Yardley 5K Run and Walk

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

New for this year! The Yardley 5K Run and Walk is a part of the Bucks 5K Series, a 501c3 nonprofit, designed for runners of all ages and abilities. Featuring 7 races, the series spans from March until June annually.

📝 Registration Information

Please use the Bucks5KSeries.com/races/yardley-5k link above to register.

🏅 Sponsor & Overview

• Race Sponsor: Yardley Borough Parks and Recreation Board is hosting the 16th annual Yardley 5K.
• Starting Location: The run begins in the heart of Yardley Borough!
• Course Highlights: Includes River Road along the Delaware River and along the Delaware Canal Towpath.

👕 Awards, Fees, and T-Shirts

• Race Fee: Includes a t-shirt to all participants that register by April 22.
• Awards: First Place Overall Male: First Place Overall Female, plus gender specific age groups.
• Age Group Awards: For first, second and third place will be based on net time, not order of finish.
• Walkers: Walkers and strollers are welcome, and we ask that you start at the back.

📅 Important Dates

You must finish within 40 minutes for your time to count towards an award. There is a 50-minute course limit for this race.

5K Walk and Run Bib Pick-up: Runners that registered for the 5K can pick up their bibs (and t-shirt if you requested one before April 22, 2025) on:

• Saturday, May 17th between 9:00am and noon at the Yardley Farmer's Market in Buttonwood Park. A limited number of t-shirts will be for sale.
• Race morning - after the Memorial Mile at Friend's Meeting Place - Monday, May 26th.
• 5K race morning - June 1st from 7:00-8:15 am at Buttonwood Park pavilion.

Registered for the Memorial Main Street Mile?

• Saturday, May 17th between (9:00am and noon) at the Yardley Farmer's Market in Buttonwood Park.
• Monday, May 26 - After the Memorial Mile Race - between 7:45am - 8am at the end line at Friend's Meeting Place in Yardley Borough.
• Sunday, June 1st- Race day morning at Buttonwood Park between 7am-8:15am.

🏆 Awards Ceremony

After the race, in Buttonwood Park, runners that qualify with an award-winning time can pick up their medals.

🚻 Restroom Facilities

Two ADA compliant Porta-Potties will be available at Buttonwood Park for race participants.

🕗 Race Start

Promptly at 8:30am outside Starbucks on West Afton Street, Yardley Borough.

🏞️ Race Course

The race course begins on West Afton (at Starbucks), heads east toward the River along Afton Avenue to River Road. The course then heads north along River Road with views of the Delaware River. After continuing for approximately 1.25 miles going under the Scudder Falls Bridge, the course turns left onto Woodside Avenue and then left again onto the Delaware Canal Towpath for approximately 1 mile. The towpath will become Edgewater Road, and the course continues on Edgewood Road until the intersection of Brown Street. The course goes left onto Brown Street until it dead ends at River Road. The course then heads south on River Road and then back west onto Afton Avenue, continuing to the finish line, where it started - outside of Starbucks.