St Helens parkrun

The closest railway station is St Helens Central. It's a 30 minute walk to Victoria Park, uphill or less than 10 minutes in a taxi.

The 32 and 32A buses to Clinkham Wood pass the park. For timetables please visit Arriva's web site.

From the Town Hall steps turn right and walk to the roundabout with the statue of the Coal Miner. Turn right into North Road and walk up hill for approx 1 mile.

If using SATNAV, the nearest postcode is WA10 2EH

From town/city centre: Follow North Road and signs towards A580. The park is approx 1 mile from the Town Centre up hill.

From South: The closest motorway junction is M62 J7, follow signs into the Town Centre on A570 St Helens Linkway, pass Ravenhead Retail Park on your left and Tesco on your right. At the College roundabout take the 3rd exit keeping Asda on your left. At the next roundabout take the 2nd exit up North Road. The park is approx 1 mile on your left.

From North East: Take A580 towards Liverpool and exit at City Road which is approx 1 mile past Carr Mill Dam Traffic Lights and Waterside Premier Inn.

From North West: Take A580 towards Manchester and exit at Windle Island (Traffic Lights). Follow A570 towards Town Centre and turn left at the end of the one way system on Greenfield Road into Bishop Rd. The park is on the right in approx 1/2 mile.

Free Car parking is available at the Mansion House on City Rd. Most of the streets around the park are free of parking restrictions but please respect local residents and avoid blocking pavements or driveways.

Accommodation can be found at: Waterside Premier Inn or Chalon Court Hotel, both less than 10 minutes drive from Victoria Park.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Bandstand, organised by a local running group. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Bandstand, organised by a local running group - please come and join us!

St Helens 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 St Helens 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 sthelens@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.