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Parkrun
Sandringham parkrun
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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England
- 5 kilometres
- Sandringham Royal Park
Meeting point: 52.82975, 0.50494. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 52.82975, 0.50494.
The course
Course description
Two laps on a combination of tarmac through the Scenic Route and woodland trails through the forest. The start and finish are close to the café, toilets and car parks.
The start is on the grassy area (‘vista’), near the play park and between the two car parks. Turn left immediately after the play park and follow this woodland path for approx. 350 metres. At the junction, turn left onto “Princess’s Drive” (known locally as the ‘Scenic Route’) and follow this tarmacked route for approximately 800 metres. Turn left onto the wide grassy area and after approx. 100 metres turn right to enter the woodland trail. Continue straight on through the forest until you see a marshal guiding you to turn left - you will now be on the ‘yellow route’ and parallel to the ‘Scotch Belt’ road on your right. Stay on this woodland trail and turn left when you see the car park area. Keep to the left of the car park, heading back towards the grassed area (‘vista’). As you reach the grassy area, turn right and that is one lap done! Then just repeat the same lap again.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Sandringham Royal Park, Sandringham. 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
In the courtyard area, which is approximately 200 metres from the start/finish area, there are toilets, the Sandringham shop, Courtyard Kiosk and Terrace Grab & Go for hot and cold refreshments. We have a choice of 3 refreshment areas - Cup a Jo Jo is next to the play area, at the courtyard area, there is the Courtyard Kiosk and the Terrace Grab & Go where hot and cold drinks, croissants, bacon rolls and sausage baguettes are available. Vegan options are available in the above range. And don’t miss out on the amazing ‘home-made energy balls’!
More details
Public transport
Bus: Unfortunately, bus transport does not arrive in time for the start of parkrun.
Train: The nearest train station is King’s Lynn (approximately 6 miles from Sandringham), which has hourly trains running from King’s Cross, London via Cambridge and Ely. Train times can be found by telephoning National Rail Enquiries: (08457) 484950. Detailed timetables can be found at www.nationalrail.co.uk
On foot
Pedestrian access is available.
By Bike: There are bike racks in the Courtyard area near the ticket office. Sandringham is part of Sustrans Cycle route 1.
By road
Sandringham is 6 miles north-east of King's Lynn and is signposted from the A148 Fakenham Road and the A149 Hunstanton Road.
Parking: Please use one of the official car parks. Car parks are located in the Royal Park, and newer satellite navigation systems should recognise the Royal Park’s new postcode of PE35 6AB. Please follow the brown and white tourist road signs, which will bring you to the car parks. Parking is free until 11am on Saturday mornings for Sandringham parkrun participants. Please ensure that you enter the event code into one of the car park machines to validate your free parking before returning to your vehicle to exit the car park. The car park code will be displayed on a board at the start/finish area.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Courtyard Kiosk, Terrace Grab & Go or Cup a Jo Jo. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Courtyard Kiosk, Terrace Grab & Go or Cup a Jo Jo - please come and join us!
Course safety
Sandringham 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 Sandringham parkrun 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 sandringham@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
- 256
- Events
- 15,674
- Finishers
- 60,391
- Finishes
- 814
- Volunteers
- 7,807
- Personal bests
- 1,138
- Groups
- 00:32:38
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with S
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area PE
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Si, S, Sr, Sn, Sm, Sg
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