Porch Field parkrun

Bus: Bus service 190 from Drogheda or Navan to Trim. Disembark at Castle Street. Bus service 111 from Busáras to Delvin, Disembark at Trim Bypass.

From the bus stop at Castle Street, walk towards the courthouse and through Frenches lane public car park. At river cross the footbridge, turn right and follow the path and go under the bridge and enter the porch fields. Turn left and the start is approx 400m from this point following along the path / grass.

Arriving from Navan R161: Join the R154 from Athboy and continue on towards town over the river to the roundabout where R154 from Dublin joins. Turn right at the roundabout onto Castle Street. Take the first right onto Frenches Lane car park. This is a public car park and paid parking is in operation. Trim Castle Hotel has a private car park which costs €3 to use but is free to patrons.

Arriving from R158: At the roundabout entering town take the right exit and continue on to next roundabout. Turn left onto Castle Street. Take first right Frenchs Lane.

Public parking is available on Frenches Lane.
There are other public car parks within 1 kilometre of the starting point - at Marcie Regan’s Pub, on the Ring Road, close to Lidl, on Haggard Street, behind Lenihan’s pub and on street parking. Trim Castle Hotel has a private car park which costs €3 to use but is free to patrons.

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

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at a local café - please come and join us!

Porch Field 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 Porch Field 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 porchfield@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.