Sloughbottom parkrun

Bus: The First Bus Yellow Line, numbers 28, 29 and X29, between Norwich and Fakenham stops on Drayton Road, close to Sloughbottom Park. Buses run every 15 minutes from Norwich bus station and stop CB on Castle Meadow. Please visit this website for more infomation https://www.firstgroup.com/norfolk-suffolk/routes-and-maps/network-norwich.

Train: The nearest train station is Norwich station, approximately 45-50 minutes walk from the park.

If travelling on foot or bicycle, use Marriott’s Way to get to the park.

From Norwich railway station: cross Riverside Road, go over the bridge and up Prince of Wales Road. Buses can be caught from stop CB on Castle Meadow. Alternatively, turn right onto Bank Plain. Follow the road along, turn right at St Andrew’s Hall onto St George’s Street and continue over the bridge. Turn left onto Colegate, cross Duke Street and continue straight on, turning right onto Oak Street. Where Oak Street meets St Crispins Road, turn left, then use the pedestrian crossing and continue towards the Barn Road roundabout. Just over the bridge, turn right onto Marriott’s Way. You will pass under a bridge by Anderson’s Meadow. Approximately half a mile after this bridge, take the right-hand path into Sloughbottom Park.

If travelling towards Norwich on Marriott’s Way, continue approximately half a mile after the Sweetbriar Road bridge, then take the left-hand path into Sloughbottom Park.

We are close to the centre of Norwich and just off the Drayton Road (A1067). If using SatNav, the postcode for the park is NR3 2BE. The park’s car park is just off Drayton Road with access via a narrow, single-track lane. It has limited space and is busy at weekends and we would like to encourage people to walk/cycle to the event, use public transport, or where possible car share. Please park with consideration for other park users, local residents and businesses.

From Norwich city centre, follow the A1067 Drayton Road towards Fakenham. After the Mile Cross roundabout, take the third turning on the left to reach the park.

From the A140, Norwich ring road, at the crossroads next to the Asda supermarket, take the ‘City Centre A1067’ turning onto the A1067 Drayton Road. The park is the first turning on the right.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Sloughbottom pavilion. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Sloughbottom pavilion - please come and join us!

Sloughbottom 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.
• Unfortunately dogs are not allowed at this event.
  The only exception to this rule is when accompanied by an assistance dog.
• 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 Sloughbottom 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 sloughbottom@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.