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Parkrun
Sittingbourne 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
- Milton Creek Country Park
Meeting point: 51.35498, 0.74057. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.35498, 0.74057.
The course
Course description
The course starts on a gravel path (look for the wooden post) alongside the church inside Milton Creek Country Park; near the main entrance.
Follow the path round to the right, and with the church on your left. Follow the trail path which skirts the housing estate, and after 440 metres take a right-hand turn (third path) then bear round to the right. Continue straight ahead on this path and turn right at the end of the path onto a wide gravel path. Carry on straight (past a path crossroads) and then bear left at the grass triangle (First?time you will see this) (you’ll see a bench too). Carry on along this trail path, past the large pond on your right. Carry on to the ‘dog leg’ corner, which bends round to the right. Carry along the path until the next left path and carry along the path (you’ll see the church in the background). Turn right at the next junction and follow the path whilst keeping right until you see the grass triangle and bench (for the second time); keep right and repeat that loop.
Once back at the grass triangle and bench (for the third and final time) keep left and carry straight on up the wide gravel path, turn left just prior to the top of the pathway (before the railway track), carry along the trail path and then take the second left and follow it round and go left again. Carry along back down the trail pathway with the housing estate on your right. Carry on until almost at the end of the pathway, with the church on your right, follow the pathway round to the left and at the next bend follow the pathway to the right, follow this pathway round so the wall/field is on your left. The finish is just along at the end of the path opposite the large Green Community building.
The course is suitable for buggies but the area can be very boggy after heavy rain.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Milton Creek Country Park, Sittingbourne. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths, trail paths and grass. 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
Toilets (including disabled) are available near the finish funnel. Look for the green building by the children's play park.
Parking is available within Milton Creek Country Park. You’ll find the car park just off Mill Way (B2005) in-between Wolesley Plumbing and Greggs Drive thru. Carry on up the road and the gate will automatically open when you approach. Carry straight through the gate and into the car park. Please park sensibly and note that park users will be crossing the paths. w3w location: ///laying.motion.dare
More details
Public transport
Bus: The 344 and 347 stop nearby at Asda. Please see the Arriva website for details.
Train: The train station is 1.1m from the park. Head west and take 2nd exit at the roundabout into Milton Road. Turn left into Mill Way after 0.2m and at the roundabout 2nd exit into Mill Way/B2005. Pass Asda on your right and the park is on your right.
On foot
Continue from Sittingbourne High Street in NE direction. Turn right into Trinity Road and left into Langley Road. At the roundabout take the lane to the church and the start of the parkrun is on your right inside the park.
By road
From the M2 leave at junction 5 and follow the signs to Sittingbourne. Follow A249 and then B2005, Iwade/Kemsley/Grovehurst, Milton Creek Country Park is on your left, the main pedestrian entrance is on Green Porch Close; next to the church. To access the car park carry down B2005 and just past Greggs turn left (or right if heading from Asdas) and carry on towards the gated entrance. The gate will automatically open when cars approach.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in a local café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Sittingbourne 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.
- 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.
- The course is suitable for buggies but the area can be very boggy after heavy rain.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Sittingbourne parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email sittingbourne@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
- 483
- Events
- 11,292
- Finishers
- 86,447
- Finishes
- 1,069
- Volunteers
- 13,764
- Personal bests
- 624
- Groups
- 00:31:46
- Average finish time
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