parkrun Attendance and Milestone Stats for 21 December 2019 and 22 December 2019



In the UK there were 613 parkruns, 116,751 parkrunners and 13,007 volunteers, plus any pending results,

Worldwide there were 1,577 parkruns plus 297 junior parkruns, and the worldwide parkrun population was 239,028 parkrunners and 29,357 volunteers, plus any pending results,



14035 people got their parkrun barcode this week

7882 people became parkrunners this week

1520 parkrunners joined the 50 club

801 parkrunners joined the 100 club

101 parkrunners joined the 250 club

4 parkrunners joined the 500 club

355 parkrunners joined the v25 club

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Biggest UK parkruns: Bushy Park (1244), Southampton (867), Poole (749), Bramhall Park (726), Heaton Park (638), Conkers (603), Cardiff (595), Cannon Hill (572), Black Park (570), Newbury (565),

Median UK parkrun: Homewood (159),

Dunbar parkruns this week (150 +/- 5%): Hogmoor Inclosure (143), Elgin (144), Lanhydrock (144), Orpington (144), Prospect (144), Ashford (145), Barrow (145), Newborough Forest (145), Omagh (145), Sale Water (145), Cuerden Valley (146), Haldon Forest (146), Penrhyn (146), Wanstead Flats (146), Clair (147), Linwood (147), Brandon Country Park (148), Corby (148), MUSA Cookstown (149), Castle Howard (150), Llanelli Coast (150), Perry Hall (150), Springburn (151), Bramley (152), Druridge Bay (152), Dunfermline (153), Cross Flatts (154), Gadebridge (155), Bedfont Lakes (156), Penrose (156), Sheringham (157),

Smallest UK parkruns: Cape Pembroke Lighthouse (28), Swinfen* (25), Millom (24), Berwyn* (24), Rostrevor (22), Marshall Drive (22), Cotsford Fields (21), Gainsborough (19), Cheadle Hulme (16), Hilltop* (15), Tern Hill* (14), Hafan Pwllheli (14), Lower Drummans* (13), Wayland* (12), Girvan Prom (11), The Grange* (9), Sudbury* (9), Downview* (8), Cromhall* (8), Keppel* (7), Feltham* (7), Springhill* (6), Appleton Thorn* (6), Black Combe* (4), Bickershaw* (4),

(* Events marked with an asterisk are not open to the public, as they are in the grounds of a prison or YOI).

In the UK there were 3 new attendance records set: Bramhall Park (726), Levengrove (134), Sutton Manor (160),

There were 0 new UK parkruns:

Of the UK parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

422 parkruns had higher attendance than last week,

153 parkruns had lower attendance than last week,

Bickershaw, Black Combe, Swinfen, Wetherby, Crathes Castle, Catterick, Alvaston, Hove Promenade, Belton House, had precisely the same as last week,

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Bramhall Park, with a change of 467,

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Holy Cross College, with a change of 289%,

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Nonsuch, with a change of -161,

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was South Oxhey, with a change of -66%.

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UK Anniversaries this week:-

Congleton parkrun was 7 years old

Darlington South Park parkrun was 7 years old

Mersea Island parkrun was 3 years old

Millom parkrun was 3 years old

Melksham parkrun was 2 years old

Selby parkrun was 2 years old

Kew Woods parkrun was 1 year old

Woolacombe Dunes parkrun was 1 year old



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UK Cancellations this week:-

Sixfields Upton parkrun (Flooded and waterlogged course unaccessible)

Great Denham parkrun (course flooded)

Great Cornard parkrun (weather conditions)

Dunstable Downs parkrun (Course flooded)

Clare Castle parkrun (FLOODING. Cut through also inaccessible.)

Chelmsford Central parkrun (Extensive flooding from overflowing river.)

