The course is 5000m (5km) long, accurately measured by us with a professional measuring wheel. Located in Ashton Court Estate, just across the River Avon from Bristol city centre, the course consists of tarmac and stone/gravel paths which provide a good year-round running surface. 

Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to to enjoy the event.

Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users.  Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking is limited so try to arrive early.

It is a strict condition of our event licence that participants arriving by car do not park in the mansion car park. Please use the Long Ashton or Golf Course car parks, or on-street parking in Kennel Lodge Road, instead (see Getting There).

The mansion courtyard provides a good meeting place. There is shelter in case of bad weather and toilet facilities are available. But please assemble by the start area at 08:55 for a short safety briefing, ready to run at 09:00.

The Ashton Court parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the run as safe as possible, so runners, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

For everyone attending the event

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• Please help to make this the safe and rewarding event we wish it to be by volunteering occasionally - parkrun depends on the generous support of its volunteers and there’s more information on the volunteer page.
• Take care near roads and car parks - some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the run, please drive carefully even if you’re late!
• If you’re watching, please keep clear of runners on the course and at the start/finish area, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.

For runners

• Please make sure you’re fit enough to run 5k (3.1 miles). Health advice about running can be found at the excellent Runners' Medical Resource website.
• Remember to warm up before the run.
• Children are welcome to take part, but please note that under 13s should only run for fun and not be encouraged to race this distance. Under 11s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout.
• Runners with dogs are welcome, but please keep dogs on a short lead or harness and under control throughout the event.
• When running, take care on uneven surfaces - on tarmac and particularly on the stone/gravel paths.
• Watch out for cyclists, other runners, pedestrians, children, dogs, horses, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Unfortunately the stone/gravel sections of the course are not considered suitable for runners pushing buggies or for wheelchair athletes.
• If you see a runner with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• Ashton Court is a deer park and, while rare, Lyme Disease is present in areas where deer live, and occasionally passed to human’s through infected ticks. See NHS Choices website for more about Lyme Disease, and how to deal with ticks.

Please note that this is a free training event, so everyone runs, assists and attends at their own risk.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help athletes compare results.

Age Grading takes your time and uses the world record time for your sex and age group to produce a score (a percentage). This score allows you to compare your personal performance against other people's performances even though they might be a different age and a different sex to you - the higher the score the better the performance. The scores can also be compared across different run distances - to allow you to, for example, compare a 5km time against a marathon.

For more information, please see the Running For Fitness website.