Woolacombe Dunes parkrun

04/09/2026

🏖 Here is your weekly, reminder of the travel & parking options for our event 👇 please read it carefully.

🔈🔊 TRAVEL & PARKING INFORMATION🔈🔊 post.

⏰Plan your journey in advance and aim to arrive as early as possible, anytime from 8am, leaving extra time to accommodate the business tourist season.

The car park at Marine Drive operated by North Devon National Trust so members can park for free, don’t forget your card! 🎫🎟✅️

If you would like to join the trust and benefit from free parking, you can do so on the day after the event, though we recommend signing up beforehand to help keep things moving and to avoid delays, which you can do throughout the week at the Marine Drive parking hut or with our friends at Woolacombe Tourist Information Centre

Otherwise, parking is chargeable for a day pass at Marine Drive. The day pass allows you leave and return again later in the day. Other parking is available elsewhere in the village as indicated on the photo, please check with Woolacombe Tourist Information Centre for latest info on parking and charges.

⚠️🛑 We politely request that everyone respects the speed limit 🐌🦥 and drives safely, considerately & respectfully in our small village & along Marine Drive car park ⚠️🛑

See you tomorrow ☀️🌅🌞🌈🧡🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

03/09/2026

Who doesn't love a stat!

With thanks to Nick from Shinfield running club we checked out the new infographics created from our event history page: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/woolacombedunes/results/eventhistory/

02/09/2026

Thank you to regular volunteer & park runner Chris for this weeks volunteer viewpoint event report: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/woolacombedunes/news/2026/09/02/woolacombe-dunes-parkrun-event-339-the-viewpoint-of-a-volunteer/

"The course at Woolacombe is described as the fourth hardest in the country, yes it may be, but it is also one of the most beautiful. Set between Morte and Baggy points the golden sand stretches between the two and a mile of it is part of the course so there is a flat section!"

If you'd like to find out more about how you can support us each week visit: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/woolacombedunes/volunteer/

To see the breakdown of result visit:
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/woolacombedunes/results/2026-08-29/

02/09/2026

Join Families in Grief for their fantastic Barney to Beach 2026 event 🏙️👉🏻🏖️🌴

30/08/2026

We enjoyed watching Milton Keynes parkrun Run Director Nathan's tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton and wanted to share so you can all enjoy it too 🧡🎤

30/08/2026

An exotic tourism parkrun post today from regular marshal Andrew who helped out over the pond in beautiful Canada at Spanish Banks Beach parkrun at the weekend 😎🧡

Where have the rest of you been touristing ?

28/08/2026

This write up should whet your appetite for tomorrow's event: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/woolacombedunes/news/2026/08/27/woolacombe-dunes-parkrun-event-338-the-chosen-one/

Huge thanks to Samantha and Victoria from Rendlesham Forest parkrun who chose our event for their 200th different location and shared this lovely write up with us 🙏🏻

"From the moment we arrived at Marine Drive carpark (free parking for North Devon National Trust members), we knew we had made a great decision. It was a bright, warm and sunny morning and the views from the car parking area, high above the bay and across the wide sandy beach made it worth the 7 hour drive from Suffolk"

Woolacombe Dunes parkrun – event #338 – The chosen one Posted on August 27, 2026 by woolacombedunesoffice We had deliberated for ages about the venue for our run on 22nd August 2026, since it was the date that we would be running at our 200th different venue, and as such, wanted to visit somewhe...