Wanstead Flats parkrun

VOLUNTEER APPEAL - WANSTEAD FLATS PARKRUN

The roster for Saturday 4th April (and the remainder of April …) is looking a bit bare. At the moment, we have no Timekeeper, Funnel Manager, Marshals (x2), Post-Event Closedown (x2) and would like at least one more Barcode Scanner to avoid long queues.

If you can help the parkrun(s) to go ahead, please check the roster (link below) for the vacant slots, and send an email to [email protected] stating which volunteer role you can fill and please include your parkrun ID number, so that we can allocate the correct “Jan Brown” or “John Smith”.

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wansteadflats/futureroster/

Thank you 🙏🏽
Wanstead Flats Volunteer Coordinator

future roster | Wanstead Flats parkrun Here is the volunteer roster for the next few weeks. If you'd like to volunteer at a future event please email [email protected]. To find out more, visit the volunteer page.

Morning Everyone 🙂
Just to make people aware a team will be volunteering at the Hackney Half on Sunday 17th May 2026 and we may have a couple of slots still available. Paul Lewis will confirm numbers to me later today before parkrun tomorrow so I can let people know during the RD briefing. It will be first come first served and you will receive a free entry into Hackney Half 2027 for your assistance. Anyone interested please drop a message here or see me tomorrow for details. See you tomorrow for a 9am prompt start!! 😊

We are investigating an issue with some of the results at today’s parkrun 14th March. Please let us know if you scanned but your time is missing in the results - please send an email to: [email protected]
(Please don’t reply in this FB post as it may not be checked in time)
Thank you

Please find the amazing run report from last week’s park-run (14th February) courtesy of Andrew Airey

Swampstead Flats!
A group of 60 of us left Bristol at 5:30 am this morning on a coach and a minibus, and 20 ran here and the others visited the mass love-in at Valentines.
After a wee and a tea break at South Mimms services, we all got to the start lines on time, even our coach driver.
Once Minaxi had done the first-timers briefing (8 first-ever parkrunners) and Paul, our RD for the day, welcomed us and explained what we needed to know, 223 of us set off for event 716. With today's event, Wanstead has just tipped over the 16,000 finishers mark.

First over the line was Aiden O'Driscoll only 9 seconds off his PB, second was Freddie Abrahams on his 21st run here and third was Alex McNulty who has done over half of his 81 runs at Wanstead. You know it is a tough course conditions when only 2 runners finish in under 20 mins.
First Female was experienced parkrunner Kasia Stachowiak who has over 250 finishes here. Second was first-time visitor Lindsey Kitching and third was Leona Sinclair who has ran all 15 of her parkruns in East London's best event!
Aiden an Freddie nabbed the highest age grades of the day with Mark Drake taking third spot with 69.15% on Valentine's Day!
The most runniest runners were all 500 shirt owners and they are Scott McMillan 628 runs, Paul Kaufman 554 and Alan Branch on 516. I sneaked in to 4th with 478 runs at 411 different locations.
Well done to Adrian Tooth for earning your 250 shirt and I hope it is on order already. You can order your milestone shirts ahead of completion by simply using someone else's ID number, it's so much nicer to have it on the day!
James Thomas bagged his 50th run whilst visiting from Wales, and Matthew Hinchcliffe claimed his purple 25 shirt and 24 of his runs have been here.

The course was a challenge with some large slippery areas of mud which felt tougher on the second lap. Just over ¼ of the finishers were first timers here (57) and 10 PBs were had.
21 volunteers ensured that this event went ahead today. There are so many roles you can do and still get a credit from Course Check, Event Set up & close down, Tail Walker, Park Walker (there was a very attractive one here today 🙂), First Timers welcome, Token Sorting, VI Guide, Barcode Scanning for the quicker runners and even writing the weekly report on the sofa with a cuppa and a packet of biscuits.

Our group headed to Spoons for breakfast before picking up the rest of our tourists from Valentines at 11:45 am. Some of them never managed to get breakfast in the local Spoons due to how busy it was!
We arrived back in Bristol, tired and muddy, just after 3:30 pm with our results in the bag and another successful Airey Airways trip.

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Hi everyone,

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Victoria Dock parkrun has shut down.

Over more than 7 years, our little parkrun-that-isn’t-in-a-park has been proud to welcome over 20,000 runners, joggers and parkwalkers to the dock area. Together we’ve celebrated countless PBs, milestones, first-timers, alphabet challenges completed, friendships formed and Saturday mornings made better – whatever the weather.

This would never have been possible without our amazing community. Thank you to our original core team who brought Victoria Dock parkrun to life, and to all our Event Directors over the years who gave so much time, care and energy to keep the event going week after week.

Most of all, we want to say a huge thank you to our volunteers. To those who volunteered regularly, repeatedly, and reliably – you are the reason Victoria Dock parkrun lasted as long as it did. To those who stepped up occasionally or even just once, your support truly mattered and helped make each event happen.

Like all parkrun events, Victoria Dock has always relied entirely on volunteers. Sadly, despite our best efforts, we’ve reached a point where we no longer have enough volunteers to continue the event sustainably. This has been the deciding factor in our decision to close.

We hope everyone reading this continues to support the wider parkrun community – whether by walking, running, cheering, or volunteering. Volunteering really is fundamental to parkrun, and even offering help occasionally can make a huge difference.

Thank you for the memories, the laughter, and the community spirit. We finish incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together.

Be kind to yourself, and be kind to others 💜

Thank you for the good times.

Apologies for the 59:59 processing glitch this morning (27 December). Just checking you’re all awake. 🫣
The results were reprocessed immediately and are showing correctly.

And, as ever, a special thanks to all the volunteers today. 🤗

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Hello everyone! Just a quick note to confirm that we will be holding bonus parkruns on Christmas Day 2025, and New Years Day 2026. See you there!

A huge well done to all 280 park runners today at Wanstead Flats Cake Fest 👏👏 a big thank you to our amazing volunteers today who make the event happen with lots of milestones this morning. Antonia Quinsee and Shrehan Lynch who both completed their 25th park runs, Lucy Jamieson completing her 100th park run and Jaroslava Collyer completing her 250th park run and finally Mr Alan Branch joining the 500th park run club 👏👏👏 a huge well done to all of you today!! 😊

Morning Everyone
Happy Park Run Day. Please do not forget to bring your Speedos and Swimsuits today as it looks more like parkrun/parkswim type of morning!! 🫣😬🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️🏊‍♂️ see you all for a 9am start 😊