Park is on the right hand side shortly before the town centre.
From the A14, leave at J2 Kelmarsh and follow signs for Market Harborough along the A508, and turn left on Welland Park Road shortly before the town centre.

Market Harborough is well signposted from the A6 in both directions. Postcode for satnav is LE16 9DW.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Café at Welland Park. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in The Café at Welland Park - please come and join us!

Market Harborough 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.
• 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 Market Harborough 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 marketharborough@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.