Here you'll find a list of the parkruns I've visited so far along with a brief description and some useful links.
The table below lists the parkruns I’ve visited so far. I’ve tried to add a few useful details and where relevant I’ve linked to the corresponding blog post or cycle route description. Please just drop me a message if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to help.
I’m not a very regular parkrun cafe user so I’m afraid there’s not much information on that score.
This table was last updated on 21/09/2023 when I’d run 146 times at 49 locations.
I’ve volunteered six times now too, at Beeston and Shipley Country parkruns.
| Parkrun | Date first attended | Number of times attended | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvaston | 10 August 2019 | 1 | Near Derby. Flat, fast out-and-back course on tarmac. |
| Beacon Hill Country Park | 24 June 2023 | 1 | Blog post |
| Beeston | 19 March 2016 | 72 | In Nottingham. Flat one-lap course with an out-and-back at the end. Next to the Nottingham & Beeston Canal and River Trent. My home run - a five minute walk from my house. Any questions, hit me up! |
| Belton House | 9 April 2022 | 1 | Blog post Cycle routes from Nottingham I stayed in an AirBnB about two miles from Belton House for £35. This was a room in someone's house. They were very friendly, letting me keep my bike in the hallway and return after the parkrun to get changed and pick up my luggage. |
| Belvoir Castle | 23 October 2022 | 1 | In the Vale of Belvoir (Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire border area). They have a summer and a winter course, and I'd been waiting for the switch to the winter before visiting. The winter course is inside the Castle grounds with exclusive access before it opens to the public at 11am. A really stunning course, but fairly brutal in terms of hills - I measured almost 100m of elevation. All on tarmac. Free parking as long as you leave by 10am. |
| Bestwood Village | 2 July 2022 | 1 | Blog post |
| Brierley Forest | 29 April 2023 | 1 | Blog post |
| Bushy | 12 November 2016 | 1 | In Surrey. Site of the first ever parkrun in 2004. They regularly have more than 1,000 runners, although there were only(!) 690 when me and my husband were there. Maybe because it was raining? Still the largest parkrun I've ever attended. Flat, one-lap course. |
| Clifton | 25 May 2019 | 1 | In Nottingham. Flat, two-lap course on grass. Quite a small parkrun. When I did it there were 53 participants so I got my highest ever gender position (2nd female!). |
| Clumber Park | 30 April 2016 | 4 | In North Nottinghamshire. Two-lap course through pretty woodland. Mostly flat. |
| Colwick | 29 October 2016 | 6 | In Nottingham. Flat, one lap course (with small repeated loop). Around a nice country park with lakes. |
| Conkers | 23 April 2022 | 1 | Blog post Cycle routes from Nottingham |
| Conwy | 27 July 2019 | 1 | My first Welsh parkrun (and only one so far). Flat out-and-back course with nice view of Conwy Castle. |
| Dishley, Loughborough | 24 July 2021 | 1 | The first parkrun I did after lockdown lifted. Flat course starting on rugby club playing fields but also including a pretty riverside section. |
| Doddington Hall | 1 July 2023 | 1 | In Lincolnshire. A flat out-and-back course on smooth tarmac. |
| East Park | 25 January 2020 | 1 | In Wolverhampton. Flat, three-lap course. |
| Forest Rec | 27 October 2018 | 1 | In Nottingham. Multi-lap/out-and-back course with a hill. |
| Fountains Abbey | 11 February 2023 | 1 | Blog post |
| Gedling | 2 February 2019 | 1 | In Nottingham. Hilliest course in Nottingham (if you count Bestwood Village as too far out of the city!). |
| Hillsborough | 18 May 2019 | 1 | In Sheffield. Three-lap course with a hill you have to go up three times! |
| Isabel Trail | 11 September 2021 | 1 | In Staffordshire. Out-and-back course on a tarmac cycle path (small but hardly noticable gradient). Good facilities at the rugby club. |
| Jersey Farm | 13 November 2021 | 1 | Near St Albans. I did the winter course variation which is two laps of the outer bridleway. There is a summer course which does one inner and one outer lap. Both versions are hilly! |
