parkrun tourism
Come and join us as we visit numerous parkruns around the country. Your parkrun barcode is valid at all parkruns. If you haven’t got a barcode yet, register for one. Check out the BPJ Tourist Board Facebook page for information on car sharing to the events and share your photos from any other parkrun tours that you go on. Don’t forget your club kit! Thanks to Lucy and Mat Capel for co-ordinating the fixtures and promoting parkrun tourism.
2025 fixtures
The following are the ‘official’ tourist fixtures. These are also champions league events. There is lots of other tourism going on from week to week usually organised via the BPJ Tourist Board Facebook group.
- Cheltenham - 22nd March
- Walsall Arboretum - 12th April
- University Park - 2nd March
- Eastville - 27th July
2025 parkrun tourism challenge
The 2025 parkrun tourism challenge is 'Pears in the Parks'. To complete the challenge you must complete the following parkruns within 2025. Each of the parkruns have been chosen for its connection to a park, whether it's running through a traditional park or has a connection in its name:
Previous BPJ parkrun challenges
Peter Darwen set up the original challenges for members to try and spell out different phrases in a calendar year. Members completing the challenge earned a bespoke medal.
2024 - Pears in the Woods
The 2024 parkrun tourism challenge was 'Pears in the Woods'. To complete the challenge you must complete the following parkruns that were within reasonable distance from Worcester, but all related to Woods.
2024 'Pears in the Woods' challenge progress
2023 - Brumdone
The 2023 parkrun tourism challenge was 'Brumdone'. To complete the challenge you must complete the following parkruns that were within the Birmingham (and some slightly outside) area.
2023 'Brum-done' challenge progress
2022 – Seven Severn
The 2022 challenge was to complete seven of the parkruns that are within a mile of the river Severn: Newtown, Shrewsbury, Severn Valley Country Park, Worcester Pitchcroft, Gloucester City, Berkeley Green and Severn Bridge.
2022 ‘Seven Severn’ challenge progress
2021: M’FRIENDS
With parkruns only just resuming in July, it hasn’t left much time to complete a challenge, so we extended the 2020 challenge. Also, with Yeovil being permanently cancelled and the closest ‘Y’ was 3 hours away, the challenge was changed to the Northern sounding ‘M’FRIENDS’.
2020-2021 ‘M’FRIENDS’ challenge progress
2020: MYFRIENDS
The challenge was cut short when all parkruns were cancelled due to the global Covid-19 pandemic in March. Only 1 member managed to complete and spell out ‘MYFRIENDS’, with the ‘Y’ being a tricky one; either York or Yeovil.
2020 ‘MYFRIENDS’ challenge progress
2019: BLACKPEARS
The first year of the challenge saw 46 members complete and spell out ‘BLACKPEARS’. The ‘R’ proved the trickiest for most; Ross-on-Wye was the closest, but was plagued with cancellations due to flooding and heavy rain. Members had to venture out to Rugby or Newport (Riverfront).