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Parkrun
Upton Court 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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England
- 5 kilometres
- Upton Court Park
Meeting point: 51.49616, -0.57752. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.49616, -0.57752.
The course
Course description
The course at Upton Court parkrun is made up of two laps. The first lap is the longer one and takes in an extra field. The second lap is shorter and goes straight down the tarmac road. Starting off on the grass near the main park gates, head along towards the gates. At the end of the field, turn left onto the tarmac road. Head down to a right turn (by a large conker tree) onto the field behind the school. Go to the edge of the field then turn left and left back to the road. Turn right taking care going through the gap in the barrier followed by a left turn along the cycle path. Continue along the path and make sure you keep left. After crossing a stream on a small bridge, you will reach playing fields. Pass the woods on your left and go between some low concrete/metal posts back onto the grass and around the left of a small copse. Follow a line until you get to the edge of the grass and turn left up the gradual slope and run between wild flower beds to just before the cycle path. Turn left and run on the grass keeping to the left of and following the line of the cycle path. Dogleg around a bunch of larger trees and then smaller trees to follow the path from the 1km marker to the end of the field. Repeat the first lap omitting the field behind the school and instead heading straight on down to the barrier. The finish is close to the park main gates.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Upton Court Park, Upton Court Road, Slough and run on grass, gravel paths and tarmac. 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
Please use the large car park on Upton Court Road (SL3 7LX) where there are plenty of spaces. The car park is free to use for the first 3 hours, with charging thereafter. However, you must register your car on the RingGo app as soon as you first park your vehicle. 3 hours stay should be ample for most people attending parkrun.
The toilets by the car park are available for use on Saturdays. There are teas and coffees plus light snacks available near to the finish area for those who wish to stay behind after the event.
More details
Public transport
From Slough bus station, bus number 5 towards Heathrow goes along Yew Tree Road and then on to Datchet. Get off the bus either side of the Red Cow Roundabout, and the park is a short walk away along Upton Court Road.
Alternatively, bus numbers A4, 81, 702 and 703 take you along the A4 road. Get off the bus near the junction of London Road and Upton Court Road, cross the road and head towards Upton Court Road. The start is about 1km along the road.
On foot
The park is situated on Upton Court Road, Slough. Access to the park is from Upton Court Road to the North of the park, or across the motorway bridge over the M4 from Datchet Road to the South.
By road
From M4 (Junction 5): Head towards Langley on the A4. After about 1 mile, turn left at the traffic lights onto Upton Court Rd. Follow the road around and go over the next roundabout. The entrance to the car park is half a mile down on the left just past the pedestrian crossing.
Please use the large car park on Upton Court Road (SL3 7LX) where there are plenty of spaces. The car park is free to use for the first 3 hours, with charging thereafter. However, you must register your car on the RingGo app as soon as you first park your vehicle. 3 hours stay should be ample for most people attending parkrun.
Please note that there is a height barrier (height not indicated) to the car park, so high vehicles should park on nearby roads.
Course safety
Upton Court 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.
- 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.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Upton Court parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email uptoncourt@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
- 651
- Events
- 20,392
- Finishers
- 88,023
- Finishes
- 1,017
- Volunteers
- 10,018
- Personal bests
- 1,674
- Groups
- 00:30:01
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with U
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area SL
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: U
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