Completing all Sussex parkruns

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There are currently 22 parkrun events in present-day Historic County of Sussex. The Historic County is now made up of 3 present-day counties:

  • East Sussex with 6 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Eastbourne which started on January 28th 2012 and the newest is Malling Rec which started on July 6th 2024. I have completed 2 of these events.

  • West Sussex with 11 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Tilgate which started on June 9th 2012 and the newest is Wakehurst which started on April 20th 2024. I have completed 6 of these events.

  • Brighton and Hove with 5 parkrun events, the oldest of which is Brighton and Hove which started on November 3rd 2007 and the newest is East Brighton which started on December 8th 2018. I have only completed Bevendean Down

The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “Sussexful”



The interactive maps below take you to the approximate location for the course, typically the centre of the park. See the course instructions in the parkrun page for each event for specific directions to the start. Course maps show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.


Bevendean Down

 

Bognor Regis

 

Brighton & Hove

 

Chichester

 

Clair

 
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East Brighton

 

East Grinstead

 

Eastbourne

 

Hastings

 

Horsham

Horsham has an alternative location for winter parkruns at Southwater Country Park, a few miles away.

 

Hove Promenade

 

Ifield Mill Pond

 
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Lancing Beach Green

 

Littlehampton Prom

 

Malling Rec

  • I completed this event on: July 20th 2024 with a finish time of: 27:19

  • Other routes touched (Walk): None, but the Sussex Ouse Valley Walk runs close to the start and end of the course.

  • Present Day County: East Sussex

  • Inaugural: July 6th 2024

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

 

Peacehaven

 

Preston Park

 

Seaford Beach

 

Tilgate

 

Uckfield

 

Wakehurst

 

Worthing

 

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