Herne Hill Harriers

A century of fast feet in black-and-red hoops

🏃 Lambeth Weekly Track Competitive Marathon training

For over a hundred years we've turned out world-class athletes in the iconic black-and-red hooped vest - and somehow stayed a warm home for club runners at the same time.

Track sessions run at Tooting Bec Athletics Track and venues around South London, covering track, field, road and cross country, with a thriving junior section. Our events pull in international talent, but the day-to-day is friendly, properly coached and grounded.

If you want heritage and real coaching wrapped in a sociable club, you'll feel at home here.

Lambeth, London
Weekly

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Marcus Bennett · 9 June 2026 I can't do small talk. At a board game night, I finally didn't have to. Parties, pubs, the dreaded "so what do you do?" - I'd given up on meeting people. Then I sat down at a board game night and the talking just happened sideways. Rachel Okafor · 15 June 2026 I was someone's mum from 6am to midnight. A book club gave me back two hours that were mine. After my son was born I disappeared into being his mother. The thing that brought me back wasn't a spa day or a grand gesture. It was a paperback and a room full of women. Bridget Lawson · 18 June 2026 I look after my mum full time. A Saturday walk is the one hour that's mine. Caring for someone you love can quietly erase you. This is about the morning I started walking with a group of strangers, and how one hour a week gave me back to myself.