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How many parkruns are in sight of football grounds around the UK?

The start and finish of the 2020 Leaze Parkrun was outside St James’ Park.
The start and finish of the 2020 Leaze Parkrun was outside St James’ Park. Photograph: Facebook/Leaze Parkrun

“There are over 700 parkrun events in the UK,” tweets James. “How many of them are in sight of a (tier six and up) football ground?”

We’ll be honest: we have an image of the archetypal Knowledge reader, and it isn’t someone who spends their time pounding the kerb in pursuit of cardiovascular reward. From the volume of responses to this question, it seems our borderline offensive stereotype was entirely correct.

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