Cancelled this Sunday
Sunday 1 November · Reason: Venue unavailable
Junior parkrun
Windmill Hill junior parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). Nearby Saturday parkrun events can be found here.
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United Kingdom
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England
- 2 kilometres
- Victoria Park
Meeting point: 51.43860, -2.58714. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.43860, -2.58714.
The course
Course description
The course consists of two anticlockwise loops, the first of approximately 750m and the second of approximately 1.25k. It is mostly flat with two short steady inclines.
It starts on the path opposite Stanbury Road and follows the park perimeter before climbing gently to the centre of the park and turning left to return to the start area. The second loop follows more of the perimeter path before turning left at the maze and returning across the centre of the park. It finishes on the grass just before the start area.
On the course
The course is in Victoria Park, Bristol. The course is 2000m (2K) long. This has been accurately measured by us with a professional measuring wheel. The course is run on a mixture of tarmac paths and grass. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Marshals will be located along the course.
The course will be marshalled so that juniors will be in sight of a marshal at all times.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. Please give way to other park users. This won't slow you down and will help ensure the overall success of 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, children’s play area, café.
More details
Public transport
Bus: 90 (Broadmead - Hengrove) alight at St John’s Lane / Wedmore Vale (5 minute walk from Victoria Park)
2 (Cribbs Causeway - Centre - Stockwood) alight at Highgrove Street (a 15 minute walk from Victoria Park)
Train: Bedminster Station (a 5 minute walk from Victoria Park)
Temple Meads Station (a 15 minute walk from Victoria Park)
On foot
From Bedminster Station: Turn left along Fraser St, after 50m bear left to follow the footpath into Victoria Park and up the hill to Mrs. Brown's Café.
From Temple Meads Station: Take main station exit, turn left on Temple Gate, cross over and take Bath Bridge Roundabout across the River Avon, turn right along York Road, then first left on St Luke’s Road. After the railway bridge turn right into Victoria Park and follow the footpath up the hill to Mrs. Brown’s Café.
From St John’s Lane: Take Park Avenue, cross Hill Avenue, enter the park and walk up the hill to Mrs. Brown’s Café.
From Windmill City Farm: Take the Windmill Close entrance to the park, walk up the hill to Mrs Brown’s Café.
By road
The meeting point is in the park at Mrs. Brown’s café by Nutgrove Avenue and Somerset Terrace, Bristol, BS3 4QF.
There is limited street parking on this side of the park. We encourage drivers to park in the roads around:
- St Mary Redcliffe Primary School, Windmill Close, Bristol, BS3 4DP
- Windmill Hill City Farm, Philip Street, Bristol, BS3 4EA
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Mrs. Brown's Café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Mrs. Brown's Café - please come and join us!
junior parkrun rules and guidelines
Windmill Hill junior parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. To make the event as safe as possible, participants, spectators and volunteers are asked to take note of the following rules and guidelines:
- Whilst parkrun fully accepts its duty of care and will do everything it can to minimise risk of injury and harm to all participants whilst at parkrun events, it is parent/guardians who ultimately have responsibility for the welfare of their children.
- It is not mandatory for a parent/guardian to participate in junior parkruns, but children under the age of 11 must be accompanied to/from the event by a responsible adult, and the responsible adult must remain in attendance for the duration of the event.
- junior events are open and inclusive. Disabled people may participate wherever it is safe for them to do so. The event team can provide disabled participants with course information in order that the participant (or their parent/guardian) can make an informed decision about their safe participation.
- Whilst more competitive children can use junior parkruns to test themselves against their own time, and against others, participation should ultimately be for fun, and we urge all parents/guardians/volunteers not to put children under undue pressure to perform.
- junior parkruns are running, jogging and walking events, and the use of children’s scooters, balance bikes, trikes or cycles is prohibited.
- Slower runners are encouraged to seed themselves, by starting towards the back of the group especially if an adult is accompanying them.
- junior parkruns are timed events. Only those aged between 4 to 14 years old completing the course themselves will be given a result.
- Exceptions to this rule are subject to the discretion of parkrun head office. Examples include those over 14 with special educational needs (SEN) or those with a registered disability, for whom social interaction and physical activity may be difficult but important.
- A strict ‘no barcode no result’ policy will be enforced.
- Buggies are allowed, subject to course conditions, but only if the adult pushing the buggy is accompanying a junior parkrunner. Adults with buggies are urged to position themselves appropriately for the safety and enjoyment of all.
- With the exception of assistance dogs, dogs are not allowed to accompany walkers, joggers, runners or volunteers at junior parkrun events.
- 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.
- Spectators should keep clear of participants on the course and keep control of any children and dogs.
- Participants should take care near roads and car parks, congregate away from the cars and be careful if driving to/from the event.
- Photography or filming is likely to take place at junior parkrun events. Please see our photos page for more details.
- 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.
Please consider helping the event by volunteering - this event survives only because of your generosity. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email windmillhilljuniors@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
- 499
- Events
- 3,123
- Finishers
- 30,120
- Finishes
- 850
- Volunteers
- 6,274
- Personal bests
- 54
- Groups
- 00:13:25
- Average finish time
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- Eastville parkrun Eastville Park · 4.7 km
- Eastville junior parkrun Eastville Park · 4.7 km
- Horfield Common junior parkrun Horfield Common juniors · 5.3 km
- Somerdale Pavilion parkrun Somerdale Pavilion · 6.5 km
- Page Park junior parkrun Page Park · 7.9 km
- Kings Weston junior parkrun Kings Weston Estate · 7.9 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with W
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: W
Park5K is not affiliated with parkrun. - last updated 26 October 2026
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