Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Vogrie 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
- Vogrie Country Park
Meeting point: 55.85688, -2.99501. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 55.85688, -2.99501.
The course
Course description
The course comprises of a start section and two laps, run anti-clockwise.
Runners will head down the main access road towards Vogrie House, and take the 'blue' route past the pond and play park. They will follow this trail and take the pathway highlighted for the car park, they will continue along this path, crossing over the small concrete bridge. Runners will continue on this path until they reach the main car park. At this point they will turn left and follow the path parallel to the events field. At the end of the path they will turn left then immediately right along a short path and enter the events field at the top end. Keeping to the field perimeter on your left follow it to the second field until directed right to the BBQ area 1. Past the BBQ hut turn left on to the path and then right along the pond to Vogrie House. They will then complete a second loop of the above route and at the end of the second loop, they will finish just beyond the pond on the left.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Vogrie Country Park, Gorebridge, Midlothian. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths, trail paths and 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
Car parking, toilets and children’s play area available, just to the left of the entrance.
More details
Public transport
There is no public transport that will take you directly to the park. Lothian buses will take you as far as Gorebridge a two mile walk to the park along the B6372.
The Borders railway line stops in Gorebridge also.
On foot
See Getting there by road
By road
Coming from the A68 take the B6372 and drive through Dewarton, the park is sign posted from the main road. The main entrance to Vogrie is sign posted and the entrance will be on the left. From the A7 take the B6372 at Gorebridge and the park is approximately two miles along on the right.
The car park fee is £3 and payment is by card only. To avoid delays, you may find it quicker to pay at the machine when you arrive, as queues can sometimes form at the exit payment points. Regular Vogrie parkrunners may also wish to consider purchasing an annual pass, available here.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Tree Top Café within Vogrie House. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at The Tree Top Café within Vogrie House - please come and join us!
Course safety
Vogrie 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 Vogrie 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 vogrie@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
- 378
- Events
- 13,087
- Finishers
- 54,565
- Finishes
- 1,029
- Volunteers
- 8,368
- Personal bests
- 1,045
- Groups
- 00:29:41
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with V
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area EH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: V
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