Rotherham parkrun

Bus: The best bus route for getting to Clifton Park is the X1/X10, from Sheffield, Meadowhall and Rotherham, travelling towards Maltby. From Rotherham Interchange, the bus goes uphill before a light-controlled cross-roads. Alight at the next stop, the Clifton Lane stop, in front of the museum. The bus from Maltby also stops on Clifton Lane.

The 114 stops at the top of the hill, then turning left to a stop close to the east entrance to the park - make your way to the top path, near the tennis courts.

For other bus routes, alight at bus station, emerge from east end (stands A10/B10), cross to Tesco supermarket and turn right up Wharncliffe Street. At top of hill cross to park entrance (west corner on map of park) and follow the signs to the museum (total: 600m).

Train: Emerge from Rotherham railway station and turn right onto Bridge Street and over Chantry Bridge to traffic lights (opposite Bus Station, stands A1, B1). Take the second right onto Bridgegate for about 120m. Bear left across All Saints Square (below Rotherham Minster) to College Street. Bear right for 170m and turn left (at the British Heart Foundation shop) onto Doncaster Gate. Follow this road uphill to traffic lights. The park entrance is on the right corner at the junction. Enter Clifton Park near the Cenotaph. Follow path to up the hill to the museum.

From Town Centre (All Saints Square): Facing minster, go left to College Street. Bear right for 170m and turn left onto Doncaster Gate. Follow this road uphill to traffic lights. The park entrance is on the right corner at the junction. Enter Clifton Park near the Cenotaph and follow path up the hill to the Museum.

The Sat Nav postcode is S65 2AA.

M1 - Junction 33: Come off at junction 33 to take the A630 exit to Sheffield (Centre)/Rotherham, at the roundabout take the third exit onto Rotherway/A630. At the next roundabout take the second exit onto West Bawtry Road (A631). Continue for 1.5 miles and go left (first exit) at the roundabout onto Broom Lane (B6410). After about a mile, make a slight left onto Broom Road (A6021). At the roundabout take the second exit onto Clifton Lane for 400 metres where the park will be on your right.

M1 - Junction 34: Come off the motorway at junction 34 to take the exit for Sheffield/Rotherham/Meadowhall (A6109). At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Meadow Bank Road (A6109) and continue for 1.6 miles until you reach a roundabout. At the roundabout, take the third exit onto New Wortley Road (A629) and go straight over the roundabout approximately 400m on. At the next roundabout, take the second exit to Centenary Way. At St Anne’s roundabout, take the fourth exit, doubling back past Tesco. Take the first left before the traffic lights, in the right lane to avoid the Tesco car park and continue up hill. (If you go into Tescos, continue round the building to an uphill exit). At the traffic lights at the top of the hill, go straight ahead alongside the park. Turn left to the Museum and car park on the left (pay and display) after 400m. From the Finish on the opposite side of the museum, go right along the main path to the Start.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Walker Cafe which is located in the Clifton Park Museum next to the finish line. The cafe opens from 8:30am. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Walker Cafe which is located in the Clifton Park Museum next to the finish line. The cafe opens from 8:30am - please come and join us!

Rotherham 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 Rotherham 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 rotherham@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.