Sheffield 5k 2023
Sheffield 5k
Sunday 11 Jun 2023
£15.99 Adults | £11.00 Children
This is a 5k for everyone. This is thousands of people uniting with one purpose - to raise valuable funds for life-saving research.
Key Information
Date: Sunday 11 Jun 2023
Time: 11:00
Adults: £15.99
Children: £11.00
Young Adults: £15.99
Under 6 entry (Girls and boys): free and no registration needed
Venue: Graves Park, off Cobnar Road, Sheffield, S8 8QE View map
Distance: 5k
Course information
Our 5k event offers a single lap route around the grounds of Graves Park starting near the animal farm , the route takes participants around the boating lake, between the cattle fields, around the cricket fields and through Cobnar Woods. The course terrain is a even mix of path, woodland trials and grass and does involve some hills between 3-4k
Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.
Please arrive 30 to 45mins before your start time so that you are prepared and ready to go on time.
Meeting point
Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.
The event site, start and finish line is in front of Graves Park Animal Farm, near the Rose Garden Café
Travel by Car : Please use the Cobnar Road entrance . Traffic Management signs will direct cars to the car park which will be situated the playing fields in front of the cricket pavilion.
Blue badge parking: Blue badge parking spaces are available at the animal farm entrance on Hemsworth Road, this car park would be most suited to blue badge holders. Alternatively event parking (including blue badge parking) is available at the Cobnar Road entrance. Please note there is a 3 min walk from the main car park to the event site, this includes walking on a path with a gradual incline
Please adhere to the one way system and 5mph restrictions at all times.
Drop-offs: Participants can be dropped off in the allocated zone on Cobnar Road. A steward will direct you.
Public transport: Graves Park is accessible via public transport and is serviced by multiple bus routes.
Bus Services 20 and 20A provide a service every 10 minutes along Derbyshire Lane and Hemsworth Road
For details of bus times visit http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com. The majority of bus services are operated by First South Yorkshire and Stagecoach Sheffield
Dogs allowed
Suitable for pushchairs
Not wheelchair accessible
Toilets
No bag drop
Refreshments
No showers
Parking
Event Site: The start and finish areas are both on the same grass field in front of the Graves Park Animal Farm entrance. There is a wide and tarmac path running parallel to the event site. If blue badge holders park in the animal farm car park off Hemsworth Road, the event site is easily accessible from the car park.
General event parking will be located in the field in front of the cricket pavilion off Cobnar Road, the journey from this car park to the event site does involve a path with a gradual incline
Course: We have accessed this 5K course and concluded that its is not wheelchair accessible. We do offer a 3K accessible route at this venue on the same day. Please read the course information section and decide whether you feel this is a suitable course for you.
Carers are welcome free of charge. If you require any further information on the accessibility of a Race for Life event, or wish to bring a carer/helper to accompany you, please contact our Supporter Hotline on 030
Supporter / spectator access
We are delighted to welcome spectators to Race for Life so please do bring your family and friends along to cheer you on and support you on the day.
We have various spectator points around the course which are easily accessible
Please bring a filled water bottle with you to your event as we're proactively managing our impact on the environment. We will be removing single use plastic bottles.
