Completing all Essex parkruns
There are currently 24 parkrun events in present-day Essex of which I have done 6. The first was Gunpowder which started on October 22nd 2011 and the newest is Markshall Estate which started on November 13th 2021. Hatfield Forest was also an Essex event but has now closed.
The Historic County of Essex has a further 8 events, totaling 32. These 8 are now part of Greater London.
The interactive maps below take you to the approximate location for the course, typically the centre of the park. See the course instructions in the parkrun page for each event for specific directions to the start. Course maps show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.
PARKRUNS IN PRESENT-DAY COUNTY OF ESSEX
Basildon
Inaugural: April 5th 2014
Billericay
I completed this event on: New Year’s Day 2023 with a finish time of: 26:57
Other routes touched: None
Inaugural: June 24th 2017
Brentwood
I completed this event on: November 16th 2019 with a finish time of: 28:53
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of LonDone ++
Inaugural: December 6th 2014
Burnham-on-Crouch
Inaugural: July 22nd 2014
Chalkwell Beach
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/chalkwellbeach/
Inaugural: February 29th 2020
Chelmsford Central
Inaugural: January 19th 2013
Clacton Seafront
Inaugural: October 15th 2015
Colchester Castle
Inaugural: April 6th 2013
Great Dunmow
Inaugural: April 14th 2018
Great Notley
Inaugural: June 28th 2014
Gunpowder
I completed this event on: December 27th 2014 with a finish time of: 25:47
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 1
This event is also part of LonDone +
Inaugural: October 22nd 2011
Hadleigh
Inaugural: October 22nd 2016
Harlow
I completed this event on: Christmas Day 2019 with a finish time of: 26:54
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 1
Inaugural: November 8th 2014
Harwich
Inaugural: August 1st 2014
Hatfield Forest
***Hatfield Forest parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***
I did not complete this event before it was closed
Inaugural: March 21st 2015
Final event: September 23rd 2017
Highwoods
Inaugural: March 2nd 2019
Hockley Woods
Inaugural: February 2nd 2015
Maldon Prom
Inaugural: August 31st 2013
Markshall Estate
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/markshallestate/
Inaugural: November 13th 2021
Mersea Island
Inaugural: December 17th 2016
Roding Valley
I completed this event on: September 22nd 2018 with a finish time of: 27:08
Other routes touched: N/A
This event is also part of LonDone +
Inaugural: January 14th 2017
South Woodham Ferrers
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: March 10th 2018
Southend
This event is also part of parkrun Compass Club
Inaugural: October 13th 2012
Thurrock
I completed this event on: March 12th 2022 with a finish time of: 25:59
Other routes touched: none
This event is also part of LonDone +
Inaugural: October 10th 2015
Wickford Memorial
Inaugural: February 29th 2020
PARKRUNS IN HISTORIC COUNTY OF ESSEX BUT NOW IN GREATER LONDON
See the LonDone blog post for maps and stats for these:
*Hackney Marshes starts and ends in Historic Essex but most of the course is in Historic Middlesex
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