Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Nepean River parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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Australia
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New South Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Penrith
Meeting point: -33.76170, 150.66441. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -33.76170, 150.66441.
The course
Course description
200m to the bridge, carry on up the bottom path to join the main path and turn left. Continue until the end of the path, perform a 180 degree turn and re-trace steps and turn right back to the start on the path down the hill. At the end of the path, turn right (2.5km) to do another lap. On the finish of the second lap, peel off left to finish at the start line.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Tench Reserve, Penrith. The course is run on a mixture of concrete paths, bitumen 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
Parking is available at the Tench Reserve boat ramp car park and along Tench Avenue. Please DO NOT park in the restaurant precinct car park behind Coffee Club.
Public toilets are available at Tench Reserve, 50m from the start/finish line.
More details
Public transport
The nearest bus, train and taxi services are from Penrith station, approximately 4km from the start/finish line. Buses from Penrith station to Tench Avenue don't start early enough for parkrun, however bus 785 can take you from Tench Avenue (near the boat ramp car park) to Penrith station at 8:49am.
On foot
N/A
By road
If travelling from the city, take the Mulgoa Road exit from the Western Motorway/M4. Turn right onto Mulgoa Road and follow it until you reach Jamison Road where you turn left. Follow Jamison Road until it bears left and changes to Tench Avenue. After approximately 900m, turn right into the entrance of the boat ramp car park, and use the car park to your right.
If travelling from the Blue Mountains, follow the Great Western Highway/A32 and M4 to the Mulgoa Road exit. Turn left on Mulgoa Road and follow it until you reach Jamison Road where you turn left. Follow Jamison Road until it bears left and changes to Tench Avenue. After approximately 900m, turn right into the entrance of the boat ramp car park, and use the car park to your right.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Maldini’s. Show your barcode and get a 15% discount. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Maldini’s. Show your barcode and get a 15% discount - please come and join us!
Course safety
Nepean River 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.
- 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 Nepean River 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 nepeanriver@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
- 451
- Events
- 11,063
- Finishers
- 90,551
- Finishes
- 1,094
- Volunteers
- 13,500
- Personal bests
- 443
- Groups
- 00:34:31
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with N
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: N, Ne, Na, Ni, Np
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