New Year's Day parkrun: Great Notley Country Park
Free parkrun on Christmas and New Year's Day.
Join others for this free five kilometre timed Parkrun on Christmas and New Year's Day at Great Notley Country Park.
Did you know that parkrun is reliant on volunteers to help it run?
If you’d like to help please get in touch with the local team!
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