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Dvorak Oct 2017 3:18pm, 18 Oct 2017 14,429 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Kirkcaldy has a good wide tarmac path, between trees and skirting rolling parkland, dropping 26m over the final 700m, snaking gently then finishing with a 250m straight. Although this might, in one way, not be the best time of year to enjoy it. On a search, the very first image which came up happened to be the snaky bit: s0.geograph.org.uk
Dvorak Oct 2017 3:22pm, 18 Oct 2017 14,430 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak And Falkirk has a final 500m nearly all on more or less flat, wide tarmac, curving slightly above the loch, just beautiful - but with a final turn and the last 70m over either slightly bumpy grass (summer) or a loose surface (winter).
chunkywizard Oct 2017 3:40pm, 18 Oct 2017 4,930 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard The finish at Tring is a nice downhill on a wide grass avenue
Uyuni Oct 2017 3:43pm, 18 Oct 2017 1,175 posts	Quote Pin Uyuni Kirkcaldy wins with more scenic and snaky but Forest Rec is seriously quick. Photo on a murky day doesn't really do it justice - the finish is by the white building at the bottom of the slope (which is a nice cafe to boot!) A wide grass avenue would do it for me as well
Uyuni Oct 2017 3:44pm, 18 Oct 2017 1,176 posts	Quote Pin Uyuni
Uyuni Oct 2017 3:46pm, 18 Oct 2017 1,177 posts	Quote Pin Uyuni The first time didn't work ... and then it did
becca7 Oct 2017 4:07pm, 18 Oct 2017 7,468 posts	Quote Pin becca7 I know Forest Rec, although I've never done the parkrun, and I expect you would have to pay dearly for any finish like that. Of the few that I've done Barnsley was a good one. You have three laps and a climb that goes up in three sections followed by one long down.
becca7 Oct 2017 4:08pm, 18 Oct 2017 7,469 posts	Quote Pin becca7 Sorry, this should have been the image.
iRicey Oct 2017 4:20pm, 18 Oct 2017 55 posts	Quote Pin iRicey The finish at Ashton Court is great (all 2.5k of it...) The last few hundred metres is tarmac sweeping round a bend to the finish. And obviously all downhill. What I don't like are the courses where the finish is a bit of an afterthought. Brockwell springs to mind where you've done 1.5 laps on a fantastic undulating tarmac path around a lovely park, for the last 20m to the funnel to be on grass almost at 90 degrees to the path.
Fragile Do Not Bend Oct 2017 4:44pm, 18 Oct 2017 2,407 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Sometimes you have to have the finish off the path to stop random members of the public going through it. 90 degrees seems a bit of a sharp turn though.