Rising Sun parkrun

There are regular bus links to the ASDA supermarket (Benton). See the Arriva bus website for more details.
335 - Benton Four lane ends / Cobalt Silver Fox Way
53 - North shields Bedford Street / Cramlington Dudley Lane shops
51 - Newcastle Haymarket Bus Station

There is also frequent Metros to Palmersville station. See the Nexus website for more details.

Coming from the Metro station turn right out of the station onto Great Lime Rd and head towards the Wheatsheaf pub on the roundabout with Great Lime Rd and Whitley Rd, follow Whitley Rd for 200 metres towards Asda Benton. Cross over Whitley Rd and follow the Rising Sun Country Park access road up to the starting line.

If using sat nav the postcode is NE12 9SS. That will bring you directly to the Rising Sun Country Park. However please park in the overflow ASDA Supermarket car park, which is a 2-minute walk to the starting line.

Please note that there is no parking for the event within the park.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Rising Sun Country Park café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Rising Sun Country Park café - please come and join us!

Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun 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 risingsun@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.