The Big Green Scunthorpe 10k - Central Park
Date: 18.05.2025
Venue: Central Park, Scunthorpe
Capacity: was 650 then 900 and now 1200 for 2025!
Distance: 10km
Price: £22.50-24.50
Time: 11:00 (great for snoozing zzz and Saturday nights out!)
Welcome to our third year of the Big Green Scunthorpe 10k!
2023 and 24's event was fabulous, with overwhelming feedback!
It made us all very proud to have created this event, in our home town.
With a fantastic ROUTE perfect for spectators, fast times, and a great host location, 2025 is going to be amazing!
We plan to grow the event 'weekend' each year with other activities, but for now we're growing the event, so we hope to attract 1200 runners to Scunthorpe in 2025 and please share the event far and wide :)
RACE DAY INFORMATION 2025- click here.
Local residents - click here for road closure information
Here's a few things planned in for 2025:
- Fast UKA licensed road course started by the legendary Annie Fanny (WHO IS ALSO RUNNING!), you can also meet some more of this years panto cast. Find out more panto news for runners here! (and scroll down)
- FREE MOCKTAIL at the finish line! Yep; a big green cocktail of course!
- FREE COOKIE at the finish line! Purchased from our friends The Cookie People!
- Karen and her hosepipe! possibly most runners favourite bit of the event ... and Karen will be back on Brumby Wood Lane in 2025 whatever the weather!
- FREE Wildflower seeds for every runner to help grow or wild spaces
- WE HAVE FULLY RECYCLED T-SHIRTS now available, you've asked us for the last two years and we've finally found the right solution :) add when you enter or if you forget - click here (design to follow!)
- Spectator friendly route, your spectators can see you start, at 3k, 7k and the finish all within 200 metres of each other! Check out the route here!
- The best 'Green medal' ever, we've been working for months with medal companies to produce something great for runners and great for the environment. Check out the medal design here!
- The prettiest and greenest event village, with our incredible local parks team from North Lincolnshire Council working hard to make everything look extra special.
- On-site runners bar at the 7k mark (no stopping!) to relax in post event and provide your spectators with a place to chill and cheer!
- WIN A COMPOSTER! (TBC!) - oh yes, if you're the fastest male & female runners on the day ... you'll be walking away with a free composter thanks to North Lincolnshire Councils recycling team!
- Fully closed roads.
- BIG event atmosphere.
- Fantastic finish venue, check out a video of the amazing Central Park here.
- Chip timing .
- Loads of photographers and drone footage on the day!
BE BETTER - NOT PERFECT, you'll see our motto all over the place. This represents our approach to our Big Green objectives. We're delivering 'normal' events you would expect... but trying with each element to do it a little bit better.
See our Green Plans we delivered in 2024 for the 10k .
We've lots of work to do for future years, and weve some updates we need to add from 2024, it was a real challenge to bring a new event and do everything we wanted... but we've made a great start. As we've found it gets harder, as events get bigger.... but we will will always be mindful of everything we do and if we could possibly make it greener!
Local resident, click here for access guides.
Finish line treats!
Your BIG GREEN Mocktail waiting for you at the finish!
Your BIG GREEN Mocktail waiting for you at the finish!
Your BIG GREEN Mocktail waiting for you at the finish!
The perfect post run recovery!
We will be making you some yummy and healthy big green mocktails; the perfect post run refreshment!
Last year's flavour was kiwi, apple, cucumber and mint; this year we will update the recipe, but you can guarentee it will still be hydrating and it will still be green!
Introducing your finish line cookie!
Your BIG GREEN Mocktail waiting for you at the finish!
Your BIG GREEN Mocktail waiting for you at the finish!
We're partnering up with The Cookie People and buying all our runners a fantastic finish line cookie!
COOKIE FLAVOUR REVEALED - 'TRIPLE BROWNIE BATTER COOKIE'
The cookie People are based just down the road in Ashby and in Scunthorpe Central Park just next to our finish village!
Event Headline Sponsor
Taking care of our runners and community
Our essential traffic management partners taking care of the route.
Scunthorpe based Omnis are our preferred traffic management partner, they love runners, and share our ambition to get people physically active, showcase Scunthorpe, and support our Green objectives.
On the day they'll be out manning the course, supporting residents to go about their day and ensuring our runners are safe.
Big Green Scunthorpe 10k Friends
Oh No She Isn't...
Oh No She Isn't...
Oh yes she is...The legendary Annie Fanny will be starting off the 10k race for you runners on the day (we hope ;)) ... then joining you on the run!
... so prepare for some panto based activities...
'she's behind you' and 'oh no you didn't ... break that strava segment'
Fee Fi Fo Fum!!!!
This year you can catch Annie Fanny in panto in Jack and the Beanstalk at The Baths Hall. Will Annie Fanny be able to escape down the stalk before the giant catches her?
The Cookie People!
Oh No She Isn't...
Yes that's right every runner will be treated to the most fantastic FREE finish line cookie!
We're very please to be buying every single one of our runners a delicious Cookie from the wonderful Cookie People :)
For all your spectators (or if you fancy more cookies!) then the Cookie People are based in Central Park for Cookies & Coffee, just 403.2 metres away from the finish ... and yes after just two cookies you will have completed a mile (that's worth a strava brag!)
Scunthorpe Tomorrow Project
Scunthorpe Tomorrow is a network of people who are passionate about Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire. Through building on our strengths, we are committed to helping deliver a better future for our community. We are open to everyone with a connection to Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire who wants to contribute to our vision.
