Please help complete this section by sending a brief decription of your parkrun with a couple of photos. One small and one large. The parkrun should be within the Essex AA area (east of the Lea).
Juniors will be added later.
A Map of parkruns in Essex
Barking parkrun
This is a 2 lap all tarmac and flat course. Starts at cafe & toilets in centre of park. Towards the allotment, next to the lake, up through the gardens and round the edge of the park.
Basildon parkrun
This is a 3 lap, clockwise course. Starts next to the cafe. Tarmac, grass, gravelly / stony single track paths.
Beckton parkrun
Course consists of two laps (one 2.4km lap & 2.6km) utilising paths around the park, the perimeter of the football fields and part of the Beckton Corridor.
Billericay parkrun
This is a 4 lap anti clock-wise course. The start and finish in close proximity, both near to the cafe.
Brentwood parkrun
Undulating 1 lap, anti & clockwise figure of 8 trail course with the Heartbreak Hill at the end of Weald Country Park course.
Burnham on Crouch parkrun
This is a multi terrain, two lap course starting on the field near the Dengie 100 Sports Centre.
Chalkwell Beach (Westcliff) parkrun
The course starts next to a moderately sized grass area along the sea wall parallel to the parking spots.
Chelmsford Central parkrun
One-lap course taking you through 2 of the main parks (Central & Admiral) on a mixture of footpaths and cycle paths.
Clacton Seafront parkrun
3 lap between Beach Diner & Toby Carvery until the Pier on top promenade and returning on beachfront promenade.
Colchester (Castle Park) parkrun
Two laps partial next River Colne.
Great Dunmow parkrun
A scenic two-lap course, all on trail. The route starts next to the skate park and leads around the football pitches and left into the top field.
Great Notley parkrun
Two lap, anti-clockwise, course made up of mostly gravel tracks and grassy sections. Whilst the course is predominantly flat, there is a hill at the start of the second lap.
Gunpowder, Waltham Abbey parkrun
A clockwise 2 ‘and a bit’ lap course. The route is fairly simple and has one left turn. The rest of the route follows the main path.
Hadleigh parkrun
Undulating one lap course with stunning views across the Thames Estuary and partially on the 2012 Olympic mountain bike trail.
Harlow parkrun
2 full lap, with a third mini lap to finish undulating course, going anticlockwise around Harlow Town Park.
Harrow Lodge, Hornchurch parkrun
One lap, mainly on grass with a few stretches of tarmac, but it is possible to run the whole route on grass though.
Harwich parkrun
Lap and a half of the park then down to onto an out and back run along the entire length seafront promenade, which is fast and flat, past the historic lighthouses before return back to the park.
Hatfield Forest parkrun
September 2017 – Closed & Relocated to Castle Park, Bishops Stortford
Highwoods (Colchester) parkrun
The start is a few yards through the right hand gate as you enter Chanterelle Car Park and follows the main path down to the stream
Hockley Woods parkrun
A two lap, clockwise, scenic, undulating course within the confines of Hockley Woods (the largest remaining area of wild wood, which covered Essex after the Ice Age 10,000 years ago).
Maldon Prom, Maldon parkrun
Two laps around the park near the seawall.
Markshall Estate (Coggeshall) parkrun
The course is at Markshall Estate, Coggeshall, Colchester. The course is run on a combination of grass, gravel paths and permanent paths.
Mersea Island parkrun
3 lap loop course from car park to sea wall to pill box at Cudmore Grove Country Park.
Raphael Park, Romford parkrun
The course is 3 laps (2 large laps followed by 1 small lap). 100% tarmac course. Large lap – Down the hill, by the lake, round the edge of football pitches and tennis courts.
Roding Valley (Loughton) parkrun
Two lap flat course run mainly on grass with some tarmac.
South Woodham Ferrers parkrun
Looks like on lap anticlockwise. The course is run on a mixture of concrete paths, trail paths and grass. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain.
Southend parkrun parkrun
Flat 3 lap anticlockwise course on well maintained tarmac and concrete paths near the sea wall.
Thurrock Orsett Hall parkrun
Thurrock parkrun is a 2-lap course all on grass following the edge of the recreation ground.
Valentines (Ilford) parkrun
Starts near the Valentines Park Café, and continues main path to the far end of the boating lake on edge of park followed by two anti-clockwise laps of the park returning back to north side of the boating lake.
Victoria Docks parkrun
The course is a horseshoe around Victoria Dock, entirely on the dockside path. Starting near the community hut in the Crystal gardens, proceed along the north side of Victoria Dock.
Walthamstow parkrun
3 and a bit laps in in an anti-clockwise direction keeping behind the football goalposts. Course is mainly flat and grassy.
Wanstead Flats parkrun
Our way-marked course spans Harrow Road and Bush Wood, comprised of two laps of 2.5km. Run on a mixture of grass and trails.
Wickford Memorial parkrun
Two and a bit laps, anti-clockwise, scenic, flat course mainly on permanent paths. The course follows the perimeter of the park, parts of which are tree lined, alongside the river Crouch. There is a small section of trail.