Bury St Edmunds parkrun (Park, car park and road flooded - rangers decision)

Brundall parkrun (Course is wet muddy & slippery after days of rain)

Brentwood parkrun (park waterlogged and access unsafe)

Billericay parkrun (very wet and hazardous course conditions)

Parc parkrun (No Run scheduled)

Clifton parkrun (flooded course)

Dishley parkrun, Loughborough (flooded course)

Kettering parkrun (Waterlogged course)

Watermeadows parkrun (Course is waterlogged)

Gateshead parkrun (Saltwell 10k taking place in the park)

Antrim parkrun (Enchanted Garden event. Route not useable.)

Edinburgh parkrun (Black ice; key paths unusable)

Portobello parkrun, Edinburgh (Icy conditions)

Abingdon parkrun (Flooding on the course)

Aylesbury parkrun (flooded)

Banbury parkrun (very wet and hazardous course conditions)

Bicester parkrun (Flooded course)

Great Notley parkrun (Park waterlogged)

Huntingdon parkrun (Flooding on course)

Lingwood parkrun (The course is waterlogged and not safe to run)

Mulbarton parkrun (very wet and hazardous course conditions)

Pocket parkrun (Waterlogged course.)

Roding Valley parkrun (Both courses are flooded)

South Woodham Ferrers parkrun (course flooded and very slippery/unsafe)

Thomas Mills parkrun (course flooded)

Wimpole Estate parkrun (Quagmire of a car park)

Great Dunmow parkrun (Conditions waterlogged)

Clapham Common parkrun (Course waterlogged / unsafe)

Walthamstow parkrun (Course is waterlogged and too dangerous to run:-()

Bromley parkrun (Flooded Course)

Maidstone parkrun (Flooding)

Malling parkrun (Lakes have burst banks and paths are under water)

Oxford parkrun (Rain saturated course)

Reading parkrun (Flooding)

Sittingbourne parkrun (Dangerous waterlogged course)

Squerryes Winery parkrun (course flooded)

Tonbridge parkrun (Course flooded.)

Witney parkrun (course waterlogged)

Woking parkrun (Course partially flooded)

Brooklands parkrun (Unsafe conditions along the River Wey path)

Bracknell parkrun (Council has requested due to park conditions)

Longrun Meadow parkrun (Longrun Meadow is flooded!)

Marlborough Common parkrun (To protect course - now saturated and very soft)

Melksham parkrun (Flooded Course)

Ross-on-Wye parkrun (Waterlogged course following yet another flood :()

Salisbury parkrun (Flooding and poor course conditions.)

Lymington Woodside parkrun (Council decision as Woodside Park is waterlogged.)

Higginson parkrun, Marlow (Route flooded.Flood warnings-river still rising...)

Hazelwood parkrun (Course is waterlogged)

Harcourt Hill parkrun (Heavily water-logged course. Not just a bit muddy.)

Guildford parkrun (park too wet/soft)

Eastleigh parkrun (Waterlogged course and flood warning in place)

Eastbourne parkrun (severe flooding)

Dinton Pastures parkrun (Both normal and alternate courses are flooded)

Didcot parkrun (Rain saturated course)

Chipping Norton School parkrun (Waterlogged course, Glyme Lane very hard to pass)

Buckingham parkrun (Flooding on the course)

Somerdale Pavilion parkrun (Course so waterlogged even the ducks aren't happy)

Chasewater parkrun (Water logged course)

Tewkesbury parkrun (Course is flooded)

Thornbury parkrun (waterlogged course again :()

Yeovil Montacute parkrun (Waterlogged course)

Kingsbury Water parkrun (Flooding in the park)

Stratford-upon-Avon parkrun (Course Flooded)

Worcester Pitchcroft parkrun (Flooding on the course)

Isabel Trail parkrun (Impassable water obstruction on the course)

Evesham parkrun (Course was flooded)

Churchfields Farm parkrun (course is too wet and muddy, dangerous)

New Earswick parkrun (The course is currently waterlogged.)

