Thorney Bay Beach parkrun

The nearest railway station is Benfleet Station. Take bus number 21 to Thorney Bay, Cleveland Road. From there it is a 2-minute walk to parkrun.

From Canvey Island town centre O/S Knightswick Shopping Centre, walk through the town centre past Iceland, The Haystack Pub and onto Futherwick Road. Walk to the end of Furtherwick Road and you will see the seawall in the distance. Turn right at the roundabout continue following the road onto Western Esplanade. Keep following the road till Thorney Bay Road, where the green and the pavillion are on the left. The walk is about 1 mile (20 mins).

From A13 / A130 at Saddlers Farm follow the A130 along Canvey Way Road. Follow signs to “Town Centre / Seafront A130” for 4½-miles. Turn right at mini roundabout sign posted “Concord Rangers FC” into “Thorney Bay Road”, follow for ¾ of a mile and then Thorney Bay Car Park will appear on your right (post code SS8 0HN - but be warned this might take you to a residential area, so we encourage you to use the what3words location of ///dancer.tweaked.fatigued as an alternative location finder).

Thorney Bay Car Park has limited parking so an alternative option is to continue along Western Esplanade for approx. 500m for an alternative car park (Labworth Car Park, post code SS8 0AY, what3words location of ///lightbulb.secrets.quantity) and then walk along the sea wall to the start in the grass area behind Street & Co Coffee Shop pavilion (what3words location of ///olive.quick.stall). Please follow local Pay & Display requirements. More details about parking can be found here.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Street & Co Coffee Shop or The Bay Cafe. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Street & Co Coffee Shop or The Bay Cafe - please come and join us!

Thorney Bay Beach 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.
• A Public Space Protection Order is in effect on Canvey Island foreshore, requiring dogs to be on leads. The Order applies to the foreshore footpath seaward side and beaches between sea defence gate 17 and Thorney Bay. The PSPO runs from 10am to 6pm, between 1 April and 30 September each year.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Thorney Bay Beach 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 thorneybaybeach@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.