Run clubs in Leeds
Browse 68 running clubs in Leeds. Find social, road, trail, and beginner-friendly groups, see where they meet, then join your first run free with the RunClub app.
DirectoryAbbey Runners
Friendly North Leeds running club for all abilities and ages. Caters for road, cross-country, fell, trail, triathlon. Based at Holt Park Active, Holtdale Approach, Leeds LS16 7RX.
DirectoryArab Run Club Leeds
Leeds city-centre community run crew for the local Arab community, Instagram-only.
DirectoryArmley parkrun
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DirectoryBodington junior parkrun
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DirectoryBOX Run Club
Wed 17:45 relaxed 5k loop of the city centre from BOX Leeds, 15 Infirmary Street LS1 2JS, back to the bar after. Strava group perks.
DirectoryBramley Breezers
Free social running group, over 400 members, led by England Athletics qualified run leaders.
DirectoryBramley junior parkrun
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DirectoryBramley parkrun
5. Filed under LEE- per CRM precedent LEE-005 Pudsey & Bramley AC - see the area note about the separate 'Bramley' Areas row.
DirectoryChapel Allerton Runners
Friendly community-led North Leeds running club. Main club nights Monday and Wednesday 18:30 from Gledhow Sports & Social Club (GSSC). Active across Facebook, Instagram, X.
DirectoryCrash Call Run Club Leeds
Leeds run crew, Instagram-only presence.
DirectoryCross Flatts junior parkrun
2km junior event, 2.
DirectoryCross Flatts parkrun
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DirectoryCrossgates Harriers
Established East Leeds running club founded 1986. Runs structured Couch to 5K (Claire — 07843 078591) and 5K to 10K (Chris — 07403 294 068) programmes — proven beginners pipeline. Suburban East Leeds catchment.
DirectoryDragons Running Club
Local, friendly running club based at Yeadon Cricket Club, High St, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7TA. Caters for runners of all ages and abilities aged 16+. Social and inclusive approach.
DirectoryEarly Bird Run Crew
Early-morning Chapel Allerton crew.
DirectoryFarsley Flyers
Established 2015 (anniversary 12 February). Thursday nights 18:30 from Sunny Bank Mills, LS28 5UJ; also runs a Thursday trail walking group. Qualified coaches and run leaders. Facebook group facebook.
DirectoryFORDY RUNS Running Club Leeds (FRRC Leeds)
Leeds chapter of the FORDY RUNS Running Club (FRRC) national network, listed among the 46 established satellite groups on the club's own satellite-groups page. Weekly social runs, all abilities.
DirectoryGoodGym Leeds
183 Meetup members. Weekly community group run combining running with community tasks. Precedent: CRM MAN-014 GoodGym Manchester is already filed as a club.
DirectoryGreen Room Run Club
Sat 09:30 sociable 5k down the Leeds-Liverpool canal from Green Room, 36 Wellington Street LS1 2DE. Coffee and pastries after. Reward scheme.
DirectoryHeadingley Harriers (CSS Fitness)
Headingley running club run out of Graft Haus Gym, Cardigan Trading Estate, Lennox Rd, Leeds LS4 2BL. Trains Monday & Wednesday evenings 18:45. Variety of training sessions, social runs, race meet-ups.
DirectoryHii Hyde Park Pub Run
Tuesday-night pub run out of Hyde Park. Same organiser family as LEE-028 but a separate weekly session and start point.
DirectoryHii Run Club (HiiGRIND Leeds)
Sunday morning run club hosted by HiiGRIND gym, Leeds.
DirectoryHorsforth Fellandale
Fell running club based in Horsforth, five miles west of Leeds centre, members from twenties to seventies.
DirectoryHorsforth Harriers
Established Horsforth running club. Based at Horsforth Sports Club, King George's Fields, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5SB.
DirectoryHyde Park Harriers
"The Friendliest Running Club in Leeds" — road-running club that also does cross-country and fell. Based at The Edge, University of Leeds, Willow Terrace Road, LS2 9JT.
DirectoryKeep Me Young Run Club
Mondays 18:30, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD. All-abilities 5k with a strong beginners emphasis, wellbeing/recovery focus alongside the run. Co-founded by Ade Okojibe and Kyle Green.
DirectoryKippax Harriers
Long-established club in Kippax, east Leeds. Affiliated to the PECO XC League and publishes its own PECO information page.
DirectoryKirkstall Harriers
Local, friendly West Leeds club. Meets Monday & Wednesday 18:50 at Kirkstall Leisure Centre (7pm start). All abilities welcome — capability of 5-10k expected.
DirectoryKontrast Run Club Leeds
Weekly run club hosted by Kontrast, a community-led sauna and ice-bath cafe in a railway arch at Saxton Gardens, Leeds city centre - the brand's second site after Manchester.
DirectoryLeeds City Athletic Club
400+ members — competing athletes from U11s through Veterans. Track & field, cross-country, road running, fell/hill, race walking.
DirectoryLeeds Dock Running Club
Free social club, four sessions a week: Mon 18:15 Monday Move, Wed 18:15 Wednesday Rush, Fri 06:30 Friday Rise, Sun 10:00 Sunday Stride. Meets at the Leeds Dock amphitheatre. Strava club 1126954.
DirectoryLeeds Frontrunners
Leeds' only LGBT+ friendly running club — all-inclusive, welcomes anyone who identifies as LGBT, their friends, allies, and people who just love running.
DirectoryLeeds Girls Run
Thu 18:30 from Leeds Dock.
DirectoryLeeds Rhinos Run Club
Run by the Leeds Rhinos Foundation as a health-and-wellbeing project. Wednesdays 6:30pm from Headingley Rugby Stadium.
