Black Combe Parkrun
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| Black Combe Parkrun | |
|---|---|
| Date | Every Saturday, 9 am |
| Location | HMP Haverigg |
| Event type | Multi-terrain |
| Distance | 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) |
| Established | 4 November 2017 |
| Official site | www |
Black Combe parkrun is a parkrun that takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am inside HMP Haverigg, Cumbria, England.[1] The event was the first Parkrun to take place within the grounds of a prison.[2]
The course is named after the Black Combe hill which can be seen from the course. The course takes place within the closed grounds of the prison and is seven laps of the prison's sport ground.[3] The course is not readily accessible to the public but participation can be granted with special permission.[4]
The prison
HM Prison Haverigg is a Category D men's open prison, located in the village of Haverigg, near Millom in Cumbria, England. Haverigg Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is part of the HMP North Lancashire and Cumbria Estate (along with HMP Lancaster Castle and HMP Lancaster Farms). Haverigg Prison is built on the site of an old RAF airfield training centre, and was opened in 1967. While some of the prison's workshops and offices are housed in buildings from that era, most of HMP Haverigg has been extensively modernised over the years.