About Us

Stretford parkrun is a FREE weekly 5km event for participants of all standards, which takes place every Saturday at 9:00am in Longford Park, Longford Park Stadium, Ryebank Rd, Stretford, Manchester, M21 9TA. It is not a race against other runners, but a 5k timed event and it can really be whatever you want it to be, whether that's for fun or as part of a training plan.

It offers an opportunity for all the local community, regardless of age or gender, to come together on a regular basis to enjoy this beautiful park and get physically active into the bargain. We want to encourage people to run, jog or walk together irrespective of their ability – this event is truly open to all and best of all it really is FREE!

Taking part is easy – just register before your first ever parkrun. The great thing is that you only ever need to do this once! Then just set your alarm for Saturday morning and get yourself there!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee in Longfords Café - please come and join us! Maybe swap stories about your run that day, chat to other parkrunners over a cup of tea or coffee and just be an important part of this new community.

So whether you are a complete novice looking to get yourself started on your own "running journey" or a seasoned athlete wanting to use this as a part of your training schedule, you’re welcome to come along and join us.

Trafford Council: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council is a key supporter providing local services for around 210,000 residents, including bin collections, street lighting, libraries and leisure centres.

Trafford Athletic Club: Trafford Athletic Club (previously Stretford Athletic Club) was founded by a group of enthusiasts a year after the completion of the Longford Park Stadium in 1964. The club has become one the top UK clubs with over 100 athlete members having competed at international level and major events including the Commonwealth games, European championships, World championships or the Olympics. The club caters for the needs of all age groups and abilities.

Chorlton Runners: Chorlton Runners are an inclusive running group with a structure that allows members to run at their pace as little or ten as they wish. The club has every type of runner and offers a social side where everyone is welcome.

Manchester Frontrunners: Manchester Frontrunners (MFR for short) are part of International Frontrunners, a network of Gay and Lesbian running clubs all over the world. Formed in 2005 the club has continued to grow and whilst the majority of members are from the LGBT Community, we are open to everyone.

Your donation will be wisely spent by the event team (as custodians of the local purse) on the upkeep of our parkrun.

For donations prior to 1 February 2017, 85% was allocated to the event and the remaining 15% to the New Event Fund.

We are unable to accept donations to events that are made via third party employer contribution schemes or any form of cashback schemes.

We no longer accept cheques for event donations. The only way for individuals to contribute to an event pot is by donating directly through the PayPal link on this page.

parkrun is completely open about all donations. All donations to this event (and withdrawals that the event teams makes) will be published below. You can also view all donations in this country here.

parkrun UK is a not-for-profit organisation.

