Bushy parkrun, in London, has featured in a WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) campaign which highlights some of the best nature-rich parkruns in the UK as parkrun and WWF hope to inspire people to move through nature.

The London-based parkrun, where the parkrun story began over 20-years-ago with 13 runners and five volunteers, is set in a beautiful Royal Park.

Parkrunners and volunteers will be surrounded by incredible wildlife despite finding themselves in the busy English capital.

Bushy Park is a haven for wildlife with participants having the opportunity to spot red and fallow deer grazing out in the open, as well as great spotted woodpeckers in the vast array of trees.

It isn’t just animals on land that can be found in this urban-yet-beautiful setting, with dragonflies hovering over the water and freshwater fish swimming happily underneath.

The gentle breeze off of the many streams and lakes mean that even on the warmer days, runners can still find a reprieve from the weather.

It is a fast, flat course that runs anticlockwise from close to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park.

After 250 metres or so on grass, running parallel with the play park, the course moves onto a hoggin path towards the Church Grove gate before there is a left turn to take runners around the edge of Hampton Wick Cricket Club.

Participants will then continue towards the Hampton Wick gate and take a left turn into Cobbler’s Walk before passing The Leg-of-Mutton Pond there is a right turn onto a track towards the Sandy Lane gate.

On reaching the gate, there is a left turn to take runners and walkers along the perimeter (hoggin) path towards the Teddington Gate and a further left turn will take you onto the grass of Chestnut Avenue.

There is another left turn back onto Cobbler’s Walk and a marshal will indicate the point where to make a right turn onto a track to run towards Heron Pond, over a little bridge - be careful of the tree roots in the 100m section approaching the bridge - round the South side of the pond on a hoggin path or grass (your choice) and then the finish is in sight!

And for the most important part of the parkrun? Every week there is a post-parkrun coffee at the Pheasantry Café in the park.

To find out more head over to parkrun.org.uk.