Medway Sport
The Medway Mile 2026
Next Race: 17/07/2026
Medway Park, Mill Road, Gillingham. Kent ME7 1HF
The Medway Mile returns for 2026 to Medway Park, Gillingham.
Sign up today and register for your free event to enjoy the fun of one of the biggest community sporting events in Medway. This year’s event will take place in and around Medway Park on Friday, 17 July, and will be celebrating the rich diversity of Sport and Physical Activities in Medway, as part of the Love Gillingham Campaign
The event will have all the free family fun you’ve come to expect at the Medway Mile - free sporting activities showcasing local sports, children's and mascot races on the Medway Park athletics track, food and entertainment and the mass participation mile.
This year's event will not offer a free T Shirt for participants, we will continue to invest the funds into free activities, entertainment and medals for junior participants. We would encourage anyone who has a previous event T Shirt (retro) to wear this on the evening with pride of having completed previous miles.
This year’s new mass mile route will finish within the grounds of Medway Park athletics track
The competitive adult race, is in partnership with Medway and Maidstone Athletics Club, who stage a series of showpiece Mile races on the Medway Park track.
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Time |
Schedule |
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5pm |
Event Opens |
| 5pm |
All activities open for everyone to participate |
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5pm |
Children's and Family Fun Races on the track sponsored by Child-Friendly Medway (no prebooking required, they are organised on the night) |
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6.00pm |
The Official Mascot Race, watch the mascots compete for annual glory |
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6.15pm |
Mile track races in partnership with Medway & Maidstone Athletics Club |
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6.30pm |
Licensed Elite Mile Track Races, in partnership with Medway & Maidstone Athletics Club |
| 7.45pm | Mass warm up with Medway Sport (Medway Park athletics track in field) |
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8pm |
The Mass Medway Mile 2026, this is for everyone! all abilities can walk, jog or run |
| 8pm to 9pm |
After the Mass Mile, return to Medway Park, try some more activities and enjoy a snack with our on-site catering outlets. |
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9pm |
Event Closes |
Club partners so far.... providing fun taster sessions for all the family to participate
If you are interested in getting involved please contact the team at Medway Sport medwaysport@medway.gov.uk
Extra Activities favourites included.......
Entertainment
If you are interested in getting involved please contact the team at Medway Sport medwaysport@medway.gov.uk
Catering Partners for the event.......
Photographic support (including those on this website)
Location
Directions
We would encourage public transports links to this event
- Total No. Entries : 5