Combined Running and Arts celebration

Name: Combined Running and Arts celebration
Start: 2025-09-06T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-06T18:00:00+01:00
Location: City (ward)

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 09:00 am to 06:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

City (ward) | Bradford, EN

**Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture: Combined Running and Arts Event**
“BD2025 The Art of Running” Saturday 06 September 2025 9.30am -2.30pm

The event is hosted by Baildon Runners in collaboration with BD25 team, The Hive Shipley, local running clubs, local parkruns and Bradford Athletics Network.
The first running related events in BD25 programme.
Running is an important part of local culture inspired by our amazing scenery; from fell running to parkruns where thousands turn out to enjoy exercise and benefit from the sense of well- being that running in nature provides.
The event will be held in 4 parks which hold parkruns – Roberts, Lister, Horton and Bowling.
BD2025 “The Art of Running”
Each parkun location would have a run-themed creative art hub led by BD25 artists and The Hive Shipley and hosted by the local running club and parkrun.
The community art piece will draw inspiration from nature and include different media to create one or more larger pieces that will be made available for exhibition.
The park runs in each park will take place at 9.00am as usual.
A fun runs between parkrun locations - a group of runners will set off from each of the parks at 10.00am to run one leg of the park-to-park route, a distance of between 2 and 6.5 miles.
Park- to- park runners, parkrun participants and visitors to the park, working with the artists will be invited to contribute to the art creations.
The planned routes are:
Roberts Park – Lister Park (3 miles)
Roberts Park - Horton Park (6.5miles)
Horton Park - Bowling Park (2 miles)
Bowling Park – Lister Park (5 miles)
Lister Park – Roberts Park (3 miles)
Some runners would run there and back, some return by train or bus. We are also exploring providing transport to take runners back to the park they started from.
Objectives /Benefits
• A cultural event bringing together running and creativity encouraging participants to explore the benefits of doing both in an outdoor setting
• Running and creative activity both contribute to the 5 Ways to Well-being – Give, Connect, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Be Active 5 steps to mental wellbeing - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Encourage people to explore our green spaces and wonderful local parks
• Create a legacy - artworks could be displayed e.g. Cartwright Hall, Bowling Park Lodge

The Hive Shipley
Hive a community arts charity was a beneficiary of a race organised by Baildon Runners which raised funding to buy a kiln. In return The Hive made ceramic medals and attended the race to make ceramic pots using a bike powered potter’s wheel.
Baildon Runners
• UK Athletics affiliated club with members drawn from Shipley, Baildon, and across the district, age from 18 - 80 plus. We pride ourselves on being inclusive, open to all abilities
• Club members help with the organisation of parkruns, and marshal at the Bradford City Runs
• Our annual half marathon event, The Baildon Boundary Way raises money for local charities
• In 2024/2025 we provided free district –wide Couch to 5k courses attracting over 160 new runners and organised 2 food bankruns delivering food and toiletries to food banks
• The club also support the Baildon Canter mini fell run and children’s races at Baildon Carnival
The club sponsors the Baildon public toilets which re- opened with community support