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Parkrun
Riverside Park parkrun, Glenrothes
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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Scotland
- 5 kilometres
- Riverside Park, Glenrothes
Meeting point: 56.19997, -3.17516. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 56.19997, -3.17516.
The course
Course description
Our course is a friendly mix of tarmac, resin paths and woodland trail, with a few gentle ups and downs. From the start, you’ll follow the path on the south side of the river, with the river on your right. Around 1k you will pass under a large white bridge and after this turn right, crossing a small bridge before turning right again to join the path on the north side of the river - this is the start of lap 1.
You will complete a lap of the pond and pass through the enchanted garden before taking either the ramp or the stairs, and turning left towards Leslie House, where you’ll turn left again to complete a downhill section. At the bottom of the hill, lap 1 is now complete.
Turn left here to begin lap 2, a shorter lap that does not loop around the pond this time. After a few hundred metres you will turn left and cross a small wooden bridge, turning left through the enchanted garden again before taking the ramp or stairs and heading towards Leslie House where you turn left and head down the hill. At the bottom of the hill, lap 2 is now complete.
Continue straight ahead across the bridge and follow the path on the south side of the river that you came along on the way out until you reach the finish.
Some parts of the route are narrow, especially near the pond and on bridges. Please keep to single file in these sections and avoid overtaking.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Riverside Park, Glenrothes. The course is run on a mixture of permanent paths and trail paths. 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.
Facilities
Toilets are available in the Kingdom Centre beside Rothes Hall, just a short walk from the park. There are also toilets beside the skatepark car park, although these are not always guaranteed to be open.
Riverside Park has lots to explore, including a skateboard park, a large pump track, several children’s play areas (the largest is about 100 m from the finish), an arboretum, a labyrinth, a maze and a collection of quirky statues.
More details
Public transport
Bus: Glenrothes Bus Station is about a ten-minute walk from the park and is served by local buses and services from major Scottish cities. Timetables are available on the Stagecoach website.
On foot
From the Fullerton Road car park or the Kingdom Centre car parks, cross at the zebra crossing and follow the path towards the totem poles and the “Welcome to Riverside Park” sign. Continue past these and walk down the zig-zag hill path to reach the start/finish area.
By road
Riverside Park sits right in the centre of Glenrothes, close to the main shopping centre.
From the A92:
Follow signs for the town centre. Continue along Queensway, take the 2nd exit onto the A911, then the 2nd exit at the next roundabout. At Rothes Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Fullerton Road. The car park is 200 m on the right and is free (w3w: ///play.ramp.villa).
From Leslie / North Glenrothes:
Head down the A911 (Leslie Road). At Rothes Roundabout, turn left into Fullerton Road. The car park is 200 m on the right and is free (w3w: ///play.ramp.villa).
Additional parking is available at the Kingdom Centre (near Rothes Halls), about a five-minute walk from the start/finish. Charges apply depending on length of your stay (w3w: ///target.rips.middle).
Car parking is also available in the main car park and beside the skatepark, both accessed via Leslie Road, however these are much smaller car parks. They are both free and are within a short distance of the start/finish.
Disabled parking is available in the skatepark car park, with tarmac paths providing good access to the start/finish area. Overnight motorhome parking (with facilities) is available in designated spaces in the skatepark car park.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Caffe Caffe (Kingdom Centre). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Caffe Caffe (Kingdom Centre) - please come and join us!
Course safety
Riverside Park parkrun, Glenrothes 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 Riverside Park parkrun, Glenrothes 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 riversideparkglenrothes@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
- 68
- Events
- 4,666
- Finishers
- 13,025
- Finishes
- 409
- Volunteers
- 2,509
- Personal bests
- 318
- Groups
- 00:32:30
- Average finish time
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