The Course

Royal Tunbridge Wells is in Kent, England and has had a parkrun since 2014. It takes place in Dunorlan Park (postcode TN2 3QA) on the east of the town.

The start and finish are by the cafe at the top of a steep hill. You run down that to the lake and then do two full laps of the park. The top half is mostly on hard paths and the lower half on grass. That was all dry, but very rutted in parts in May, but looks likely to be muddy in winter. As with any cross-country course you need to watch your footing. I saw at least one buggy there, but it would be tricky for those. On the rutted parts there was generally a narrow bit that was smooth.

It goes up and down a bit with the big climb up to the finish, but you have to do that twice. That makes it less than ideal for getting a personal best time. It seems to get over three hundred participants.

Transport

I jogged there, but there are car parks that cost £1/hour with the possibility of free parking on neighbouring roads.

Facilities

The cafe is by the finish and it has toilets. I did not use either of those.

Conclusions

It is definitely a challenging course and so rewarding when you finish. It is also quite pretty.

You can see my run here.