Walmer and Deal Seafront parkrun

Train: From Deal station (19-minute walk): Walk from station car park towards Queen Street, follow Queen Street towards the sea. Turn right onto the prom and walk until you reach Walmer Green.

From Walmer station (24-minute walk): Walk from Station Road towards Mayer Road, then turn left on to Dover Road, turn right onto Cambridge Road then left onto The Beach towards Walmer Green. The start/finish is on your right.

Buses: Numbers 12, 80-82, 90 and 93 stop at Archery Square, three minutes walk from the start. From Archery Square, walk towards the sea and you'll see the start just north of the hedged gardens.

The start/finish of Deal and Walmer parkrun is situated on Walmer Green adjacent to a road called The Beach. There are many access points from The Strand and the Prom in Walmer.

From Kingsdown Road car park you will need to walk up the slope onto the prom then turn left, continue walking towards Deal. Follow the path to the right then continue past the hedged gardens on your left, the start/finish is located just north of the gardens.

With Satnav the postcode for Kingsdown Road car park (and toilets) is CT14 7LH. Walk north along the seafront, and the start is at CT14 7HJ.

Coming from the A2: Exit at the Duke of York roundabout, take the A258 towards Deal, following the A258 for 5 miles. Turn right onto Granville Road and at the end of Granville Road, turn left and the carpark is to the right.

From Sandwich: Take the A258 towards Deal. Continue on the A258, at the roundabout continue straight on to Manor Road/B2056, turn left onto Mill Road, turn right onto Hamilton Road (becomes Cornwall Road) (B2056). At the end cross Dover Road onto Archery Square/Clarence Road, turn right onto The Beach, Kingsdown Road car park is on the left.

Free parking is at Kingsdown Road Car Park, Walmer. It near to toilets and approximately 7 minutes walk to the start. As the surrounding roads are all residential it is preferred that runners only use the car parks.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Sea Café at Walmer Green. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Sea Café at Walmer Green - please come and join us!

Walmer and Deal Seafront 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 Walmer and Deal Seafront 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 walmeranddealseafront@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.