Donations

Donation Date	Name	Recipient	Donation	Contribution to Event	Contribution to New Event Fund	Note
2020-02-15	Zoe Dawson	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2020-01-19	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2020-01-02	Lynne Webster	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	Thanks for New Year
2019-11-09	Lynne Webster	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	Grateful tourist
2019-10-02	daniel whiteley	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-09-02	daniel whiteley	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-08-17	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-08-02	daniel whiteley	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-07-06	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-07-02	daniel whiteley	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-07-01	Victoria Houghton	Stretford	£4.00	£4.00	£0.00
2019-06-04	Emily Brownhill	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00	Thanks for all you do for Stretford Parkrun
2019-06-03	Edward Swinden	Stretford	£1.50	£1.50	£0.00
2019-06-03	Andrew Savage	Stretford	£50.00	£50.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Angela Young	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Patrick Moore	Stretford	£30.00	£30.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	paul rushby	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Samantha Pearson	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	paul rushby	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Ella Fields	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Georgie Box	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-03	Robert Gillespie	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Clifford Shelton	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Lauren Floyd	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	James Leach	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00	New tokens
2019-06-02	Cristina Fernandez	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Helen Parker	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Michael Hoyle	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Suzanne Taylor	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Kevin Stevens	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Michael Klos	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Helen Wood	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	kath flynn	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Alan Day	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	This bumps me up 20 places each week right?
2019-06-02	Esther Jimenez	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Joanne Ritchie	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Rosemary Greenwood	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	edward haney	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	D Ingham	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Lesley Cooke	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Deborah Cliff	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	daniel whiteley	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	William Trimble	Stretford	£50.00	£50.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Joanne Reynolds	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Clare Devine	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Jayne E Okell	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Martin Holohan	Stretford	£2.50	£2.50	£0.00
2019-06-02	Maggie Grogan	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Jane Leicester	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Samina Ahmad	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00	Good luck with the fundraising. Always a pleasure to volunteer and run at Stretford.
2019-06-02	Jayne Greenop	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	charlotte lucas	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Zoe Moss	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Paul O'Donoghue	Stretford	£25.00	£25.00	£0.00	Love what you guys do for our Saturday mornings. Thank you.
2019-06-02	michelle o'Leary	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Kathryn Thompson	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	aileen LITTLEWOOD	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Samuel Ankers	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	eamonn d keogh	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Sarah Crean-Walker	Stretford	£2.00	£2.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Alexandra Bushell	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Sarah Haughey	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Kim MacLeod	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-06-02	Vijay Aggarwal	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-03-02	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-01-26	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2019-01-09	Ron Addelman	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2018-09-15	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2018-08-27	paul rushby	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00	On Reaching  Park runs
2018-08-09	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2018-07-21	Richard Bacon	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2018-06-02	Lindy Newns	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00
2018-05-13	Maureen Brettell	Stretford	£60.00	£60.00	£0.00
2018-01-08	Angela Young	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	New signage
2018-01-04	paul rushby	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	New Signage
2017-12-31	paul rushby	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	New Signage
2017-12-30	paul rushby	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	Signage
2017-12-27	Nayeem Mukadam	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For ParkRun calender
2017-12-26	C Green	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	Yasmin Green calendar
2017-12-23	Maureen Brettell	Stretford	£55.00	£55.00	£0.00
2017-12-23	Mark Bellis	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	for new signage Claire Bellis thank you
2017-12-23	michael fagan	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For new signeage
2017-12-23	paul rushby	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00	New Sineage
2017-12-23	Rosemary Mallace	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For signage
2017-12-22	Laura Brown	Stretford	£10.00	£10.00	£0.00	For new signage
2017-12-22	brenda blackett	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	New signage
2017-12-22	Angela Daniel	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For Signage
2017-12-22	Patricia Kelly	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For new signage
2017-10-12	richard price	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00	For Stretford turning 100.
2017-09-22	David MURRAY	Stretford	£5.00	£5.00	£0.00	For Stretford parkrun, the key and support
2017-05-08	Maureen Brettell	Stretford	£20.00	£20.00	£0.00
2017-01-22	paul rushby	Stretford	£20.00	£17.00	£3.00
2016-09-23	Louise Best	Stretford	£10.00	£8.50	£1.50
2016-09-01	Maureen Brettell	Stretford	£20.00	£17.00	£3.00
2016-08-23	Helen Stevens	Stretford	£11.00	£9.35	£1.65	Donation to go to Stretford parkrun.
2016-05-13	Robert Sargant	Stretford	£20.00	£17.00	£3.00
2016-03-09	David MURRAY	Stretford	£5.00	£4.25	£0.75	For Stretford parkrun
2016-01-04	Brian Devlin	Stretford	£30.00	£25.50	£4.50	Stretford parkrun donation in the name of Jamie Barry

Withdrawals

Withdrawal Date	Event	Amount	Note
2018-05-16	Stretford	£52.36	Replacement signs
2018-06-06	Stretford	£177.97	2 timers and upload cable
2019-01-18	Stretford	£15.00	parkrun Selfie Frame
2019-06-12	Stretford	£26.45	Signs
2019-06-17	Stretford	£160.00	4 Sets of replacement tokens
2019-08-23	Stretford	£128.08	PA System
2020-03-26	Stretford	£40.88	Signs & stakes