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Parkrun
Parke parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Nearby Sunday 2k junior parkrun events for 4 to 14 year olds and their families can be found here.
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United Kingdom
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England
- 5 kilometres
- Parke Estate
Meeting point: 50.59305, -3.68656. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 50.59305, -3.68656.
The course
Course description
The start and finish area is on the private drive to Parke House. After 90m head off right down the stoney path past the meadow, at the gate head straight across the crossroads and after passing the big wooden shed turn left up the steep hill. Stay on this path until for about one kilometre and turn sharp right near the gate at the far end of the Parke property, follow the lower valley path for one kilometre back towards the cross roads. When you get back to the crossroads turn left which will take you over two bridges over the old mill stream and River Bovey.
On the other side of the second bridge continue straight ahead and take the path up onto the old railway line (Wray Valley Trail). Turn left along the trail for about 500m before taking a right up the hill into the trees. At the top of the hill turn right and follow the path all the way round dropping back onto the old railway before turning left and following it for 200m before turning right back over the bridges to the crossroads. Turn left through the gate and back up the stoney path finish line.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Parke Estate, near Bovey Tracey. The course is run on a mixture of trail paths, tarmac path and gravel cycle path. 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 costs £3 for 3 hours and £5 for all day for non-members. National Trust members park for free but should scan their membership cards at the machine. Please leave sufficient time to park, pay and walk to the start.
Please do not park on the road outside Parke as it is causing problems for local residents and passing traffic.
Café and toilets.
More details
Public transport
Bus: Stagecoach 39 runs a regular bus service from Exeter bus station (close to train station) to Bovey Tracey town centre. From here it is a fifteen minute walk along level ground to the estate. Bus service 39 also has an hourly service between Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey.
Train: Newton Abbot train station 6 miles and Exeter St Davids train station 16 miles.
On foot
A short walk of roughly 1 mile from the town of Bovey Tracey along a public footpath leading to Parke Estate.
By road
If using SATNAV, the postcode for Parke is TQ13 9JQ
From A38 take A382 exit toward Bovey Tracey. At the 2nd roundabout (approx 4km) take 1st exit onto B3387. After 200m turn right into Parke NT estate. Follow signs to NT car park.
Parking charges are £3 for 3 hours and £5 for all day. National trust members are able to park for free but you will need to scan your membership card at the ticket machine. Please leave sufficient time to do this as the machine is extremely slow and the queue can be long.
Please do not park on the road outside Parke as it is causing problems for local residents and passing traffic.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Parke café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Parke café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Parke 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 Parke 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 parke@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
- 560
- Events
- 15,151
- Finishers
- 71,889
- Finishes
- 704
- Volunteers
- 10,207
- Personal bests
- 1,201
- Groups
- 00:31:02
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with P
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area TQ
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: P, Pr, Pa, Pu
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