London City Race 2026

The 17th London City Race takes place on Saturday 19th September 2026 in Bermondsey, featuring substantial newly mapped areas never before used for Orienteering.

There will be accompanying races on Friday evening and Sunday:

Friday – Sprint. Middlesex University Hendon, organised by LOK
Sunday – Thamesmead Urban, organised by DFOK

Contact: 

Event Venue and Travel

Assembly will be at the City of London Academy. Nearest stations are Bermondsey Underground and South Bermondsey, both approximately 1100 metres away, 15 minute walk. Bus route 381 passes the school, stop ‘Esmerelda Road’. See tfl website for travel information

Location	Bermondsey
Address	City of London Academy, 240 Lynton Road, SE1 5LA
Latitude/longitude	51.4895, -0.0652
OS grid reference	TQ344785
Maps	Google Maps, OpenStreetMap

Classes and Courses

We anticipate offering the same courses as we did for 2025.

Course	Classes	Estimated Optimal Distance (km)	Target Winning Time (mins)	Technical/ Descriptions
1	Men Elite, Men Under 21 (M20-)	12.5	50	3/ IOF
2	Women Elite, Women Under 21 (W20-)	10.7	50	3/ IOF
3	Men’s Veteran (M40+)	11.1	50	3/ IOF
4	Women’s Veteran (W40+)	8.3	45	3/ IOF
5	Men’s Super Vets (M55+)	8.7	45	3/ IOF
6	Women’s Super Vets (W55+)	7.5	45	3/ IOF
7	Men’s Ultra Vets (M65+) Men’s Open	7.4	45 40	3/ IOF
8	Women’s Ultra Vets (W65+) Women’s Open	6.3	40 35	3/ IOF
9	Men’s Hyper Vets (M75+)	5.8	40	3/ IOF
10	Women’s Hyper Vets (W75+)	3.7	35	3/ IOF
11	Juniors (W16-) Juniors (M16-)	5.0	30	3/ IOF
12	Children (W12-) Children (M12-)	2.5	20	2 /IOF + English Text
13	Adventurer (Newcomers)	4.7	40	2 /English
14	Accessible	2.0	45	2 /English

These will be confirmed nearer the time.

Start times will be from 10:00 -13:00

Entries

Entries are expected to open in June

Officials

Planner – Gordon Parker

Organiser – Steve Clelland

Weekend Coordinator – Alan Leakey

Controller – Simon Errington (HH)