Weymouth parkrun

Weymouth parkrun is back at Lodmoor Country Park this Saturday morning, 7 November, starting at 9am. It's a free, weekly 5k that's been running since 31 August 2013, and it's entirely volunteer-run. If you've got kids, there's a Junior parkrun for 4-14 year olds on Sunday mornings at the same site, so you can get the whole family sorted over the weekend.

The course is a seaside route through Lodmoor Country Park, which is about a 15-minute stroll from the Esplanade through Greenhill Gardens. The park is managed in partnership with the Friends of Lodmoor Country Park, and the run itself changes with the seasons: there's a summer course and a winter route that takes you along the seafront promenade. There's also a café in the car park that gives parkrunners a discount, which is a nice way to wind down after you've finished.

Lodmoor is a proper destination in its own right, even if you're not running. It's home to an outdoor Green Gym, the Galleon Play Area with its timber pirate ship, an RSPB nature reserve, a six-acre Sea Life Centre, Sandworld, and a nine-hole pitch and putt course. It's the kind of place where you can bring the kids for the morning and find something for them to do long after the run is over.

Since it started, the numbers have grown into something quite substantial. By 2026, more than 29,000 people had completed nearly 195,000 parkruns, covering over 887,000 km, with more than 1,800 volunteers involved along the way. It's not just a local thing, either; it draws runners from across the UK and from abroad. It's free to take part, and it kicks off every Saturday morning at 9am at Lodmoor Country Park.