parkrun (every Saturday)
On Now!Bushy Park, Hampton Court Road, London TW12 2EJ
3 Jan 2026 - 26 Dec 2026
Free 5km every Saturday morning in your local park — all abilities, no entry fee, and one of the UK's most transformative community movements.
Sports & Fitness, Community
Free
The Boat Race 2026
Putney Bridge to Mortlake, London SW15 1LB
29 Mar 2026
The world's most famous university boat race — 4 miles on the Thames, 200 years of rivalry, and half a million people lining the banks for free.
Sports & Fitness
London Marathon 2026
Greenwich Park, London SE10 8QY
26 Apr 2026
26.2 miles past London's landmarks — Tower Bridge, The Mall, and 750,000 people willing you to finish. The world's greatest marathon.
Sports & Fitness, Charity & Fundraising
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling 2026
Cooper's Hill, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4SF
25 May 2026
Chase a 9lb cheese down an almost vertical hill — the most gloriously insane sporting event in Britain. Free, unofficial, and unmissable.
Quirky & Unusual, Sports & Fitness
Free
Tough Mudder UK — London South 2026
Findon Place, Findon, West Sussex BN14 0RN
13 Jun 2026 - 14 Jun 2026
25 obstacles, 10 miles of mud, and the most fun you'll ever have being wet, cold, and exhausted — teamwork at its muddiest.
Sports & Fitness, Outdoor & Adventure
From £95.00
British Grand Prix 2026
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
3 Jul 2026 - 5 Jul 2026
140,000 fans, one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, and the roar of F1 at full throttle — Silverstone on race day is sensory overload.
Sports & Fitness
From £150.00
The Ashes 2026 — England vs Australia
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood Road, London NW8 8QN
8 Jul 2026 - 18 Aug 2026
Cricket's greatest rivalry — five days, five grounds, and the oldest trophy in sport. The Ashes is summer distilled into a Test match.
Sports & Fitness
From £75.00
The Open Championship 2026
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Meols Drive, Hoylake CH47 4AL
16 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2026
The oldest major in golf — links courses, coastal weather, and sporting drama on the windswept coastline of Britain.
Sports & Fitness
From £75.00
World Bog Snorkelling Championships 2026
Waen Rhydd Bog, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys LD5 4RW
30 Aug 2026
Swim through a freezing peat bog in mid Wales wearing a snorkel — the world championships of a sport that should not exist, but magnificently does.
Quirky & Unusual, Sports & Fitness
From £15.00
Great North Run 2026
Central Motorway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1
13 Sep 2026
The world's largest half marathon — 60,000 runners, legendary crowd support, and a coastal finish. Newcastle to South Shields.
Sports & Fitness
From £52.00
