Rushmoor Wellesley 10k Route Details
The Rushmoor Wellesley 10k race starts on the Polo fields in the same location as the Rushmoor parkrun, There’s a 1.5km loop of the field before reaching the canal, which allows runners to spread out and alleviate any bottleneck on the towpath.
The route first uses the Basingstoke Canal Path towards Odiham making it a very flat course, passing a low but beautiful old brick canal bridge under the Farnborough Road, then heading up Laffan’s Lane past the Army Golf club.
You then make your way 
over an old Pontoon Bridge, turn left and enter the Wellesley Woodlands, Do take care in this sections as the path can be narrow at times and there are tree roots which can be a trip hazard.
Eventually you exit the Wellesley Woodlands, cross a small open area, then re-enter Wellesley Woodlands on a winding path up to the famous Farnborough Airport Runway’s End, where the Red Arrows are occasionally seen taking off.
Cross the brand new bridge over the canal, then straight back onto the canal towpath and you are on the way back to the finish. There’s a detour on the way through a third section of Wellesley Woodlands. Then back on the canal towpath all the way towards the finish in the Military Athletics Stadium.
There’s only about 50ft elevation over the whole course.
