For information on this parkrun course, see the official parkrun page below:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/gibside/
This is a tough little course – which was evident from the smaller number of runners who braved it despite it being a clear and sunny morning (though that may also have been the summer holidays coming into play). It’s a tough little course with some long and serious hills and an elevation of 311ft according to my GPS watch. There’s flatter stretches at the top of each hill, but you don’t get to go down much until the very end where you come right back down and then along the long flat of The Avenue back to the finish. You leave by the Walled Garden, head out on a loop at the top of the estate, and finish on a there-and-back part way up the hill to the highest point on Gibside’s grounds before spinning round and heading back to the Walled Garden again for the finish.
You can view a map of the estate (which is worth a visit even just for a walk round and a teacake) by clicking the link below.
Gibside Estate Map from National Trust
Runner’s View video tour of Gibside parkrun, taken 29-07-17 with a head-mounted (and therefore somewhat bouncy-recording!) Apeman camera.
Local facilities:
- Café (takes cash or card)
- Toilets
My GPS map for this route:
You can download the GPX route file for this course from my Dropbox account by following the link below:
Blue Runnings 
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