Run clubs in London
Browse 64 running clubs in London. Find social, road, trail, and beginner-friendly groups, see where they meet, then join your first run free with the RunClub app.
Central London Runners
A friendly running club for all abilities in central London. We meet every Saturday at 9am for our weekly group run.
BURN Run Club ⭐
BURN Run Club is more than just running. We’re building a welcoming community for every pace, from complete beginners to experienced runners. Meet new people, explore West London and finish each run with great coffee, good conversations and the opportunity to experience everything BURN LDN has to offer.
Riverside Runners Chiswick
One of West London’s largest social run clubs -we are free and volunteer led. We have 80 - 100+ runners every Monday evening for a conversational 5k. Super friendly vibe! We’re about ‘connection over competition’. Meet just before 18:30 outside The George IV pub, 185 Chiswick High Road, London W4 2DR. We run a repertoire of different routes along the Thames riverside, ..just as our name suggests!
DirectoryAdidas Runners London (Battersea)
Free coach-led brand run club from the Adidas store, Ground Floor Turbine Hall B, Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD. Mondays 6:30pm meet / 7pm start, open to all levels with expert coaches.
DirectoryAdvent Running
Free running community founded 2014 by James Poole, an ultra-runner and British Triathlon certified coach.
DirectoryBackRoads Run Club
Free social group run every Thursday at 6pm from BackRoads Brews + Shoes, 1295 Riverbend Road, London, Ontario, with an Ontario craft beer, coffee or kombucha in the taproom afterwards.
DirectoryBarts and the London Running Club (BL Running)
Running club of Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Whitechapel. Casual jogging through to national-level XC and track and field.
DirectoryBelgrave Run Club
Battersea Park, Tue & Thu 18:30-19:30, £5 per session, all levels. Entry-level coached arm of Belgrave Harriers; members can transition to full Belgrave Harriers competition membership after 6-12 sessions.
DirectoryBlack Girls Do Run UK
Free community for Black women 18+, running in three parts of London on different nights: East London alternate Mondays 6:50pm, North West London every Tuesday 6:50pm, South London alternate Thursdays 6:20pm.
DirectoryBlack Girls Do Run UK – North West London
Free weekly group (registered charity) inspiring Black women aged 18+ to embrace running, wellness and friendship; up to 3 miles.
DirectoryCheapside Run Club
Free social 5k for all abilities, organised by Cheapside Business Alliance with Pure Sports Medicine.
DirectoryClapham Pioneers
Friendly community, Tuesday nights around Clapham Common. All abilities.
DirectoryClapham Trinity
1300+ members, volunteer-run, running + triathlon. Weekly social runs.
DirectoryEast London Runners
Based at Wanstead Leisure Centre. Established club.
DirectoryFinsbury Park Runners
Non-competitive all-inclusive club, Wednesdays 19:00, 5k, meeting at The Finsbury pub, 336 Green Lanes, with a drink afterwards. No bag drop. Strava club at strava.com/clubs/FinsburyParkRunClub.
DirectoryFORDY RUNS Running Club London (FRRC London)
London chapter of the FORDY RUNS Running Club (FRRC) national network - 46 established satellite groups across the UK, of which London Central and London North are two.
DirectoryFORDY RUNS Running Club — North London (Borehamwood / Meadow Park)
FORDY RUNS social runs from Meadow Park, Borehamwood WD6 1TL — all abilities, "no pressure to turn up every week or worry about being too slow".
DirectoryFrontrunners London ON
Welcoming 2SLGBTQ+ social running and walking group, an affiliate of International Frontrunners. Meets Saturdays at 9:00am and midweek at 6:30pm at the London Bicycle Cafe, 320 Thames Street, London, Ontario.
DirectoryHeathside Running Club
Wednesdays 19:00 at the Royal Free Charity Recreation Club, Fleet Road NW3 2PF. Intervals and group runs on Hampstead Heath and the running track; winter sessions move to Primrose Hill, Regents Park o…
DirectoryHerne Hill Harriers
Founded 1889. Long-established South London athletics club, track and field plus road and cross country, competes in the Surrey Cross Country League.
DirectoryHOKA London Run Club
Free, all-abilities community run club from the HOKA Covent Garden flagship store, James Street, Westminster WC2E 8BB — beginners to pros, no one left behind.
