Leverhulme Park parkrun: Course Guide

Leverhulme Park parkrun is held in Leverhulme Park, a well-maintained Victorian park in the Halliwell area of Bolton. The park was gifted to the town by Viscount Leverhulme in 1914 and has retained much of its original character, with ornamental gardens, mature trees and good paths throughout. The parkrun course uses those paths across mostly flat to gently rolling terrain – it is not a demanding course and the surface is reliable in most weather. Bolton’s parkrun community is enthusiastic and the event consistently draws a good crowd of regulars.

The train connection from Manchester makes this one of the more accessible out-of-city parkruns. Trains from Manchester Victoria to Bolton take around 15-20 minutes and run regularly on Saturday mornings. Bolton station is about a mile from Leverhulme Park, a walk that serves as a reasonable warm-up. Alternatively, local bus routes serve the area. If you are driving, there is parking in and around the park. This one sits just outside the Greater Manchester boundary in Lancashire, but runners from across the region make the trip – it is worth it.