Preloved Sports
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
Our Preloved Sports CIC friends will be attending our race, so if you have any unwanted sportswear you would like to donate then bring it along :)
DONATE TO US
Donate your Preloved Sportswear to us where we can resell them or redistribute them to someone in need.
SHOP WITH US
We have a growing range of Preloved Sportswear in stock ranging from good to new condition. This gives items a new home and our proceeds goes towards the work we do in making fitness more accessible to others.
REDUCE WASTE
By using Preloved Sports you are helping reduce waste heading to landfill, protecting our communities for our future generations.
App Frod Sports & Social Club
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
The location for Registration, bag drop, cafe and The Bar!!
They'll be dishing up delicious snacks and drinks on the day, 300 metres from the finish (so make sure you tell your spectators, and you may get more joining you!) You'll also run past here at the 7.5km mark !
It's also the perfect place for a post run celebratory sparkling beverage!
Located in the centre of Scunthorpe, App Frod Sports and Social Club offers memberships to the general public opening up our great range of facilities, both sporting and social for everyone to enjoy.
On the day activities (more to come) and please share with friends and families, we really want to encourage (not just runners) to come and find great ways to get active :)
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
Scunthorpe & District Running Club
RUNNERS!
We are a friendly club based in Scunthorpe, we can't wait to welcome you to our town and cheer you on your 10k! (it actually runs past our base!)
The Club organises Club training sessions, twice a week, at Brumby Hall.
We cater for all levels of ability. Speed does not matter, the only criteria is that you want to run, we will make sure you are looked after.
See you soon!
2025 Wooden Medal and 100% Recycled T Shirt Design
Snappy Snaps
We're very proud of our home in North Lincolnshire :)
So it would be great to introduce to some of it's fantastic sites and locations... so please check out the visit North Lincs website, find places to stay, eat, experience or visit!
Make a weekend of it!
Supporting the event from advice, engaging the fantastic park teams and helping us with our Big Green objectives!
Central Park grounds team will be in full force on the day making Central Park look incredible and planting a wildflower meadow in support of the event. They're even supporting the event with their own electric vehicle!
The fantastic Waste Management team are joining us on the day to help us with our recyling and provide a spot of advice on all things waste (including composting!)
Scunny Bunny and Hunny Bunny form Scunthorpe United FC will be joining us on the day and cheering on the runners!
The fantastic North Lincolnshire council Waste Management team are joining us on the day to help us with our recyling and provide a spot of advice on all things waste (including composting!)
It's great to have our friends from North Lindsey College and the University Campus North Lincolnshire supporting the event.
You'll see there students getting some exciting work experience in ... more news on this ;)
they are also hosting the route through the University and providing our runners with lots of lovely free car parking.
BIG GREEN Things
BE BETTER - NOT PERFECT, you'll see our motto all over the place. This represents our approach to our Big Green objectives. We're delivering 'normal' events you would expect... but trying with each element to do it a little bit better. We will be learning along the way. Those learnings are available for anyone, and we will share after the event.
Everything wont be perfect, but thats ok... every event we will get better and better :)
Somethings we cant afford to do, somethings you may not want to pay extra for, some things are quite frankly rubbish, and somethings simply don't have green solutions for .... so WE ARE NOT PERFECT.... but WE WILL BE BETTER!
Here's our green plans from 2024s event.... and you know what ... it's hard, it's hard to find the time and find the right options, so we will keep plodding on :)
- We're increasing wild space, every runner will receive a pack of wildflower seeds to help at home and create a little spot for nature :)
- We're increasing wild space even more, the event is supporting the creation of a wildflower meadow in Central Park working with North Lincs Council and their parks team.
- Praying for sunshine... because our finish line gantry and PA system will be fully (we hope) solar powered, we've got the kit we just need the sunshine!
- Plastic bottle free :) alongside you getting a free finish line Mocktail we will also be providing water in re-usable or bio cups, plus a water re-fill station at the finish.
- Active travel, we've a lovely secure cycle storage hub set up and ready to use for you. Plus a bag drop for those walking, cycling or jogging in :)
- Fantastic wooden medals, it's taken lots of research to find the right ones... but we're confident we've got it right! Not only is it less impactful in production vs metal medals they are also UK based :)
- Local suppliers, where we can. Our traffic company are just 3 miles away, our finish line snacks are coming from 400 metres way, and our medals are coming from Yorkshire :)
- Great for inspiring activity! - The Central Park team will be installing 1k, 3k and 5k markers in Central Park to create fantastic fixed routes for people to be able to go along at anytime and get active!
Things we're working on (and would always appreciate a hand)
- Car sharing, so we're building this as a question into the entry system but were just working on how we can support you guys in the easiest and safest way to share your journeys... this is our biggest one to work on!
- Electric vehicles, so we've got our event electric vehicle but we could do with some support for an electric van to support the event.
- PLOGGERS UNITE!, we're looking for a local team of people to litter pick and jog their way around the event and then the park ... if you can pull together a team of six together then get in touch and you'll join the run as a blogger! (so you get a free entry... you just need to jog and litter pick your way round!)
- Event clothing, this was a tricky one... but for 2025 we have finally sourced 100% recycled t-shirts. You can add the on when you sign up... and profits from our t-shirts support our local 'active' project (free coaching for kids ... and free athletic track use for adults!) :)
- Optional medals?, ok we're not ready to do this yet, as we have to order the medals so far ahead of the day. But we may ask the question when you sign up to help us predict numbers. We would then convert this cost into a discount or tree planting type option/donation to our green project ?