| 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; 8 years ago (2017-11-04) |
| Official site | www |
Black Combe parkrun is aparkrun that takes place every Saturday morning at 9 am insideHMP 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 theBlack 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]
HM Prison Haverigg is aCategory D men's openprison, located in the village ofHaverigg, nearMillom in Cumbria, England. Haverigg Prison is operated byHis Majesty's Prison Service, and is part of the HMP North Lancashire and Cumbria Estate (along withHMP Lancaster Castle andHMP Lancaster Farms).Haverigg Prison is built on the site of an oldRAF 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.
Parkrun’s head of health and wellbeing, Chrissie Wellington, said "although there is no one silver bullet that can be deployed in the battle to prevent offending and re-offending behaviour, we feel that parkrun can be a unifying force for good in the desistance from crime and changing lives for the better."[5]
Rosie Meek, author ofSport in Prison, said "Prisons are extraordinary, often violent and grim places, and for many the opportunity to visit the prison gym, take part in sport and generally let off some steam is a critical aspect of coping withincarceration."[3]
HMP Haverigg’s medical facility has become an official "parkrun practice" whereby the medical staff can prescribe physical activity rather than a traditional prescription and refer patients to the Parkrun organising team.[6]