Join thousands of other runners, joggers and walkers for this free mass participation community event.
This year’s event will take place at Medway Park in Gillingham on Friday 18 July 2025, and will form part of the Love Gillingham campaign.
Everyone is welcome to come along to the event and enjoy the free sports activities, attractions and entertainment.
Event details
This year’s Medway Mile will include:
- a mass mile route which will celebrate the Great Lines Heritage Park
- children’s races on the Medway Park athletics track sponsored by Child-friendly Medway
- competitive club and run group relay races organised by Medway and Maidstone athletics club
- mascot race
- free sports activities
- live entertainment.
Timetable
- 5pm: event opens
- 5pm: children’s and family track races, free medals for all participants (u16’s)
- 6pm: mascot race
- 6.15pm: Medway run groups mixed relay (invite only)
- 6.30pm: club track races (invite only)
- 7.30pm: make your way over to Great Lines Heritage Park
- 7.45pm: mass warm-up (Great Lines Heritage Park)
- 8pm: Mass Medway Mile 2025 (the entire run will be based on the Great Lines Heritage Park)
- 8pm to 9pm: food vendors remain open
- 9pm: event closes.
Sports activities, family fun and entertainment will run throughout the evening, but will stop for the Mass Mile.
Activities: 5pm to 8pm
There'll be lots of activities, tasters and demonstrations on the night, run by our partners. These include:
- Medway Sport Gym Zone and Fitness Classes
- Medway Youth Service
- Medway & Maidstone Athletics Club
- Tornadoes Korfball Club
- Anchorians Football Club
- Olympia Boxing Club
- KLS Active
- Busy Bodies
- Jumpers Rebound Centre
- Holcombe Hockey Club
- Caterpillar Dance
- Dan James Tennis.
Other activities include:
- circus skills
- RLSS save a baby’s life
- facepainting with Child-Friendly Medway
- Medway Sport inflatable toddler zone.
Entertainment
The event will be full of fantastic entertainment, including a circus performer.
Catering
Some of the food options available at the Medway Mile are:
- Scoff n Sip ice cream
- Jerk Shack
- Cafe 4U.
If you're interested in getting involved please contact the team at Medway Sport medwaysport@medway.gov.uk.
Registration
Mass Medway Mile
The Mass Mile event is free to enter and we welcome everyone to take part on the day.
Pre-register for the Mass Medway Mile will open late May 2025
The Medway Mile online registration is provided by Eventrac.
Competitive track races
Medway and Maidstone Athletics Club will be managing entries for the club races on the track.
Full details of the race criteria will be sent out directly to athletes, clubs and run groups.
Mascot race
If you are a charity, club or other organisation wishing to enter our novelty mascot race, email medwaysport@medway.gov.uk.
Children’s races
There is no need to pre-register for the fun children’s races.
Children will be sorted into heats on the evening. This year will include family races.
Medals sponsored by Child-friendly Medway will be awarded to all junior (u16s) participants in the children’s races.
Preparing for the Medway Mile
Medway Sport has mapped out one-mile routes at parks across Medway.
Why not give them a go to help prepare for the event, or continue to walk or run a mile together as a family after the Medway Mile?
You could also join the weekly parkrun at Great Lines Heritage Park on Saturday mornings at 9am, or Junior Park Run at The Strand, Gillingham, on Sundays at 9.30am.