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Biggest parkruns worldwide: North Beach, South Africa (1353), Bushy Park, UK (1244), George, South Africa (1030), Rietvlei, South Africa (921), Southampton, UK (867), Root 44, South Africa (840), PE Hobie Beach, South Africa (838), Umhlanga, South Africa (792), Botanical Garden, South Africa (783), Delta, South Africa (782),



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Worldwide:

14035 people got their parkrun barcode this week

7882 people became parkrunners this week

5605 parkrunners did their 'difficult second parkrun' this week

4933 parkrunners completed their parkrun hat trick this week

42384 of 2919164 (1.5%) of runners on 1-9 parkruns, ran this week

27203 of 446729 (6.1%) of runners on 10-19 parkruns, ran this week

19703 of 183257 (10.8%) of runners on 20-29 parkruns, ran this week

15360 of 98852 (15.5%) of runners on 30-39 parkruns, ran this week

12911 of 59708 (21.6%) of runners on 40-49 parkruns, ran this week



1520 parkrunners joined the 50 club

42857 of 145716 (29.4%) of runners on 50-99 parkruns, ran this week



801 parkrunners joined the 100 club

22376 of 53194 (42.1%) of runners on 100-149 parkruns, ran this week



323 parkrunners ran their 150th parkrun this week

12010 of 21484 (55.9%) of runners on 150-199 parkruns, ran this week



206 parkrunners ran their 200th parkrun this week

6529 of 9834 (66.4%) of runners on 200-249 parkruns, ran this week



101 parkrunners joined the 250 club

3359 of 4846 (69.3%) of runners on 250-299 parkruns, ran this week



37 parkrunners ran their 300th parkrun this week

1550 of 2042 (75.9%) of runners on 300-349 parkruns, ran this week



19 parkrunners ran their 350th parkrun this week

669 of 821 (81.5%) of runners on 350-399 parkruns, ran this week



8 parkrunners ran their 400th parkrun this week

273 of 336 (81.3%) of runners on 400-449 parkruns, ran this week



2 parkrunners ran their 450th parkrun this week

124 of 139 (89.2%) of runners on 450-499 parkruns, ran this week



4 parkrunners joined the 500 club

77 of 85 (90.6%) of runners on 500-599 parkruns, ran this week



0 parkrunners ran their 600th parkrun this week

10 of 12 (83.3%) of runners on 600-699 parkruns, ran this week



0 parkrunners ran their 700th parkrun this week

1 of 1 (100.0%) of runners on 700-799 parkruns, ran this week



New members of the 500 Club: - Chris COWELL, Dave WILSON, Matt LANE, Stephen COONEY,

New members of the Hoffman Club (50 different events in their first 50 parkruns): - none this week,

New members of the Cowell Club (100 different events): - Steven ALDER, Stephen PORRITT, Pieter E DU PLESSIS, Paul MCGOEY, Michael WILKINSON, Mel GILBERT, Mary CONNOLLY, Joe LAW, Adrian POPE,

