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Parkrun
Shorne Woods 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
- Shorne Woods Country Park
Meeting point: 51.40443, 0.41862. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.40443, 0.41862.
The course
Course description
The course is made up of 3 laps on established paths and trails through the woods, with plenty of arrows, cones and marshals on the route. On the first lap only, there is an out and back section to complete. The terrain is flat. The finish is on the open space near to the play area, about 50 metres on from the start line.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Shorne Woods Country Park, Gravesend. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and woodland 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
Shorne Woods Country Park stands as the jewel in the crown of the Kent countryside, with its dramatic views across the Thames Marshes. Enjoy the 288 acres of ancient broadleaved woodland, rolling open meadows or around ponds and wetland areas teeming with dragonflies and other wildlife during the summer months.
A visitor’s centre, café, sensory garden and play areas for all ages make it a great visit for all the family. Visitors with mobility problems can hire a tramper to enable them to explore the park too!
- Park opening time: The gates to the park will be open at 8am.
- Parking: Parking is available at the park for a charge of £4.00. An annual car parking permit allowing access to all KCC's country parks including Shorne Woods is available for £62.
- Visitor Centre: The Visitor Centre is a great place to relax after the run and grab a coffee or snack.
More details
Public transport
Train: The nearest train stations are Sole Street or Higham Station, both which are 3 miles away.
On foot
Approach on foot is through the village of Shorne.
By road
The park is conveniently accessed just off the A2 at Shorne/Cobham junction, south of Gravesend. There is a car parking charge of £4.00. Alternatively an annual car parking permit is available for £62. This allows all year access to all KCC’s country parks, including Shorne Woods.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Visitor Centre. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in The Visitor Centre - please come and join us!
Course safety
Shorne Woods 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 Shorne Woods 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 shornewoods@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
- 626
- Events
- 16,847
- Finishers
- 128,415
- Finishes
- 1,035
- Volunteers
- 18,409
- Personal bests
- 841
- Groups
- 00:31:35
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Jeskyns Community Woodland parkrun Jeskyns Community Woodland · 2.2 km
- Cyclopark parkrun Cyclopark · 4.9 km
- Gravesend junior parkrun Riverside Leisure Area · 5.2 km
- Peters Village Riverside junior parkrun Peters Village Riverside juniors · 7.4 km
- Whitecliffe Lake parkrun Whitecliffe Lake · 8.5 km
- Great Lines parkrun, Medway Great Lines Heritage ParkPark · 8.7 km
- Swanscombe Heritage Park junior parkrun Swanscombe Heritage Park juniors · 9.5 km
- Leybourne Lakes parkrun Leybourne Lakes Country Park · 10.0 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with S
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area DA
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: S, Se, Sr, Sn
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