Parks

Wandsworth Council is excited to announce a series of free family running races at Battersea Park this summer as part of the council’s Love Parks Wandsworth campaign; celebrating the beautiful parks and greenspaces. Sign up for a free ticket here!

Wandsworth have teamed up with local running club, Clapham Chasers, to deliver the free family friendly run which will take place on 25 August, 11am at Battersea Park.

The 2km route can be walked/run by children/families, any ability is welcome and there will be plenty of volunteers to cheer you along the way! The family fun race will start and finish at Battersea Park Millennium Arena, Battersea Park. Registration will begin at 10am, closing at 10.45am.

Steffi Sutters, Cabinet Member Community Services and Open Spaces said; “I am delighted that we have been able to put on so many events recently as part of our Love Parks campaign and I am sure, as with all our other events, that these family runs being held over the summer will prove popular with our residents.”

Come along and get the whole family active this summer and explore Battersea Park. If you would like to take part, please register for a free ticket here.

The family fun runs are run and co-ordinated by Clapham Chasers Running and Triathlon Club in partnership with Wandsworth Council.

Wandsworth Council’s first run was on 30 June, and what a success! Thank you to everyone that came out for the first run, and a special thank you to Cllr Sutters who opened the event.

Results from race one in the three race series from Sunday 30 June can be found here.

Results from race two in the three race series from Sunday 27 July can be found here.