Date: Saturday 17th May 2025
Time: 12pm arrival (access from 11.45am) for a 12.15pm start
Venue: Parkside Link Road West, WA12 8DB, What3Words: streaming.flicks.renewal
Organised by St Helens Borough Coucil, this community event offers a unique opportunity to walk, jog, or run the full 2-kilometre stretch of road - completely traffic-free, before it opens to vehicles later in May. Goodies are on offer for those who take part.
This fun event is for all abilities, you can take part with friends and family and run or walk round the tree-lined, undulating route. It provides a great chance for local people to see firsthand, the scale of investment that's gone into transforming connectivity in Newton-le-Willows and the wider borough.
With parking unavailable at the site, participants are encouraged to walk to the event if possible, via Mill Lane/Winwick Road A49.
A small shuttle bus service will also be in operation. Pickup locations are as follows:
- Earlestown Bus Station 11:10 / 11:15 / 11:20 / 11:25
- Newton-le-Willows Health & Fitness 11:20 / 11:25 / 11:30 / 11:35
- High Street/Rob Lane Bus Stop (near to Jump Pad Estate Agents, 34-34a High St, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9SN) 11:25 / 11:30 / 11:35 / 11:40
- Newton-le-Willows Train Station 11:30 / 11:35 / 11:40 / 11:45
- Drop off at Parkside Link Road Entrance (West)
The shuttle buses will also provide a return service to the above locations, leaving the event at 13:30 / 13:40 / 13:50 / 14:00
Entry is free, simply book your place to register.
If you have any further queries, please email sportsdevelopment@sthelens.gov.uk
*By signing up to take part in the Parkside Link Road Community Event - Fun Run/Walk, you confirm that you are medically fit and well enough to participate and that St Helens Borough Council cannot be held responsible or liable for any injury or health issues sustained by your participation in the event.
St Helens Borough Council takes the use and storage of your information seriously. The information you share with us will allow us to provide you with details about this event and related sport and physical activity sessions. Your information will be held by the Council for 12 months and then deleted in line with our schedule of destruction for personal information. For more information, to access your own information or to request that your information is deleted, please contact us on 01744 673474 or email dataprotection@sthelens.gov.uk. To view our full privacy policy, please visit www.sthelens.gov.uk.
