Netley Abbey parkrun

Train: Royal Victoria Country Park is located approximately 5-10 minutes walk from Netley Station. Trains running from both Southampton and Portsmouth & Southsea stop at Netley Station. Trains from Southampton Central take approximately 20 minutes to reach Netley and trains from Portsmouth & Southsea take approximately 40 minutes to reach Netley. For timetables, please see the National Rail website.

Bus: Netley is served by the First Group bus service operating between Southampton and Hamble. For timetables, please see the First Group website.

Royal Victoria Country Park is accessible by both foot and bike via the A3024/A3025. The park is clearly signposted from Bursledon, Southampton and Hamble.

Royal Victoria Country Park is accessible by road from the M27 via the A3024 and A3025 by following the brown tourist signs.

For GPS, the park Post Code is SO31 5GA.

Ample car parking is available in the park. Car parking charges apply and a ticket less system is in use. Prices are reviewed annually and can be found on the Hampshire County Council website.

How the system works:

1. Drive in - No ticket needed. Your registration number is noted automatically.
2. Pay anytime - You can pay at any time during your stay.
3. Payment options:
Card - The machines take card payments (contactless and chip’n’pin).
Cash - The machines take cash (coins and £5 notes) but do not give not give change.
Annual Pass - The system will recognise your car and open the barriers (no need to visit a pay station).
4. Drive out - The system matches the payment and the registration number and the exit barrier opens.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: at the Cedar Tea Rooms. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Cedar Tea Rooms - please come and join us.

Netley Abbey 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 Netley Abbey 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 netleyabbey@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.