London City Runners

Free runs past Tower Bridge, pint at the clubhouse

🏃 Southwark 2–3 times per week - Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays Social Beginner-friendly Track

One of London's biggest free clubs, going since 2010 - no membership faff for the social runs, just show up, run the river past Tower Bridge and the South Bank, and stick around for a drink at our own clubhouse bar.

We head out Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 130 Druid Street, SE1 (yes, slap on the Bermondsey Beer Mile), with paid track on Wednesdays at Southwark Park. The River Runs welcome everyone; for the road sessions you'll want to manage a continuous 5k. Weekend long runs duck through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.

We half-joke that the club is responsible for a small pile of marriages. Social membership is free - come see why.

Southwark, London
2–3 times per week - Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays

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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. 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. 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.