| King's Lynn | 20 April 2019 | 1 | This parkrun is at one end of the Norfolk Coast Cycleway. I did it before setting off to cycle to Great Yarmouth over five days with my husband and 11-year old stepdaughter (three years before I started my blog!) |
| Long Eaton | 22 December 2018 | 5 | Blog post |
| Mansfield | 29 October 2022 | 1 | In Nottinghamshire. Three lap course in a flat park. It was raining when I ran here and the volunteers were lovely! |
| Markeaton | 9 July 2016 | 1 | Near Derby. Two-lap course in the park and woodland. It was raining heavily when I did it and there were some massive puddles! |
| Marlborough Common | 15 October 2022 | 1 | In Wiltshire. The week I ran there the course was changed, due to the Mop Fair occupying part of the site, so there were three laps instead of the usual two. This meant three times up the hill! It's a gentle drag rather than anything steep, but it feels like it goes on for a while! It's all on grass. A fairly small one - 91 runners when I was there. |
| Melton Mowbray | 12 August 2023 | 1 | In Leicestershire. A very pleasant two-lap course in a country park. |
| Newark | 16 February 2019 | 1 | In Nottinghamshire. Three-lap course in Sconce and Devon Park. |
| Oakwell Hall | 2 November 2019 | 1 | Near Leeds. I loved this course! Two laps on some challenging terrain - definitely feels like a trail run. |
| Poolsbrook | 25 December 2018 | 2 | Near Chesterfield. I've run this twice - both on Christmas Day because it's conveniently located halfway to my parents' house. Three-lap course around two lakes. Be careful to pick your feet up - I fell over quite spectacularly the second time I did it and lost a lot of skin! |
| Queen Elizabeth | 12 February 2022 | 1 | Near Portsmouth. Fantastic but incredibly tough/hilly course. One small lap, followed by one big lap. Loads of tourists there when I did it with my Dad. |
| Rother Valley | 25 February 2017 | 2 | Near Sheffield. One flat lap around the country park's lakes. |
| Rushcliffe | 16 July 2016 | 4 | In Nottingham. Two-lap course with some undulations but nothing you'd call a hill. The second time I ran here was in a heatwave and thankfully there was an ice cream van close to the finish! |
| Sandall Park | 9 March 2019 | 1 | In Doncaster. I did this parkrun for my D when it was still called Doncaster but it changed its name soon after. Two-lap course. There is a grassy section which was incredibly muddy/boggy when I was there after a rainy spell. |
| Sandringham | 2 September 2023 | 1 | In Norfolk. A pretty two-lap course in the grounds of Sandringham. Mainly woodland trails. |
| Sewerby | 7 July 2018 | 1 | Near Bridlington. Lovely cliff-top parkrun with nice views of the seaside resort. One-lap course. Free parking at the National Trust property for parkrunners. |
| Sheringham | 16 September 2023 | 1 | In Norfolk, A fairly brutal out and back course with a lollipop. All downhill to start with and all uphill to finish. |
| Sherwood Pines | 30 July 2022 | 1 | Blog post coming soon |
| Shipley Country | 28 May 2022 | 1 | Blog post |
| Skipton | 20 May 2023 | 1 | In North Yorkshire. A four lap course with a hill and an out-and-back section. |
| Temple Newsam | 8 January 2022 | 1 | Near Leeds. Two-lap course with a slight variation on the second lap. It was cold and wet when I was there and the second time up the big hill nearly finished me off! It was also very muddy in places so trail shoes advised for winter! |
| Unisee | 11 June 2022 | 1 | Blog post: Part 1 Blog post: Part 2 Blog post: Part 3 |
| Valentines | 7 March 2020 | 1 | In Ilford. Two-lap, flat course. Very friendly and when I was there, there was a group cool-down session afterwards which was fun. |
| Whinlatter Forest | 13 August 2022 | 1 | In the Lake District. The most beautiful but toughest parkrun I've done so far. The finish line is higher than the start, so you do more up than down! Stunning and definitely worth a visit though! |
| Wollaton Hall | 6 November 2021 | 10 | Blog post |
| Wyre Forest | 18 January 2020 | 1 | In Worcestershire. One of my favourite courses, despite the uphill finish! One-lap through some lovely Forestry Commission woodland. |
| York | 6 April 2019 | 1 | In York(!). Flat, two-lap course around the racecourse. |
| Zuiderpark | 4 June 2022 | 1 | Blog post |