Park Lane Recreation Ground junior parkrun

Bus: Fareham Bus Station is 0.6 miles away. From the Bus Station turn right onto Harper Way. After 0.2 miles turn left onto West Street. Continue on West Street for 0.2 miles before turning right onto Trinity Street. Continue onto Park Lane to arrive at Fareham Leisure Centre. The start can be found at the Northern end of the park a short distance from the leisure centre entrance.

Train: Fareham Train station is 0.7 miles away. Exit the station car park and walk past the Fire Station onto West Street. After 0.3 miles turn left to Trinity Street. Continue onto Park Lane to arrive at Fareham Leisure Centre. The parkrun start can be found at the Northern end of the park a short distance from the leisure centre entrance.

From Fareham town centre head west on West Street for 0.3 miles before turning right onto Trinity Street. Continue onto Park Lane to arrive at Fareham Leisure Centre. The parkrun start can be found at the northern end of the park a short distance from the leisure centre entrance.

From the M27 junction 11 follow signs for the A27 (Fareham Town Centre). Use the right two lanes to continue on the A27 Eastern Way before using left lane over the flyover to merge onto the A27, Western Way. Continue to the station roundabout and take the 5th exit onto West Street. After 0.2m turn left on Trinity Street. Keep left to continue to Park Lane. The car park and entrance to the Leisure Centre will be on your left.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Everyone Active Cafe, Fareham Leisure Centre. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Everyone Active Cafe, Fareham Leisure Centre - please come and join us!

Park Lane Recreation Ground junior parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. To make the event as safe as possible, participants, spectators and volunteers are asked to take note of the following rules and guidelines:

• Whilst parkrun fully accepts its duty of care and will do everything it can to minimise risk of injury and harm to all participants whilst at parkrun events, it is parent/guardians who ultimately have responsibility for the welfare of their children.
• It is not mandatory for a parent/guardian to participate in junior parkruns, but children under the age of 11 must be accompanied to/from the event by a responsible adult, and the responsible adult must remain in attendance for the duration of the event.
• junior events are open and inclusive. Disabled people may participate wherever it is safe for them to do so. The event team can provide disabled participants with course information in order that the participant (or their parent/guardian) can make an informed decision about their safe participation.
• Whilst more competitive children can use junior parkruns to test themselves against their own time, and against others, participation should ultimately be for fun, and we urge all parents/guardians/volunteers not to put children under undue pressure to perform.
• junior parkruns are running, jogging and walking events, and the use of children’s scooters, balance bikes, trikes or cycles is prohibited.
• Slower runners are encouraged to seed themselves, by starting towards the back of the group especially if an adult is accompanying them.
• junior parkruns are timed events. Only those aged between 4 to 14 years old completing the course themselves will be given a result. ​
• Exceptions to this rule are subject to the discretion of parkrun head office. Examples include those over 14 with special educational needs (SEN) or those with a registered disability, for whom social interaction and physical activity may be difficult but important.
• A strict ‘no barcode no result’ policy will be enforced.
• Buggies are allowed, subject to course conditions, but only if the adult pushing the buggy is accompanying a junior parkrunner. Adults with buggies are urged to position themselves appropriately for the safety and enjoyment of all.
• With the exception of assistance dogs, dogs are not allowed to accompany walkers, joggers, runners or volunteers at junior parkrun events.
• 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.
• Spectators should keep clear of participants on the course and keep control of any children and dogs.
• Participants should take care near roads and car parks, congregate away from the cars and be careful if driving to/from the event.
• Photography or filming is likely to take place at junior parkrun events. Please see our photos page for more details.
• 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.

Please consider helping the event by volunteering - this event survives only because of your generosity. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email parklanerecreationgroundjuniors@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.