New members of the Freyne Club (250 different events): - none this week,

New members of the Clark Club (500 volunteer occasions): - none this week,

Well done to the 355 hi-viz heroes who joined the Volunteer 25 club this week: Adam SMITH, Ahmad ABU-GHABA, Ai Keow JUMELLE, Aiden DEWHIRST, Aileen GALVIN, Aimee PEACOCK, Alex LI, Alex MACLEOD, Alexandra ROWE, Alfred BUCKLEY, Alison JONES, Alison THORBURN, Amy GOUGH, Amy JOHNSON, Amy LUDEWIG, Amy SWALLOW, Andre DAVEL, Andrew BRIND, Andrew FORD, Andrew LYON, Andrew ROBERTS, Andrew SANGSTER, Andrew SNELL, Andrew VARLEY, Andries VAN DEN BERG, Andy DEVINE, Angela LEWIS, Angela STARK, Angelita ROTHWELL, Anita GRIMES, Anna SIMLAT, Anna TRYNISZEWSKA, Anna TUKE, Anne DUNNE, Anne KENDALL, Antony ALLEN, Ash And Reiff (Buggymeister) GREEN, Ashley WEEDON, Barry PHILLIPS, Bobbi TOGNERI, Bradley SWALLOW, Brendan DEVLIN, Brian J SULLIVAN, Brian PUDDICOMBE, Brian ROBSON, Brian STEVENSON, Bridget Nwasom OKONYE, Bruce SARJENT, Bruce WELCHMAN, Carien WESSELS, Carmel CAMPBELL, Carole ROBERTS, Caroline BANE, Caroline HARRISON, Caroline IRWIN, Caroline NAYLOR, Catherine BEVAN, Catherine HAUGHNEY, Celine DAY, Ceri GALLUCCI, Charles MCALINDEN, Charles ROBERTS, Charles SHORT, Charnelle SNYMAN, Chris DUNN, Chris KITCHENER, Chris LEIGH, Christian MERTES, Christopher HANCOX, Christopher SCHWIER, Christopher SUGDEN, Cindy SMITH, Clair HIBBERT, Colin FLETCHER, Colin MULFORD, Craig ALDERSON, Daniel O'GRADY, Daou CAMARA, Dave BAILEY, Dave LEWIS, David BROOS, David HOWELL, David KEEN, David O BRIEN, David SALTER, David STEWART, David WEALES, Dawn CHURM, Dawn SURREY, Debbie DISTIN, Debby FU, Deborah STOKER, Denise TAYLOR, Doug RATTRAY, Duncan WATERSTON, Edna BURMAN, Elaine WITHNAIL, Elijah TAIYE, Elizabeth MORRIS, Elizabeth SKURKA, Emilia IVANOVA, Emily KWAN, Enda O'HANLON, Eric KIRBY, Esme GOUWS, Ethan James GRAY, Ethan WRIGHT, Eugene MCCROHAN, Faye NORTHE, Fiona CARMICHAEL, Fiona MUTCH, Fleur HALSEY, Gale CUBITT, George ANDERSON, George REES, Georgina ROBERTSON, Gerry YATES, Gillian METZ, Giuseppe PROSTON, Glenys HURST-ROBSON, Graham PREEN, Guy WALKER, Harry ALDERSON, Hazel EVANS, Heather BEMBRIDGE, Heather CARR, Hefina EVANS, Helen LIPSCOMB, Hendrik GROENEWALD, Hendrik LOTZ, Hesmarie FOURIE, Hitesh RANCHHOD, Holly O'MEARA, Iain SIDEY, Ian THOMSON, Imogen Anne TAYLOR, Inge MARCUS, Isobel JOHNSTON, Ita O'FARRELL, Ivana KOOLEN, Izak VOLLGRAAFF, Jacob MACKENZIE, James BURLING, James PADVIS, Jamie ROSS, Jan MCALL, Jane HULLIS, Jane MACSWAYNE, Jane SPURIN, Jane TAYLOR, Jarosław FRĄCZYK, Jarosław JÓŹWIAK, Jasmine BOTHA-NAND, Jason LAWSON, Jayne HARDER, Jennifer HOYLE, Jenny BROWN, Jerzy BORUCIŃSKI, Jo MORRISSON, Jo TORK, Joanna BARLOW, Joanna DANIEL, Joanne FOSTER, Joanne WYKES, Jocelyn RANDALL, Joel BAMSEY, John BRADLEY, John DUCKWORTH, John STEVENS, Jon