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Parkrun
Wepre 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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Wales
- 5 kilometres
- Wepre Park
Meeting point: 53.20555, -3.05685. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 53.20555, -3.05685.
The course
Course description
The course starts near the car park. Park in the overflow car park immediately on your left after the main gate. Muster on the grass near the skate park. From the start, follow the path down towards the waterfall. Turn back by the tree and alongside the river. Pass the bridge on your right and up the hill towards the car park. Turn sharp left at the top of the hill then cross a short grassy section. Pass the start and repeat the first loop. (1 Km is near the top of the hill before you turn left)
After completing your second loop and passing the start again you veer right along a wide gravel path then turn sharp right at the end of the play area. Up the slope and turn left through the pedestrian access gate. Take the paved path past the Old Hall Cafe/Visitor Centre. Behind the Visitor Centre you pass the garden on your right then where the wall ends you turn sharp right up the path behind the garden. At the top you head across the grassy path, past the educational area, towards the Rosie Pool. As you pass through the trees you will see the pond in front of you, it is fenced off. Turn right on a short tarmac section then keep left to follow the gravel path round the pool in an anticlockwise direction until reaching the path up through the woods. (this is at 2 km is approx.) Look out for tree roots on this section. At the top turn left by the dog poo bin, across the old golf course, check out the views on your left! You go down Angina Hill! Take care here, it can be slippery. At the bottom you turn sharp left onto the main path towards the Visitor Centre. Watch out for pedestrians and dog walkers along this path, keeping to the left all the way until you reach the path up behind the garden. (3 km is 50m before the wooden bench on your left) You will turn left, up the hill and repeat the top loop past Rosie Pool and through the woods. (4 km is approx half way up the hill). Left at the dog poo bin, cross the golf course and down Angina Hill. Left at the bottom, follow the main path again, towards the Visitor Centre and the finish. This time, you keep straight on, don’t turn left up towards the Rosie! The finish is approximately 50m past the junction by the big Monkey Puzzle tree.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Wepre Park, Connah's Quay. The course is run on a mixture of gravel paths, woodland 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
Toilets are available in the park. There is a free car park and free parking on the roads that surround the park. There is an enclosed children’s play area adjacent to the car park, a skate park and extensive playing fields. Wepre Park has a network of footpaths and includes historic sites and valuable habitats. The Old Hall Café has indoor and outdoor seating and is alongside the finish area. Come and enjoy hot and cold drinks and snacks and talk about your run! For more information about the park please go to the Visitor Centre for a range of displays and leaflets or take a look at the Wepre Park booklet online.
More details
Public transport
For public transport details of getting to and from Wepre Park, call Traveline on 0870 608 2608 or visit the travel planner on the Traveline Cymru website.
Bus Services from Chester, Wrexham and Mold pass the park, other services pass nearby.
The nearest train station is Shotton which is approximately 1 mile away. It is served by trains on the Chester/Holyhead line (Shotton Low Level) and the Wrexham/Bidston line (Shotton High Level). On exiting the train station turn right and head along the main street towards the Town Centre. When you reach the Civic Centre turn left into Wepre Lane. Wepre Park is on the left after approximately half a mile. It is clearly marked.
On foot
The park is on Wepre Lane. It can be reached off Mold Road or the town centre. From Mold Road take Wepre Lane (look for the brown signs) along the road, The park is approximately 400m on right. From the Civic Centre turn into Wepre Lane (look for the brown signs). Wepre Park is on the left after approx. half a mile. The park is clearly marked. Once in the park, head up the main drive towards the Visitor Centre.
By road
If you are using Sat Nav the nearest postcode is CH5 4HL. The park can be reached off the A548 (The Coast Road) up Wepre Lane or off B5126 from Northop and A55 (The park is well signposted. Look out for and follow the brown signs to the park)
Please use the car park on the left as you enter the park.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Old Hall Café, Wepre Park Visitor Centre, Connah's Quay CH5 4HL. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in the Old Hall Café, Wepre Park Visitor Centre, Connah's Quay CH5 4HL - please come and join us!
Course safety
Wepre 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 Wepre parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
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For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email wepre@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
- 463
- Events
- 11,909
- Finishers
- 54,185
- Finishes
- 863
- Volunteers
- 8,687
- Personal bests
- 930
- Groups
- 00:32:20
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with W
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area CH
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: W
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