Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
St George’s parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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South Africa
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Eastern Cape
- 5 kilometres
- St George’s
Meeting point: -33.96682, 25.60433. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -33.96682, 25.60433.
The course
Course description
The course is a two lap course, starting at the main entrance of St George’s Park. Please keep left and pass on the right.
The course starts by heading straight up the driveway and turning left at the top. The route then loops around the memorial and circles back to the top of the driveway. It then turns left up a path to the top main entrance and turns right on a path towards the cricket stadium. The road past the cricket stadium is wide and, once past, the stadium, at the end of the road, the route doubles back and you follow the path to the left and down past the bowling club. The route then turns back into the park and the path will lead to in a square back up to the top of the driveway. This is where the second loop begins and the route will take you back to the memorial circle repeating as above. To finish, the route goes back down the driveway to where it started.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. The course is run entirely on permanent 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
Parking and toilets available at Union Cricket Club.
More details
Public transport
Bus: Buses stop at the St George’s Hospital and the start is opposite the hospital at the Main Entrance Gate in Park Drive.
On foot
Walk to the St George’s Hospital side of St George’s Park in Park Drive and the course starts at the Main Entrance opposite the hospital.
By road
Drive along Park Drive until you get to the St George’s Hospital side. The event starts opposite St George’s Hospital at the Main Entrance Gate in Park Drive.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: one of the many local cafes. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at one of the many local cafes - please come and join us!
Course safety
St George’s 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.
- 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 St George’s 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 stgeorges@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
- 113
- Events
- 6,927
- Finishers
- 45,655
- Finishes
- 148
- Volunteers
- 7,076
- Personal bests
- 145
- Groups
- 00:42:53
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with S
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: S, Se, Sr, Sn, Sg
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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