Completing all Essex parkruns

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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

 

Billericay

 

Brentwood

 

Burnham-on-Crouch

 

Chalkwell Beach

  • https://www.parkrun.org.uk/chalkwellbeach/

  • Inaugural: February 29th 2020

 

Chelmsford Central

 

Clacton Seafront

 

Colchester Castle

 

Great Dunmow

 

Great Notley

 

Gunpowder

 
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Hadleigh

 

Harlow

  • I completed this event on: Christmas Day 2019 with a finish time of: 26:54

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 1

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/Harlow

  • Inaugural: November 8th 2014

 

Harwich

 

Hatfield Forest

***Hatfield Forest parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***

 

Highwoods

 

Hockley Woods

 

Maldon Prom

 

Markshall Estate

  • https://www.parkrun.org.uk/markshallestate/

  • Inaugural: November 13th 2021

 

Mersea Island

 

Roding Valley

 
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South Woodham Ferrers

 

Southend

 

Thurrock

 

Wickford Memorial

 

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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