Thursday (Clapham)

General information

Meeting time: 6.50pm
Meet: Clapham Leisure Centre, 141 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6BX.
Run starts: 7.00pm
Distance: 3 or 6 miles (5 or 10 km)
Route: 1 loop of Clapham common, including Battersea park for the longer route.
Post-run social: The Sun, 47 Old Town, SW4 0JL followed by The Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ, from 9.00/9.30 onwards.

Route map
Additional information

Upon arrival, please introduce yourself to the reception as a member of the London Frontrunners and kindly wait to be given access.

Nearest stations are Clapham North (~5 minutes), Clapham High Street (~4 minutes), Clapham Common (~6 minutes).

Note: Thursday track sessions meet at Millennium Arena, Battersea park. See the track pages for details.

Changing rooms: There is one male-identifying and one female-identifying group changing rooms available to us (group changing rooms 3 and 4). There are also a large number of individual changing rooms available. These are all located in the wet side/swimming area which has a strict no shoes policy. Plastic shoe covers are provided but we encourage the use of flip-flops or going barefoot.

Bag drop, and lockers: The group changing rooms will be locked during the run and can be used as a bag drop. There are also lockers which require a £1 coin or token.

Routes: Completely flat. There is a 5K option (view on Mapometer) and a 10k option (view on Mapometer).

If you have any special requirements please let us know by emailing [email protected] and we would be happy to advise.

Risk assessment

As part of the Club’s ongoing efforts to ensure and maintain the health and safety of Club members, a risk assessment of the Thursday Clapham run has been carried out.

This risk assessment and the accompanying map highlight all of the hazards and potential hazards on the route including points where runners need to cross roads. It is recommended that all runners should familiarise themselves with the risk assessment and map before embarking on the run.