DirectoryLeeds University Union Athletics Club (LUUAC)
All-discipline athletics club welcoming beginners through to competitive athletes. Weekly strength and conditioning, track, long runs and hill sessions, plus regular socials. 2025 Riley Award winner.
DirectoryLesRun Leeds
New Leeds run club for lesbian, queer and trans women.
DirectoryLost Culture Run Club
Free, open to all. Wed 06:00 and Sun 09:00. Urban routes, track sessions and trail.
DirectoryMiddleton Woods parkrun
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DirectoryMikkeller Running Club Leeds
Leeds chapter of Mikkeller Running Club, the brewery-backed global network of 100+ chapters that all run on the first Saturday of the month, social run then a beer.
DirectoryMoova Run Club
Chill social crew, boombox runs and pizza runs.
DirectoryNorth Leeds Fell Runners
A friendly off-road running club dedicated to getting out on the hills and making the most of what Yorkshire has to offer, registered in Ilkley (LS29 7AS).
DirectoryPotternewton parkrun
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DirectoryPudsey & Bramley AC
England Athletics-affiliated for fell, cross-country, trail, road, track & field. Fully published committee: Sarah Rowell (President), Graham Pilling (Chair, gdpilling@gmail.
DirectoryPudsey Pacers
Tue and Thu, meet 18:45 for 19:00 at the old bar, Pudsey Leisure Centre. Tuesdays formal mixed-ability training, Thursdays steady runs by pace, first Tuesday monthly is the PPRC 31/29 pace-management…
DirectoryRecovery Runners
Running club for people in recovery - substance addiction, gambling, disordered eating, mental health, cancer, burnout.
DirectoryRothwell Harriers & AC
Established athletics club, home at Oulton Sports Club LS26 8EL, also runs track sessions at John Charles Centre. Senior and junior membership, club running championship, volunteers at Leeds Ironman. Facebook: facebook.
DirectoryRoundhay junior parkrun
Junior event at Roundhay Park; the 5k event is already CRM LEE-014.
DirectoryRoundhay parkrun
Free weekly 5K at Roundhay Park, Leeds — one of the largest urban parks in Europe. Saturdays 9am.
DirectoryRoundhay Runners
Trains Tue and Thu 18:50 from North Leeds Cricket Club, Old Park Road. Wed 18:30 social from Roundhay Park Cafe. 18+. Chair is Tony Hodge (rr.welfare@gmail.com), membership sec Joanne Sunderland.
DirectoryRun With The Rhinos x FORDY RUNS
FREE social running group, partnership between Leeds Rhinos Foundation and FORDY RUNS Running Club. Meets weekly Wednesday 18:30 at AMT Headingley Stadium. All abilities catered for, qualified run leaders/coaches.
DirectoryShe Runs Leeds
Female-focused club, all paces and abilities.
DirectorySole Sisters North Leeds
Free women-only social running group. Mon and Thu 18:00. Autumn/winter meeting point Newton Garth LS7 4SF, spring/summer Potternewton Park near the bowling green LS7 4HB.
DirectorySouth Leeds Lakers
Inclusive, friendly and FREE social running club for all abilities. Meets Tuesdays at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club for 18:50 6.50pm-for-7pm start. Also offers daytime runs, coaching, track sessions.
DirectorySouth Leeds Sisters
All-female affiliated running club, active five years across Beeston, Middleton and Hunslet. Three sessions a week from beginners with no experience through to half-marathon training. Live own site with a joining page.
DirectoryStrega Running (Women's Running Club Leeds)
Women's running club, 124 Meetup members.
DirectorySt Theresa's AC
Friendly running club based in east Leeds, nearest station Crossgates. Affiliated to PECO XC. Also runs a TNT training-night section. Active on Facebook (/sttheresasac) and X (@StTheresasAC).
DirectoryTemple Newsam junior parkrun
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DirectoryTemple Newsam parkrun
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DirectoryThe Edge Run Club (University of Leeds)
Mon 17:30-18:30 from Edge Reception, 5k or 7k. Members only; free premium membership included with halls residency.
DirectoryTrinity Sport Running Club (Leeds Trinity University)
Free weekly running club and Couch to 5K run by the Trinity Sport development team on the Leeds Trinity Horsforth campus, open to all students and staff, alongside athletics and wellbeing walks in the…
DirectoryUniversity of Leeds Athletics Society
LUU society, separate from the Cross Country society.
DirectoryUniversity of Leeds Cross Country Club
Welcoming and inclusive middle- and long-distance running club, open to all abilities, four training runs a week plus an active social calendar.
DirectoryUniversity of Leeds Cross Country Society
LUU society. Monday sessions open to all, other sessions membership-only.
DirectoryUp & Running Headingley Social Run Group
Free weekly 5K social run group hosted by the Up & Running Headingley store, Mondays 18:00 from 261 Otley Road, West Park, Headingley, Leeds LS16 5LQ.
DirectoryUp & Running Leeds Central Social Run Group
Free Monday 5k from the Up and Running running shop, registration required, reward scheme for attendance. Described as one of Leeds' biggest run clubs. Retailer-hosted weekly group run.
DirectoryValley Striders A.C.
West Yorkshire AA affiliated. Base: The Leodiensian Club, Crag Lane, Off King Lane, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 5PR.
DirectoryWellington Pacers
Weekly lunchtime 5k, city-centre workplace crew.
DirectoryWoodhouse Moor parkrun
The original Leeds parkrun — started October 2007. Free weekly 5K, Saturdays 9am, Woodhouse Moor (adjacent to University of Leeds and student/young-professional Hyde Park area).
How to join a running club in Leeds
Leeds has a thriving running scene, with 68 clubs listed here — from beginner-friendly social runs to fast road and trail groups. Most clubs are free to join and welcome runners of every level. Pick a club above, check where and when it meets, and just turn up.
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