Rowing Clubs in London (32 Clubs)

Records of rowing date back to the Water Ledger of 1813, making it one of the oldest school rowing clubs in the world. Pink racing colours date from the 1837 race against Eton.

Founded 1845 by Thames lightermen as Blackwall Rowing and Athletic Club - the oldest non-academic rowing club in London.

Founded 1856 by Argonauts Club members aiming to compete at Henley Royal Regatta. One of the founding clubs of the Amateur Rowing Association.

Founded 1858 at Messengers Boathouse; based at Canbury Gardens boathouse since 1968. Hosts Kingston Regatta and Kingston Head.

Founded 1860 as City of London Rowing Club; renamed Thames Rowing Club in 1862. Hosts Cambridge University Womens Boat Club for Boat Race training.

Founded 1860 on Eel Pie Island - one of the oldest rowing clubs in London, with Senior, Masters, Junior and Development squads. Hosts the long-running Twickenham Regatta.

UCLBC has been rowing on the Tideway for more than 160 years and is one of UCLs largest student-led sports clubs with around 200 active members.

Founded 1866 in Greenwich, the first East London rowing club to formally constitute. Trains at the London Regatta Centre, Royal Docks.

Founded 1870, named after the first boat to pass under the new London Bridge. Organises the annual Veterans Head of the River Race.

One of the oldest London university boat clubs, boating from Tideway Scullers School with squads for novices and experienced rowers of all genders.

Mortlake RC was founded 1877; today MAABC is the merged successor of Mortlake, Anglian, Chiswick (Bedford Park and Barnes Bridge) and Alpha Womens clubs.

Boat club of St Pauls School. Nine-time winners of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta and 11-time Schools Head champions.

Constituted 1886 by Thames watermen and tradesmen. Now based at Linden House on Hammersmith Upper Mall, shared with London Corinthian Sailing Club.

Founded 1890 by General Post Office officers at the old Dukes Head, Putney. Moved to the purpose-built Civil Service Boathouse at Chiswick in 1930.

Founded 1895 - the oldest skiff and punting club in the world, co-located with Walbrook RC and Royal Canoe Club on Trowlock Island.

Founded 1896 by Dr Frederick Furnivall as the Hammersmith Sculling Club for Girls - one of the first womens rowing clubs in the world. Opened to men in 1901.

Constituted 1907 out of the Regent Street Polytechnics rowing club. Strong Masters squad, hosts Quintin Head and Chiswick Regatta.

Founded 1919 by Charles Bristow so Imperials constituent colleges could enter Henley together. Multiple Henley wins and Olympic medallists since.

Founded 1922; despite its name the boathouse is on the Surrey bank near Chiswick Bridge, just downstream of the Boat Race finish.

Founded 1923 at J. Stone and Co engineering works in Deptford as Stones Rowing Club; renamed Globe Rowing Club in the mid-1930s after a Greenwich pub.

Founded 1923, dormant 1977 to 1991, then re-established. Boats from the University of London boathouse and welcomes all genders and abilities.

Open to students of all University of London colleges; a designated GB Rowing High Performance Programme producing U23 and senior internationals.

Boat club of Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup winners at Henley in 2013 and 2019; the boathouse sits just above Hammersmith Bridge.

Mixed university club boating from the London Regatta Centre at the Royal Albert Dock; the majority of new members each year are complete novices.

Founded around 1957 to coach individual scullers. Has had members represent Great Britain every year since 1984.

Founded 1960 in the London County Council boathouse at Barn Elms Sports Centre; runs strong junior and adult beginner programmes.

Founded 1961 for BP employees - the first non-tidal rowing club on the weir-controlled Thames. Organises Teddington Head of the River Race.

Formed 1980 by the merger of five Lea clubs (Crowland, City Orient, Gladstone Warwick, Britannia and Stuart Ladies). British Rowing Club of the Year 2022.

Formed in 1981 by the amalgamation of Auriol RC (founded 1896) and Kensington RC (founded 1872). Hosts Hammersmith Regatta and Hammersmith Head.

Traces its history to Civil Service Womens Headquarters Rowing Club in the early 1920s; renamed Barnes Bridge Ladies in 1997. Shares the Civil Service Boathouse with Cygnet RC.

Founded 2014; the UK's only explicitly LGBTQ-inclusive rowing club. Based at the Royal Docks with nearly 100 active members training each weekend.

Founded 2014 as a registered charity with a mission to widen access to rowing for state-school pupils and people facing financial hardship in west London.