Wickford Memorial parkrun

Bus: Bus services operate from several surrounding areas including Basildon, South Woodham Ferrers and Chelmsford, stopping in Runwell Road close to the park entrance.

Train: Wickford train station (Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street - Southend Victoria line). The station is a 10 minute walk to the park entrance in Runwell Road.

From Wickford train station exit and turn right towards the High Street. Turn left and walk through the High Street, continuing on to Runwell Road. Turn right into the park at the War Memorial entrance next to the Carter and Ward building.

Wickford is a south-central town within the county of Essex, with the nearest East-West / North-South trunk roads being the A127 and A130 respectively. The park lies 13.1 miles (21.2 km) east of junction 29 of the M25.

Memorial Park is a short walk from the town centre where free parking is available in the main town council car park sat-nav code SS12 9AJ. The Quart Pot pub in Runwell Road, Wickford (sat-nav code SS117PN) also offer free parking up to 11.00am, which is a 10 minute walk to the park entrance in Runwell Road by the War Memorial. There is very limited parking in two small car parks servicing the park, one in Rettendon View sat-nav code SS11 8JE and the other in Whist Avenue sat-nav code SS11 8LN. If you do need to drive to the event, please park with care and consideration for local residents.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: the Memorial Park Café. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Memorial Park Café - please come and join us!

Wickford Memorial 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 Wickford Memorial 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 wickfordmemorial@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.