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Parkrun
Thurrock parkrun, Orsett Heath
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Nearby Sunday 2k junior parkrun events for 4 to 14 year olds and their families can be found here.
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United Kingdom
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England
- 5 kilometres
- Pyramid Centre
Meeting point: 51.49143, 0.36344. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.49143, 0.36344.
The course
Course description
Thurrock parkrun is a 2-lap course all on grass. The course starts adjacent to the Pyramid. Running out from the start the course heads straight down towards a waste bin, turn left immediately behind and then head straight for the green hut in the distance. Turn left behind the green hut, past the football pitch and straight across the path until you reach a right turn sign. Turn across the heath to another sign pointing to the right. Follow the back straight until you reach the diagonal path which you follow towards the footbridge. Follows the fence line behind bushes and scrubland before rounding football pitches and back towards the Pyramid centre to start your second lap.
At the end of the second lap the course finishes just to the left of the start.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Pyramid Centre, Chadwell St Mary. The course is run entirely on grass. 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
There are toilets and a car park accommodating about 80 vehicles.
More details
Public transport
From Grays bus station take the No. 83 bus to Chadwell St Mary. Request stop in Heath Road. Walk north 200m to the start area.
From Basildon bus station take the No.100 or 200 bus towards Grays. Request stop on A1013 at northern end of Heath Road. You will see the parkrun start from there.
On foot
The walking route from Grays railway station to the Heath Road start point is approximately 3 miles. Please see the Walk4Life website for a map.
By road
If using sat nav, the nearest postcode is RM16 4XH.
From the A13 east or west bound exit at A128 Orsett Cock junction. At the roundabout take the A1013 to Grays. After 1 mile turn left into Heath Road and follow it to the car park on the right hand side.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Pyramid Centre that is adjacent to our car park - (they do coffee and tea and bacon rolls). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Pyramid Centre that is adjacent to our car park - (they do coffee and tea and bacon rolls) - please come and join us!
Course safety
Thurrock parkrun, Orsett Heath 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 Thurrock parkrun, Orsett Heath 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 thurrock@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
- 510
- Events
- 8,230
- Finishers
- 57,762
- Finishes
- 711
- Volunteers
- 7,985
- Personal bests
- 557
- Groups
- 00:32:37
- Average finish time
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- Cyclopark parkrun Cyclopark · 8.0 km
- Jeskyns Community Woodland parkrun Jeskyns Community Woodland · 10 km
- Shorne Woods parkrun Shorne Woods Country Park · 10 km
- Dartford junior parkrun Central Park · 11 km
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with T
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area RM
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Tc, Te, Ta, Th, Ts
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