Ormskirk parkrun

By train:

• Via Liverpool: Change at Liverpool Lime Street to Merseyrail Northern Line for Ormskirk Station. You can join the Northern Line at Liverpool Central or Moorfields. These stations can be reached from Liverpool Lime Street via underground /metro Wirral Line, or on foot.
• Via Preston: from Preston Station take train to Ormskirk.

From Ormskirk Station you can get to the Campus in a variety of ways:

• Bus: From Ormskirk train station take the pedestrian walkway to Ormskirk bus station and connect with the Edge Link Bus for a direct route to campus. The bus runs at 0825 and 0845hrs from the bus station and takes around 3 minutes. See the Edge Hill University website for the full timetable.
• Taxi: There are 24-hour taxi services close to the station.

Turn right from the station and walk up the road you are on, Station Approach. At the top turn left, then first right. Walk along Stanley Street and Knowsley Road, across two junctions, until you reach the main St Helens Road. Turn left and continue until you reach the Campus. This will take around 15 minutes, please see this map for more details.

Via motorways: Leave M6 at junction 26 and join M58. Leave M58 at junction 3, taking the A570 towards Southport and Ormskirk. You should see signs for 'Edge Hill University' when you leave the motorway. From junction 3 the journey is 2.8 miles and takes approximately 5 minutes.

The campus can also be reached from Preston or Liverpool via the A59. For sat nav you can use the postcode L39 4QP but please check that the route provided arrives via the main entrance in St Helens Road.

Alternatively enter lat/long co-ordinates 53.558622,-2.875178.

For parking, please note that the best carpark is the main one off the A570, the first one on your right as you come from St Helens, the second on your left as you come out of Ormskirk. This carpark says "permit holders only" but it has been confirmed by the university that this only applies on weekdays, so don't worry.

When arriving at the carpark, please move further down the carpark to reduce queues of traffic trying to enter the carpark. Please allow extra time to get to the start, and please use the approved pedestrian route to the start.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Sporting Edge café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Sporting Edge café - please come and join us!

Ormskirk 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.
• Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
  The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog.
• 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 Ormskirk 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 ormskirk@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.