DirectoryKing's College London Athletics Club
One club for all KCL students who run, jump or throw. Coached track and field sessions, Wednesday bootcamp runs along the Thames, weekend long runs. Competes in LUCA and BUCS.
DirectoryKiwanis parkrun
Free, weekly, timed 5K every Saturday at 9:00am at Kiwanis Park, 1545 Trafalgar Street, London, Ontario. Run, jog, walk, volunteer or spectate on a flat course of paved multi-use paths.
DirectoryLondon City Runners
Largest free run club in London. Not brand-funded. ~1000+ members. Weekly runs.
DirectoryLondon Colney Running Club
Friendly adults only RunTogether group with varied sessions each week for anyone from keep fit to race training, meeting Saturday 10am in London Colney, with run leader Armand confirming the start poi…
DirectoryLondon Fields junior parkrun
Free, weekly, timed 2km run for juniors (ages 4–14) in London Fields park, Hackney.
DirectoryLondon Frontrunners
Inclusive LGBT+ running club. All abilities, all backgrounds welcome.
DirectoryLondon Frontrunners (Clapham Thursday)
London's inclusive LGBT+ (and gay-friendly) running & triathlon club, est. 1995, 600+ members.
DirectoryLondon Frontrunners (Greenwich Park)
Inclusive LGBT+ club running Greenwich Park 5k/10k loops every Wednesday 7pm from The Greenwich Centre, 12 Lambarde Square SE10; social after at The Pelton Arms.
DirectoryLondon Heathside
Established North London athletics & road/trail club (track HQ at Finsbury Park) with a long-running Camden session: Wednesday 7pm group run from the Royal Free Recreation Club, Hampstead NW3, on the…
DirectoryLondon Heathside Athletics Club
Friendly community athletics club, the natural home for runners in Haringey, Camden, Islington and Hackney. ~400 members all abilities.
DirectoryLondon Ontario Trail Running
Trail running community for London, Ontario (#WeAreLOTR), organising group runs on the Thames Valley Parkway and regional trails around the city. 720-member Strava club plus an active Facebook group for run planning.
DirectoryLondon Social Runners
Wed/Sat coffee runs, Sunday pub runs. International group, very social.
DirectoryLSESU Athletics and Running Club
London School of Economics athletics and running club. Listed by LUCA as London School of Economics Athletics and Running Club. Also reachable at AU.CLUB.RUNNING@lse.ac.uk.
DirectoryMatchroom Run Club
Live ClubSpark listing with coaching sessions from the Hackney Marshes Centre.
DirectoryMidnight Runners London
High-energy, volunteer-led bootcamp run club — "Never Just Running | Party in Motion".
DirectoryOn Run Club London (Battersea)
Free brand-hosted social run from the On store, Ground Floor Turbine Hall A, Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD. Mondays 6:30pm, conversational-pace 5km loop through Battersea Park; demo shoes and bag storage available.
DirectoryOn Run Club — London Regent Street
Free, all-levels community run club from the On flagship store, 169-173 Regent Street, Westminster W1B 4JF (powered by Puresport).
DirectoryOptima Racing Team
London triathlon club founded 2000, based at Kew Bridge Arches TW9. Runs a full run programme and enters the Surrey Cross Country League, same basis on which Windrush Triathlon Club and Ful-On Tri are.
DirectoryProgress Running Club
Independent running store and social run club at 98 Commercial Street, London E1 6LZ (Old Truman Brewery area). Blends running, culture and community.
DirectoryPullman London St Pancras Run Club
Free weekly run club open to all abilities (beginner to experienced). Meets every Tuesday 7:00am in the hotel lobby of the Pullman London St Pancras, 100-110 Euston Road, London NW1 2AJ (opposite St P…
DirectoryQueen's Park junior parkrun, London
Note the CRM already holds BOL-013 'Queen's Park junior parkrun, Bolton' - a different event with a near-identical name, which is why the parkrun full event name including the city must be kept.
DirectoryQueens Park London junior parkrun
Free weekly 2k for juniors aged 4–14, with post-run coffee at the park cafe. Sundays 9:00am next to the children’s play area in Queen’s Park, Kilburn, NW6 6SG.
