Join thousands of other runners, joggers and walkers for this free mass participation community event.
This year’s event will take place in and around Medway Park on Friday 17 July 2026.
We're celebrating the rich diversity of sport and physical activities in Medway as part of the Love Gillingham Campaign.
Event details
This year’s Medway Mile will include:
- a mass mile route with a track finish
- 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: activities open for everyone to participate
- 5pm: children's and family fun races on the track
- 6pm: official mascot race
- 6.15pm: competitive adult races
- 6.30pm: licensed elite mile track races
- 7.45pm: mass warm-up with Medway Sport
- 8pm: mass Medway Mile
- 8pm to 9pm: food vendors and activities 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:
- Anchorians Football Club
- Jumpers Rebound Centre
- Kent Crusaders Basketball
- Kent Panthers Basketball Club
- Medway Dragons Wheelchair Rugby Club
- Olympia Boxing Club
- Tornadoes Korfball Club.
Other activities include:
- Caterpillar Dance School
- KLS balance bikes
- Gnarwhal Skate School.
If you’re interested in getting involved, please email medwaysport@medway.gov.uk.
Catering
Some of the food options available at the Medway Mile are:
- Scoff n Sip ice cream
- Jerk Shack
- Cafe 4U
- The Bar of Chocolate
- Street Fusion.
If you're interested in getting involved please contact the team at Medway Sport by emailing medwaysport@medway.gov.uk.
Registration
The Mass Mile event is free to enter and we welcome everyone to take part on the day.
Sign up now for the Mass Medway Mile.
We will not be offering a free T-shirt for participants this year. Instead, we'll invest the funds into free activities, entertainment and medals for junior participants.
We encourage anyone who has a T-shirt from previous years to wear this on the evening with pride.
The Medway Mile online registration is provided by Eventrac.
Competitive track races
Medway and Maidstone Athletics Club will be managing entries for the competitive adult race and licensed elite track race.
Full details of the race criteria will be sent out directly to athletes, clubs and run groups.
Mascot race
If you're 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 (under 16) 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.
