Rother Valley parkrun

Bus: The nearest public transport stop is one mile away from the park. Routes from Sheffield Road at Killamarsh, Rotherham Road at Norwood, Rother Valley Way at Sothall, all have public rights of way into the park.
Please allow time to walk to the main park to get to the start at 9 am.

Tram: The Supertram Blue Route from Sheffield to Halfway stops at Westfield. The park is sign posted with blue signs and is approx one mile from the stop and another mile walk to the start of park run.

The park is on the Trans Pennine Trail and Sustrans Route 6 and has 20 public rights of way into the park area. The park is located near Sothall, Beighton, Westfield, Wales Bar, Kiveton and Killamarsh.

To travel to the park from M1 Junction 31 follow the brown signs. Take the A57 towards Sheffield, at the roundabout turn left on the A618 towards Wales Bar, Clowne and Mansfield. At the traffic lights go straight on and down the hill, at the bottom of the hill turn right into the park entrance.
Please do not follow the sat nav directions using the post code as this takes you to an industrial estate, follow the brown directional signs instead.

The parking charges at Rother Valley Country Park are £1.90 for one hour, £3 for two hours and a maximum of £6.70 for the day. Please enter through the automatic barriers and head to the car parks. Payment (by cash or card) is made before you leave at the paystations located in the cafe courtyard and inside the watersports centre, or you can use a card when exiting at the barriers.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Stables café area at the courtyard. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Stables café area at the courtyard - please come and join us!

Rother 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 Rother 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 rothervalley@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.