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Parkrun
Wormwood Scrubs 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
- Wormwood Scrubs Park
Meeting point: 51.52041, -0.23852. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 51.52041, -0.23852.
The course
Course description
The course is a two-and-a-bit-lapper entirely on grass and open scrubland. The course starts adjacent to the prison wall before turning left and uphill (past the Linford Christie stadium on your right) to the middle section of the park. From here, it goes past the copse of trees before turning left and passing them on the opposite side and heading right, downhill, towards the hairpin turn. A left turn at the hairpin takes you through a tree-lined area before a left, then right turn takes you uphill and back to the main part of Scrubs. From there, it's downhill and a left turn to the prison wall and back to the start. After doing the course a second time, you complete the course by continuing uphill (past the Linford Christie Stadium) and turning right to the finish.
On the course
The course is 5k long. It's run in Wormwood Scrubs Park, Shepherd's Bush, London on a mixture of grass and woodland tracks. 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.
More details
Public transport
By Bus:
to Scrubs Lane: 220
to Du Cane Road: 7, 70, 72, 272, 283
By Tube: East Acton (Central Line), then walk Erconwald Street until you reach the Park. There is a footpath along by the prison. White City (Central Line) then walk north on Wood Lane or on the bus routes listed above.
On foot
The course and the start are situated just behind Hammersmith Hospital off Du Cane Road.
By road
Wormwood Scrubs is located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London/White City. It is very close to the shopping Centre Westfield which is indicated frequently when you get to London. For satnav users, enter W12 0DF Parking is available.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: at the Thames Valley Harriers clubhouse at Linford Christie Stadium when open (or if not, at Coffee Cup Cafe, 22 North Pole Road, London W10 6QL). Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at the Thames Valley Harriers clubhouse at Linford Christie Stadium when open (or if not, at Coffee Cup Cafe, 22 North Pole Road, London W10 6QL) - please come and join us.
Course safety
Wormwood Scrubs 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 Wormwood Scrubs 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 wormwoodscrubs@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
- 722
- Events
- 17,486
- Finishers
- 56,884
- Finishes
- 733
- Volunteers
- 6,732
- Personal bests
- 1,542
- Groups
- 00:28:23
- Average finish time
Nearby parkruns
- Acton junior parkrun Acton Park · 1.9 km
- Queen’s Park junior parkrun, London Queen’s Park · 2.5 km
- Paddington Rec junior parkrun Paddington Recreation Ground · 3.5 km
- Gladstone parkrun Gladstone Park, London · 4.1 km
- Gunnersbury parkrun Gunnersbury Park, South Acton · 4.4 km
- Fulham Palace parkrun Bishops Park · 5.5 km
- Pitshanger junior parkrun Pitshanger Park · 5.6 km
- Hampstead Heath parkrun Hampstead Heath · 6.5 km
Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with W
- UK Postcode Areas Postcode area W
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: W
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