parkrun (every Saturday)

parkrun (every Saturday)

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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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