Completing all Kent parkruns

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There are currently 25 parkrun events in present-day Kent of which I have done 17. The first was Whitstable which started on November 6th 2010 and the newest is Dover Waterfront which started on September 9th 2023.

The Historic County of Kent has a further 14 events, totaling 39. These 14 are now part of Greater London. Both Bethlem Royal Hospital and Crystal Palace cross the Surrey/Kent border but are mostly in Historic Kent.

Completing all of the parkruns events in Kent is often called being “A Complete Kent”. A “Complete Kent +” would be completing all events in the Historic County of Kent, including those now in Greater London. For the absolute completists there’s also the “Complete Kent ++” which includes the 4 parkrun events in Essex and 2 in East Sussex whose Voronoi area extends into Kent. Scroll down for more on this.



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 KENT

Ashford

 

Bedgebury Pinetum

 

Canterbury

 

Cyclopark

 

Dartford

  • I completed this event on: December 22nd 2018 with a finish time of: 29:06

  • Other routes touched (walk): Darent Valley Path

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 125

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/dartford

  • This event is also part of LonDone +

  • Inaugural: June 26th 2014

 

Dartford Heath

 
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Dover Waterfront

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

  • Inaugural: September 9th 2023

 

Folkestone

 

Great Lines, Medway

 

Kingdom

 

Leybourne Lakes

  • Formerly Malling parkun, but changed its name in October 2024 to avoid confusion with Malling Rec in Sussex.

  • I completed this event on: April 2nd 2022 with a finish time of: 25:29

  • Other routes touched: None

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/malling

  • Inaugural: October 3rd 2015

 

Lullingstone

  • I completed this event on: November 2nd 2019 with a finish time of: 31:17

  • Other routes touched: N/A

  • This event is also part of LonDone ++

  • Inaugural: April 11th 2015

 

Maidstone River Park

  • Formerly just called Maidstone parkrun

  • I completed this event on: April 9th 2022 with a finish time of: 25:46

  • Other routes touched (walk): KCC Centenary Walk

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/maidstone

  • Inaugural: April 13th 2013

 

Margate

  • I completed this event on: January 4th 2020 with a finish time of: 27:02

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 15, Viking Coastal Trail

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/margate

  • Inaugural: April 27th 2013

 

Mote Park

 

Pegwell Bay

 

Royal Tunbridge Wells

 

Shorne Woods

  • I completed this event on: March 26th 2022 with a finish time of: 26:14

  • Other routes touched: Several trails inside the country park

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/shornewoods

  • Inaugural: March 30th 2013

 

Sittingbourne

 

Squerryes Winery

 
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Swanley

 

The Leas, Minster

  • I completed this event on: August 12th 2023 with a finish time of: 28:06

  • Other routes touched: England Coast Path

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/theleas

  • Inaugural: September 28th 2019

 

Tonbridge

  • I completed this event on: 15th January 2022 with a finish time of: 26:13

  • Other routes touched (walk): Weald Way, Eden Valley Walk, The Tudor Trail

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 12

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/tonbridge

  • Inaugural: November 9th 2013

 

Walmer and Deal Seafront

 

Whitstable

  • I completed this event on: 3rd August 2024 with a finish time of: 28:35

  • Other routes touched (Walk): Saxon Shore Way

  • Other routes touched (Cycle): NCN 15: Viking Way

  • http://www.parkrun.org.uk/whitstable

  • Inaugural: November 6th 2010

 

PARKRUNS IN HISTORIC COUNTY OF KENT BUT NOW IN GREATER LONDON (“Complete Kent +)

See the LonDone blog post for maps and stats for these:

* The Bethlem Royal Hospital Crystal Palace courses are partly in Historic Surrey and mostly in Historic Kent


Complete Kent ++: The Voronoi overlappers.

Once you’ve completed all of the parkrun events in Historic Kent the icing on the cake is to complete the 4 parkrun events in Essex and 2 in East Sussex whose Voronoi area extends into Kent. Note that different parkrun apps have slightly different calculations for their Voronoi maps. For this page I’ve used the Voronoi map from the Running Challenges Chrome Extension.

In the images below the light blue polygon is the non-Kent parkrun event whose Voronoi area extends into Kent. The red line is the county border.


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