Roding Valley parkrun

Loughton Underground Station is closest to the venue which is on the Central line.
The 167 bus stops at Roding Road close the the venue.
Other local buses that stop at Loughton Underground Station are the 20 and 397.
Visit the Transport for London website for map and timetables.

Loughton Underground station is a ten-minute walk from the park. Turn right out of the station and walk through the alley. Turn right into Roding Road heading under the railway bridge to the traffic lights. Turn left at the lights and immediately right into South View Road. Proceed to the bottom of the road and enter the park where you will find the start of the parkrun.

If using SATNAV use IG10 3BS which is Roding Road and at the end of the road is a small car park.
From northbound (no southbound exit) on the M11 take junction 5, turn left from the slip road then left gain at the traffic lights onto Oakwood Hill, follow this road until the next set of traffic lights and turn left into Roding Road, proceed to the bottom of the road to the small car park. (If full, parking is available in residential streets but please park responsibly and do not block residents’ driveways)
From Loughton town centre follow the high road until you come to Old Station Road, proceed down this road (Sainsburys on your right) to a roundabout, take the second exit to Alderton Hill (Loughton Station is straight head) proceed past Roding Valley High School on your left to the mini roundabout. Turn right into Roding Road and proceed past the traffic lights to the bottom of the rod and the small car park.

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

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

Roding Valley 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 Roding Valley 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 rodingvalley@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.