UK parkrun Attendance - 5th May 2018

Huge new UK record total, first time over 140,000 parkrunners!

 

Biggest parkruns: Bushy Park (1479), Southampton (1079), Cannon Hill (901), Poole (865), Chelmsford Central (771), Heaton Park (767), Cardiff (743), Bromley (735), Black Park (732), Huddersfield (721).

Median parkrun: Nostell (238).

Smallest parkruns: Knowsley (43), Bressay (43), Gainsborough (40), Millom (34), Bevendean Down (34), Drumchapel (28), Cheadle Hulme (27), Lower Drummans (26), Black Combe (22), Wayland (16).

New records / new parkruns: Cheltenham (579), Wycombe Rye (547), Great Lines (535), Lincoln (526), Bexley (525), Worthing (514), Markeaton (501), Southsea (497), Gorleston (440), Winchester (402), Ally Pally (379), Plymvalley (362), Castle Park (349), Oak Hill (302), Dartford (293), Folkestone (285), Sixfields Upton (273), Ecos (228), Grangemoor (227), Dunfermline (221), Bedworth (211), Heartlands (209), Street (206), Boston (175), Llanerchaeron (113), New Earswick (109), Fort William (88), Prospect (56).

There were 521 parkruns, 8 cancellations, and the total UK 5K parkrun population was 140038 parkrunners and 10973 volunteers.

 

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

376 parkruns had higher attendance than last week,

135 parkruns had lower attendance than last week,

Bevendean Down and Burgess had precisely the same as last week,

The biggest increase in attendance (in terms of absolute numbers) was Bushy Park, with a change of 270,

The biggest increase in attendance (in terms of percentages) was Clifton, with a change of 155%,

The biggest drop in attendance (in terms of absolute numbers) was Roundhay, with a change of -100,

The biggest drop in attendance (in terms of percentages) was Wayland, with a change of -57%.