UK parkrun Attendance Stats - 4th March 2017

Biggest parkruns: Bushy Park (1186), Southampton (873), Poole (771), Coventry (733), Cannon Hill (706), Huddersfield (696), Cardiff (657), Heaton Park (638), Bromley (634), Sheffield Hallam (618).

Median parkrun: Blickling (192).

Smallest parkruns: Fritton Lake (38), Bevendean Down (38), Wetherby (35), Ganavan Sands (35), Drumchapel (35), Limavady (34), Stonehaven (29), Larne (27), South Oxhey (25), Millom (25).

New records / new parkruns: St Albans (501), Rickmansworth (456), Stewart (365), Comber (321), Congleton (291), Hackney Marshes (264), Portsmouth Lakeside (216), Goole (146).

There were 437 parkruns, 8 cancellations, and the total UK 5K parkrun population was 99927.

 

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

204 parkruns had higher attendance than last week,

211 parkruns had lower attendance than last week,

Ellesmere Port, Pendle, Springburn, Antrim, Peter Pan, Bramley, Torbay Velopark, Greenwich, Tilgate, had precisely the same as last week,

The biggest increase in attendance (in terms of absolute numbers) was Comber, with a change of 253

The biggest increase in attendance (in terms of percentages) was Comber, with a change of 372%

The biggest drop in attendance (in terms of absolute numbers) was Limavady, with a change of -146

The biggest drop in attendance (in terms of percentages) was Limavady, with a change of -81%

 

A big week for Comber parkrun this week, smashing last week’s 68 and previous record attendance 244 with an attendance of 321. There was no way of knowing this total at the start of the run of course, but I like to think it was inadvertently alluded to by the starter shouting: 3, 2, 1, go!