Going ahead this Saturday
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Parkrun
Richmond 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
- Richmond Park, Richmond upon Thames
Meeting point: 51.45196, -0.29289. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.45196, -0.29289.
The course
Course description
Volunteers, parkrunners & parkwalkers gather at the briefing stump in Richmond park just inside Richmond gate. The first timers welcome takes place near the finish area at 8:45. At 8:50 participants gather at ‘the stump’ for the pre-run briefing before heading to the start funnel.
The single lap route starts close to Bishops Gate near Bishops pond, heading in a south westerly direction towards the main road. Turning left onto the tarred path and proceeding in an easterly direction down Sawyers Hill. When the path meets the newly closed road, turn Left at Sheen Cross making your way towards Sheen Gate. Before Sheen Gate, turn left and re-join the Tamsin Trail. Proceed in a northwesterly direction up the Tamsin Trail until the finish which is where the Tamsin Trail reaches Sawyers Hill. The route is entirely hard packed or tarmac paths.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Richmond park (Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) and run on grass and gravel surfaces. 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.
More details
Public transport
Details on getting to Richmond park by public transport available from The Royal parks website for Richmond park. Nearest entrace to the start is Richmond Gate.
On foot
Richmond park is easily reached by foot from Richmond and Mortlake. Nearest entrance to the start is Richmond Gate.
By road
Parking is available at either Pembroke Lodge or the Sheen entrance
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Pembroke Lodge (just a half mile stroll from the finish). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Pembroke Lodge (just a half mile stroll from the finish). Please come and join us.
Course safety
Richmond 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.
- 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.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Richmond 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 richmond@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
- 938
- Events
- 48,783
- Finishers
- 311,191
- Finishes
- 1,912
- Volunteers
- 40,692
- Personal bests
- 2,081
- Groups
- 00:28:33
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Old Deer Park parkrun Old Deer Park, Richmond · 1.7 km
- Moormead junior parkrun Moormead and Bandy Recreation Ground · 2.3 km
- Kingston parkrun Kingston Riverside · 3.0 km
- Latchmere Rec junior parkrun Latchmere Recreation Ground · 3.2 km
- Wimbledon Common parkrun Wimbledon Common · 4.3 km
- Bushy junior parkrun Bushy Park, Teddington · 4.5 km
- Gunnersbury parkrun Gunnersbury Park, South Acton · 5.3 km
- Bushy parkrun Bushy Park, Teddington · 5.4 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with R
- Pirates! Starts with R (needed for Pirates!)
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area TW
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Ru, Rh, Rn, Ra
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