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Parkrun
Whinlatter Forest 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
- Whinlatter Forest Park
Meeting point: 54.61002, -3.22446. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 54.61002, -3.22446.
The course
Course description
A hilly run through Whinlatter Forest Park taking in the beautiful scenes of Grisedale Pike, Skiddaw and Bassenthwaite Lake. A figure of eight course, using trail surfaces, the start and end are in Revelin Moss carpark (which will be closed during the event), across the road from the main carpark.
The course may not be suitable for buggies - please contact the team in advance for further advice on the course.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Whinlatter Forest Park, Braithwaite, Keswick. The course is run entirely on 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
Toilet facilities are available on site close to the start & finish of the run. Baby changing is available. Drinking water tap available to top up water bottles. Water bowls are available to provide drinking water for dogs.
More details
Public transport
No public transport available to Whinlatter for the start of the run.
The Honister Rambler 77A arrives on site at 9.54, 10.54 & 11.54 taking passengers to Braithwaite Village or Keswick Bus station.
On foot
Bridleway from Thornthwaite Village to Whinlatter Forest (300 metres of climbing) 2k walk. Other than that walking up Whinlatter Pass (B5285) which is not advisable as there are no footpaths.
By road
SATNAV postcode: CA12 5TW.
From Keswick travel west along the A66, turn left signposted Braithwaite & Whinlatter. Continue through Braithwaite village passing the Royal Oak pub on your left hand side. Travel up Whinlatter Pass, turn right into the main car park at Whinlatter Visitor Centre.
From Cockermouth, travel out of town on Lorton road heading towards Lorton on the B5292. Take the left hand turn continuing to follow the B5292 all the way up Whinlatter pass. Turn left into the main car park at Whinlatter Visitor Centre.
Chargeable car parking available in the main car park.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Cafe Ambio at Whinlatter Forest. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Cafe Ambio at Whinlatter Forest - please come and join us!
Course safety
Whinlatter Forest 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 Whinlatter Forest 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 whinlatterforest@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
- 362
- Events
- 17,015
- Finishers
- 35,416
- Finishes
- 576
- Volunteers
- 3,759
- Personal bests
- 1,666
- Groups
- 00:33:29
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Keswick junior parkrun Upper Fitz Park · 5.8 km
- Keswick parkrun Keswick Railway Path · 6.2 km
- Cockermouth Greenway junior parkrun Cockermouth Greenway juniors · 9.9 km
- Cockermouth Greenway parkrun Cockermouth Greenway · 10 km
- Bower Park parkrun Bower Park · 18 km
- Workington parkrun Workington Leisure Centre · 21 km
- Maryport Prom junior parkrun Maryport Prom juniors · 21 km
- Maryport Prom parkrun The Promenade · 21 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with W
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area CA
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: W
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