The Boat Race will return to its celebrated Championship Course on the river Thames in London and will take place on Sunday 3 April 2022.

Due to the challenge of planning a high-profile sporting event around COVID-19 related restrictions at the time, the 2021 race location was moved and took place behind closed doors, at Ely, Cambridgeshire.

However, with the latest Government guidance, the lifting of social restrictions and more certainty for organisations to host live events going forward, the 76th Women’s and the 167th Men’s Boat Races are excited to return to the famous Championship Course that stretches over 4.25 miles of the tidal Thames in West London between Putney and Mortlake. The Women’s Boat Race will start at 14.23 and the Men’s Boat Race will begin at 15.23.

The world-famous sporting event between the UK’s two historic universities – Oxford and Cambridge – spans 185 years of rivalry and the Race has become synonymous with British tradition and excellence. The Race has established itself as the epitome of amateur sport, raced by scholar athletes who combine academic rigour with elite physical prowess. There is no greater occasion.

Last season’s Race saw Cambridge's Women win with a margin of victory being almost a length and at a winning time of 16 minutes and 29 seconds. The Men’s Race culminated in Cambridge defeating Oxford by just under one length while the Reserves Races saw Cambridge make a grand slam victory for a third consecutive year after Goldie won the men's and Blondie won the women's Reserves Races.

Join us at Linden House to celebrate with Street Food and Riverside Drinks to be served from 12.00 onwards. We look forward to seeing you then!