Woodbank parkrun

The closest railway station is Stockport, which has services from Manchester and the South.

There are also bus services stopping on nearby Offerton Road - details are available at http://tfgm.com

Woodbank Memorial Park is situated very close to Stockport town centre (postcode SK1 4JR). The start area is on the main footpath within the Woodbank Memorial Park grounds. It's just two hundred metres from the main gate.

There are three nearby car-parks, which are free of charge at the time of writing. What3words locations are given here for each. The main car-park is at the end of Little Moor Lane (///rise.mouse.crew), and is a 10min walk from the start. There is a smaller car-park between Woodbank and Vernon Parks (///vent.doors.rich), which is mostly used by volunteers. Finally, there is a large car-park at the bottom of Vernon Park, accessed from Stockport Road West (///shade.ruins.listed), but this is a 10-15min walk from the start.

From junction 27 on the M60, proceed up the A626 (St Mary’s Way). Go through one set of lights & up the hill, turning left at the next set of lights into Hall Street. Immediately after the petrol station, turn left into Turncroft Lane. Continue past the small car-park at the park entrance - the main car-park is accessed from Little Moor Lane on your left, just after the zebra crossing.

If driving from Marple, follow the A626 along Offerton Road. Follow the signs for Woodbank Park by turning right into Turncroft Lane shortly after entering Little Moor by the the Gardener's Arms public house. The main car-park is accessed from Little Moor Lane on your right, just before the zebra crossing.

Alternatively, from the A6 (Buxton Road), at the crossroads with Stepping Hill Hospital, turn in the opposite direction to the hospital, into Dialstone Lane. When you pass the Gardener's Arms pub on the right, turn left into Offerton Road and then turn right into Turncroft Lane. Then turn into Little Moor Lane on your right, just before the zebra crossing - the main car-park is at the end of this road.

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

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

Woodbank 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 Woodbank 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 woodbank@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.