Riverfront parkrun

The Riverfront area is directly opposite Newport’s central bus station and the Friars Walk shopping centre and an 8 minute walk from Newport Train Station. The event is easily accessible by foot, cycle, car, coach and train.

For more information on public transport, just call Traveline Cymru on 0871 200 22 33 or check out their website.

A full list of bus routes along with location of The Riverfront is available on the Newport City Council website

From the bus station The Riverfront Theatre is easily accessible, directly opposite, using the pedestrian (pelican) crossing.

It is an 8 minute walk from Newport Train station. From the main station entrance cross Queensway turning left to follow it along a pavement. This soon branches right and meets High Street. Turn left to walk along it up to the Old Green Crossing roundabout. Descend by the steps or ramp to traverse the roundabout coming out by The Wave sculpture and the Riverfront Theatre beyond.

From M4 (Junction 26) follow the signs to the city centre along Malpas Road (A4051), under the flyover and along Kingsway. The Riverfront Theatre is on the left.

Car parking just a few minutes walk away and is available at the following locations;
There is limited pay & display parking at The Riverfront Theatre Car Park (just past the Alacrity building)
Friars Walk Car Park is free for up to 1 hour but payment by ticket machine thereafter. Also within easy walking distance is Kingsway Car Park which offers the same system. Cars queue at the barriers to both car parks, so please leave sufficient time.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Riverfront Café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in The Riverfront Café - please come and join us!

Riverfront 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.
• Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
  The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog.
• 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 Riverfront 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 riverfront@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.