Oaklands parkrun

Bus: Operated by National Express West Midlands (Formally Travel WM), the 11c and 11A, 60, X1 & X2 buses all stop at the Swan Island, a 2 minute walk from the recreation ground. Please visit the Bus Times website for timetables.

Train: Acocks Green is the nearest railway station and you can catch an 11A bus from outside the station or walk just under a mile from there.

There are entrances on Holder Road, Hob Moor Road and the A4040 just outside the Swan Shopping Centre. All are only 2 minutes walk to the start.

Just off the Coventry Road A45 in Yardley, Birmingham, a 15 minutes drive from the city centre.

Parking: Small car park on Holder Road (B25 8AS) end of the park, please note, there is no street parking on this road. There is a large free car park by the Swan Shopping Centre across the road from the Recreation Ground, there are restrictions in place, do check the signage. Swan Shopping Centre have granted participants permission to use the car park, but ask that people avoid parking directly in front of the main entrance. We would recommend that you park alongside the right hand side of the car park. Please note that this is an extremely busy road, and we recommend that you use the pedestrian crossing at the one end to cross.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Costa Coffee, Swan Centre, Yardley. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Costa Coffee, Swan Centre, Yardley - please come and join us!

Oaklands 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 Oaklands 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 oaklands@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.