DirectoryQueer Run Club (Queer Running Collective)
Safe inclusive space for queer and trans runners. Tue 19:00 East at Wing and Prayer, Clarence Road E5; Tue 19:00 South at The Unicorn, 157-159 Rye Lane; Sat 10:00 long run from Thingy Cafe, Hackney Wi…
DirectoryQueer Running Collective (QRC)
Safe, coached space for queer and trans runners. Tuesday East 7pm from Wing and Prayer, Clarence Road E5 (Hackney Downs Park) and Tuesday South 7pm from The Unicorn, 157-159 Rye Lane, plus quarterly O…
DirectoryRavens City of London Running Club
Founded 1997 by Phil Hernon, Andy Hayward, Ricky Goad and Bernie Tuck out of the London insurance market. Meets 1.
DirectoryRegents Canal Running Club (Train Dirty London)
Coach-led lunchtime run club. Meets Wed 12:00pm at the Angel, Islington entrance to Regent's Canal, running the towpath towards Victoria Park and back. All fitness levels.
DirectoryRun Dem Crew
Row kept only as a dedupe anchor so research/populate agents skip re-adding. Iconic London run crew. Meets weekly at Lululemon Spitalfields, 6:30pm. All paces.
DirectoryRun Parlour Run Club
Free drop-in 5K social run every Monday at 6:30pm from the Run Parlour running store, 1010 Dundas Street, London, Ontario. A space for every pace, all ability levels welcome, and Learn to Run clinics run through the year.
DirectoryScrambled Legs Run Club (London)
Central London long-run club founded by ultra-runner Jonny Davies. Meets every Saturday 9am for 20-30km, with a different meeting point and route each week. ~17k Instagram followers.
DirectorySoul Runners Run Club
Coached run club in London, Ontario with training groups for every stage, from a first 5K to steadier mileage and structured training.
DirectorySouth London Harriers
Long-established athletics club (road, XC, track, triathlon), all abilities. HQ at 194 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, with training/racing at the track at Woodcote High School and on Farthing Downs.
DirectorySt George's Hospital Athletics Club
Athletics club of St George's, University of London, Tooting. Competes in LUCA and the United Hospitals championships. Facebook and Twitter SGHathletics.
DirectorySunnie Runners
Founded 2024 by health writers Georgia Brown and Ashleigh Spiliopoulou. Bi-weekly Saturday 'Lace Up Club' runs from varying London locations plus brand collabs (Minor Figures, Circolo Popolare).
DirectoryThe London Run Club
Social run club with strong Western University ties, meeting Saturday mornings at Gibbons Park, London, Ontario for a 5km run/walk with a social at the finish line.
DirectoryTrackMafia
Free weekly Thursday session, Paddington Recreation Ground, 6:30pm. Speed-focused but social.
DirectoryTracksmith London (Trackhouse)
Free community run club from the Tracksmith Trackhouse, 25 Chiltern Street, Marylebone W1U 7PR — open to all abilities.
DirectoryTri London
North London triathlon club founded 1986, base postcode NW5 1XB (Kentish Town). Adults only, GBP40/month, coached run sessions weekly alongside swim and bike. ~220 members.
DirectoryUCL Running, Athletics and Cross Country Club (RAX)
Known as RAX. Caters for complete beginners through to elite athletes across running, cross country, track and field and multi-events.
DirectoryUniversity of East London Athletics Club
UEL athletics club, Stratford and Docklands campuses. Competes in LUCA and BUCS. Twitter @UELAthletics. Scholarships programme attached.
DirectoryUniversity of London Athletics Club (ULAC)
The University of London's own athletics, cross country and triathlon club, open across the federal university's colleges. Twitter @ulathletics, Facebook ULAthleticsXCTri.
DirectoryVeterans Athletic Club (VAC)
Founded 12 September 1931 at Stamford Bridge; the oldest veterans/masters-only athletics club in the world. London-based, open to athletes 35+, competing in cross country, road, track and field and race walking.
DirectoryWhistle & Run
Thursdays 18:00, King Georges Park, meeting outside Wandle Recreation Centre, Mapleton Road, London SW18 4DN. Paid sessions since Jan 2025 (£5 PAYG / £20 monthly).
DirectoryYour Friendly Running Club
Tuesdays 18:00 at London Community Track, East London. Track and canal sessions, explicitly all-comers ('Etiquette. Yes to all.').
How to join a running club in London
London has a thriving running scene, with 64 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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