Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Torvean parkrun
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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Scotland
- 5 kilometres
- Torvean Park
Meeting point: 57.46267, -4.24886. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 57.46267, -4.24886.
The course
Course description
Two and a half laps on connecting inner & outer (predominantly trail) paths, starting on the inner path with the pond on the right-hand side and running clockwise.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Torvean Park, Inverness. The course is run on a mixture of permanent paths and trail 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
No toilets or café within the park itself. Bicycle rack available.
More details
Public transport
Bus: The Stagecoach No 2 bus stops on Glenurquhart Road, opposite cemetery gates a few minutes walk from park.
On foot
Torvean Park is approx 1.5 miles from Inverness town centre and can be reached by walking along the west side of river Ness and through Bught Park to the sports centre, then across either Tomnahurich or West Link canal bridges.
By road
If using SATNAV the postcode is IV3 8JL.
Follow signs for A82.
If arriving from the East the park entrance is across the Caledonian Canal, just beyond the two canal swing bridges (Tomnahurich/West Link).
If arriving from the West and it is immediately before the bridges on the right-hand side of A82.
Public carpark between canal and the park with further parking at the nearby sports centre on other-side of canal, accessible by bridge and underpass
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: one of the many local cafes and kiosks. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at one of the many local cafes and kiosks - please come and join us!
Course safety
Torvean 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 Torvean 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 torvean@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
- 260
- Events
- 12,456
- Finishers
- 51,878
- Finishes
- 736
- Volunteers
- 7,310
- Personal bests
- 1,262
- Groups
- 00:30:55
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Torvean junior parkrun Torvean Park · 0.1 km
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- Alness parkrun Crawl Park · 26 km
- Nairn Links parkrun Nairn Links · 27 km
- Aviemore parkrun Aviemore · 39 km
- Anagach Woods parkrun Anagach Woods · 42 km
- Elgin parkrun Cooper Park · 60 km
- Cooper Park junior parkrun Cooper Park · 60 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with T
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area IV
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Te, Ta
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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