Meeting time: 6.50pm
Meet: The Greenwich Centre, 12 Lambarde Square, SE10 9HB.
Run starts: 7.00pm
Distance: 3 or 6 miles (5 or 10 km)
Route: 1 or 2 loops of the Greenwich park.
Post-run social: The Pelton Arms, 23-25 Pelton Road, SE10 9PQ
Summer Route
- The suggested summer route(s) is clockwise around the park as follows:
- Run west from The Greenwich Centre towards the centre of Greenwich
- Turn up Maze Hill, and enter the park
- Run up the park path parallel to Maze Hill.
- At the top of the park there is then an optional additional triangle before descending on the steep path adjacent to Crooms Hill.
- Return to the Maze Hill gate where one entered the park, and either head back to The Greenwich Centre, or repeat for a second lap of the park.
One lap with the optional triangle (as shown in Red + Red-dashed) is approx 5km.
Continuing for a second lap with the optional triangle (as shown in Blue + Blue-dashed) takes the distance to around 8km. Some people don’t like the steep descent and choose to take the wider path (as shown in Orange), or indeed run in entirely the opposite direction.
Winter Route
- Turn out of The Greenwich Centre and run immediately up Vanburgh Hill, continuing until this joins Maze Hill, and on to the top south-east corner of the outside of Greenwich Park.
- Follow Charlton Way across the top of the park
- Descend down Crooms Hill.
- Turn right at The Rose & Crown and then immediately left and again right to join the main road.
- If running one lap then head back along the main road to return to The Greenwich Centre, otherwise turn up Park Row + Park Vista to ascend Maze Hill and continue around the outside of the park for a second lap, before then returning along the main road.
One lap (as shown in Red + Red-dashed) is approx 5km.
Continuing for a second lap (as shown in Blue + Blue-dashed) takes the distance to around 8km.
Arrive from 6.30pm, let the receptionist know you’re with London Frontrunners and they’ll let you through the gates. Go down the stairs to the dry side changing (for non-gendered changing use the wet side).
The winter route: From the Greenwich Centre, up Vanbrugh Hill, around the outer perimeter of Greenwich Park and back is 4.8km. Runners may double up and do two laps.
Terrain: Mostly flat on pavement, one/two uphill section(s) of approx. 600m (Vanbrugh Hill & Maze Hill) and one / two downhill (Crooms Hill)
To use the lockers, you’ll need a £1 coin (refundable) or a token for the dry-changing room, and a 20p coin (non-refundable) for the wet-changing room.
If you have any special requirements please let us know by emailing [email protected] and we would be happy to advise.
To get to the Greenwich run:
- Trains – Farringdon/ Blackfriars/ Cannon Street/ London Bridge to Maze Hill (4 minutes)
- Underground – North Greenwich and bus (129, 188, 422)
- DLR – Cutty Sark (15-20 minutes or bus)
- Buses – 53, 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386
- Cycleway 4 and Cycleway 10 (ex-Quietway 1) are nearby.
- Santander Cycles only go as far as Island Gardens (then foot tunnel
or DLR from Island Gardens to Cutty Sark) - Thames Clipper to Greenwich – from London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Westferry, Woolwich
As part of the Club’s ongoing efforts to ensure and maintain the health and safety of Club members, a risk assessment of the new 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 the road, where cars might come in and out of side roads, blind spots and narrows pavements. All runners should familiarise themselves with the risk assessment and map before embarking on the run.