Stratford Park parkrun, Stroud

Bus: Stagecoach bus routes 63, 66 and 67 and Cotswold Green 8B stop just outside the park. All other bus and coach routes serving Stroud stop less than 10 minutes walk away in Merrywalks bus station.

Train: The train station is about 10 minutes walk away, with hourly trains to Gloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon and London.

From the train station: Head for the town centre, then enter Merrywalks shopping centre and find the steps down to the bus station.

From Merrywalks bus station: Head to the roundabout at the top of Merrywalks and turn left on to Beeches Green. Turn left again at the end of Beeches Green and Stratford Park is across the road on your right. Walk up the slope towards the leisure centre and you will see the bandstand on your left.

From Gloucester and Cheltenham (A4173/A46): Turn right at the first roundabout in Stroud and continue for 450m beside Stratford Park to the car park entrance.

From the south and east (A419/A46): Follow signs through Stroud for Cheltenham/Gloucester (A46), up Merrywalks and on to Beeches Green. At the end of Beeches Green, Stratford Park is ahead of you. Turn left at the roundabout and continue for 450m beside Stratford Park to the car park entrance.

From M5/the west: Follow signs for Stroud until Cainscross roundabout then follow signs for Cheltenham/Gloucester. This will take you up Paganhill, turn right at the top onto Stratford Road. After 600m, pass Stroud (SGS) College, then turn left into Stratford Park.

Parking: There is a large free car park with toilets next to the park.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Stratford Park Leisure Centre Café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Stratford Park Leisure Centre Café - please come and join us!

Stratford Park parkrun, Stroud 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 Stratford Park parkrun, Stroud 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 stratfordparkstroud@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.