Ruchill parkrun

Bus: Service numbers 60, 60A and 61 from Hope Street (City Centre). Alight at the Queen Margaret Drive stop. Turn right from Maryhill Road onto Bilsland Drive and follow the road round and up. Turn right on to Murano Street and walk up until you see the start area. (Total walk from the bus stop is 10min).

Service number 8 from Partick. Alight at Oran Gate. Walk further up Queen Margaret Drive until you reach the top. At the crossing, walk straight ahead onto Bilsland Drive and follow the road round and up. Turn right on to Murano Street and walk up until you see the start area. (Total walk from the bus stop is 10min)

By Train: Take the train from Queen Street to Possilpark and Parkhouse Station. Walk on to Balmore Road, and head left, towards the City Centre, until you reach the junction of Hawthorn Street, Bilsland Drive and Balmore Road. Turn right onto Bilsland Drive, and follow the road round. Turn left on to Murano Street and walk up until you see the start area. (Total walk from the station is 25min)

More information re bus and train services available on the Traveline website

From the West End (intersection of Byres Road and Great Western Road), walk up Queen Margaret Drive until you reach the junction with Maryhill Road and Bilsland Drive. Head straight on to Bilsland Drive and follow the road round. Turn right?on to Murano Street and walk up until you see the start area. (Total walk is 25min).

The the nearest postcode is G20 7RS. Ample street parking is available on Murano Street.

From City Centre: Head towards Cowcaddens Road to join Garscube Road and follow the A81 onto Maryhill Road. Turn right onto Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From West Glasgow: Join the A82 Great Western Road heading eastbound towards Glasgow City Centre. At the junction at the Botanical Gardens, turn left on to Queen Margaret Drive (B808). At the end of Queen Margaret Drive, head straight on at the junction crossing Maryhill Road into Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From East Glasgow: Join the M8 travelling Westbound (towards Glasgow Airport). Exit at Junction 16 (Port Dundas), and head straight on the A804 until you reach a roundabout. At the roundabout, join the A81, and follow the road until you join Maryhill Road. At the next set of lights turn right onto the Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From South Glasgow: Join the M8 travelling towards Edinburgh and cross the Kingston Bridge. Take the slip road for A82 Dumbarton and continue until you join Great Western Road. Continue on Great Western Road until you reach the junction at the Botanical Gardens. Turn right onto Queen Margaret Drive (B808) and follow until you reach a junction with a 4-way set of lights. Continue straight on to Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From North Glasgow: Take directions towards Possilpark, and join Hawthorn Street, travelling West until you reach the junction at the crossroad of Balmore Road and Hawthorn Street. Go straight ahead to join Bilsland Drive (B808). Take a left immediately afterwards to join Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From M8 Motorway travelling Westbound (Glasgow Airport): Exit at Junction 16 (Port Dundas), and head straight on the A804 until you reach a roundabout. Join the A81 and follow the road until you join Maryhill Road. At the next set of lights turn right onto Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

From M8 Motorway travelling Eastbound (Edinburgh): Take slip road for A82 Dumbarton and follow until you join Great Western Road. Continue until you reach the junction at the Botanical Gardens. Turn right onto Queen Margaret Drive (B808). At the end of Queen Margaret Drive, head straight on at the junction crossing Maryhill Road into Bilsland Drive (B808). Go under the bridge and take the next right into Murano Street until you reach the Ruchill Park entrance.

Ruchill 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 Ruchill parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

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For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email ruchill@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.