Keep your kids active at Junior parkrun

Getting your kids active early in life is good for them (and potentially good for you if it tires them out).  Junior parkrun is a great way to help your child keep fit, healthy and socialise with other children in the local area.

The Junior parkrun events are 2km events for children aged between 4 and 14 years. Best of all they’re FREE. Children can walk, jog or run the course (but let’s be honest kids love running!). At the end of the course, they get a time. You don’t need to book a place at a run just show up on the day.

They are held around open space areas in the UK. They start at 9 am every Sunday and junior parkruns are open to all, free, and they are safe and easy to take part in. If you are not a junior you can go along to one of the 5km weekly Saturday parkrun events instead.

To get a time for the run you need to register with parkrun on their website. Then you can print off your child’s barcode, to be scanned at the end of the run. You can register your child with parkrun here.

View all the Junior parkruns listed on our directory. You can then find the one nearest to you to take your child to.

Hertfordshire Junior parkruns

Here is a list of all the junior parkruns in Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, with links to the course page of the website, Remember you don’t need to book runs, just show up on the day and remember your child’s barcode.

Hitchin junior parkruns

Pinehill Park, off Chiltern Road, Hitchin, SG4 9PL

Stevenage junior parkruns

Hampson Park, Webb Rise, Stevenage, SG1 5QU

Welwyn Garden City junior parkruns

King George V Playing Fields, Beehive Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4BP

Abbots Langley junior parkruns

Leavesden Country Park, College Rd, Abbots Langley, WD5 0NX. 

Hertford junior parkruns

Hartham Common, Hartham Lane, Hertford, SG14 1QR

Cheshunt parkruns

Cheshunt Park, Park Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross EN7 6QD

Bushy junior parkruns

King George Recreation Ground, King George Avenue, Bushey, WD23 4NT.

Friary Park Junior parkruns

Friary Park, Friary Road, Barnet, N12 9PQ.

Harlow Junior parkruns

Harlow Town Park, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2QG

Wardown Junior parkruns

Wardown Park, Old Bedford Road, Luton, LU2 7HA

Roding Valley Junior parkruns

Roding Valley Recreational Park, Highwood Lane, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3LX

Wimpole Estate Junior parkruns

Wimpole Estate, Arrington, Royston, SG8 0BW.

We hope your child has fun running at their local parkruns, please share this post to let your friends know or why not get them along and then go for a coffee after!

If you have a children’s/ parent’s event you would like to promote you can add it to our events page. You can list your event here.