LAND, Jon WILLIAMS, Jonathan MURRIN, Joseph GRAY, Joseph O'GRADY, Joseph PARNUM, Juanita MCFARLIN, Judith BRAND, Judy SHARMAN, Julie BULL, Julie O'NEILL, Jurie WESSELS, Kai OOI, Karen JACKSON, Karen MORSE, Karen SMITH, Karen STRONG, Kate BARROW, Kate MCDONNELL, Katherine DOSE, Kathrin KOBUS, Katie HILTON, Katy BRINICOMBE, Kerri COOPER, Kev HOWARTH, Kevin David EDWARDS, Kevin HARRIS, Kevin HUGHES, Kieran GODFREY, Kirsty HORNE, Kobus STEENEKAMP, Krysia HURLO, Kym MARKINSON, Lara WEBB, Laura DAVIES, Laura GOSBELL, Laurie JEFFS, Lawrence HARRISON, Leana FOULKES, Leanne BLUCK, Lech SERAFIN, Leigh GLEADHILL, Leon SYMINGTON, Leonvz TOURING, Leszek SŁUŻEWSKI, Liam KENNY, Liana OLIVIER, Linda DOBNER, Lisa MINCHIN, Lorna BAILEY, Lorraine KELLETT, Lorraine LONGMUIR, Louise GOODWIN, Louise SMITH, Lucy RODRIGUES, Luke HARRIS, Lyn MARAIS, Lynn MOIR, Lynsey PALMER, Maksymilian Roman KŁEMBUKOWSKI, Mandy ELLIS, Margaret MORRIS, Margaret TATHAM, Margreth PRICE, Marius SAULS, Mark BEVAN, Mark ORMISTON, Mark SHELTON, Martin KAY, Martin PALMIERI, Martin UYS, Mary PATON, Maureen BURKE, Maurice KING, Maxine SLADE, Megan EATON, Michael ASCOTT, Michael GALLOP, Michael GIBBONS, Michael MURTAGH, Michael TELFORD, Michelle O'DONOGHUE, Mike HILL, Mike KENNERLEY, Mike LAMB, Mike POWELL, Mohammad Khurram MAHBOOB, Moss INNS, Natalie CUNNINGHAM, Nathalie MITCHELL, Nick FRERE, Nicki BUCKETT, Nicola BOURNE, Nonhlanhla MTHOMBENI, Ole DODWELL, Oliver LEADBETTER, Oliver WILLIAMS, Olivia CLARKE, Orlagh DARRAGH, Owen VARLEY, Pamela WHEELER, Patricia FORAN, Paul FINCH, Paul MALONE, Paul NELSON, Paula ROBERTS, Peter AYLOTT, Peter GREEN, Phil JONES, Philippa DAVEY, Phoebe ATKIN, Poroani STEPHENS, Rebecca GLYNN, Rebecca LAING, Regula UHLMANN, Rhoda LEWIS, Richard DIX, Richard ROULSON, Richard STREET, Robert BELL, Robert SALES, Robyn SCHNEIDEWIN, Rochelle SOUTHON, Roger HERBERT, Roger LEE, Romaine HUMPHREYS, Rosalind SADLER, Rosie ADAMSON, Ruth BUTLER, Ruth JACK, Ryan HORSFIELD, Ryan PRICE, Samantha KEDWARDS, Sarah ABBOTT, Sarah ANDERSON, Sarah KAPUA, Sarah POLLOCK, Satnam SINGH, Sean LYNCH, Sharleen BACHELOR, Sharon HAYLETT, Sharon ROWLEY, Sharon SAMSON, Sharon TEE, Shaun CONWAY, Shaun DONOVAN, Shaun NICHOLLS, Shauneez SANDERS, Shirley LAWSON, Shirley VICK, Siobhan BELL, Solly SUKHADIA, Sophy TARSEY, Stephanie LARKIN, Stephen HULL, Steve HACKETT, Steve HAWES, Steve MILLER-RATCLIFFE, Steven CARTER, Steven UTTERIDGE, Stuart MCINTOSH, Sufiyan SIDDIQUE, Susan GREEN, Susannah WALDREN, Susie NORWOOD, Suzie MCMILLAN, Teresa KELLY, Terry BATES, Thembeka SHABALALA, Theodore FALLA, Thomas SAUKA, Thomas SHADWELL, Tim HILL, Tony MCELHINNEY, Tracey MAY, Wendy HOLT, Will FROST, Xinshuang WEI, Yaseen SATTAR, Yogini SIGAMONEY, Zoë JOHNSON, Елена ЛИТВИНОВА, Максим КУЧЕРОВ, Марина АНДРОНОВА, Наталия АБЫЗОВА, Светлана ОЛЕЙНИК.