London Kilt Run 2026

London Kilt Run 10k - Robert Burns Day!

Join us for the fifth annual Scottish themed 10k social run around London starting and finishing at the Robert Burns Statue opposite the Embankment Cafe in Victoria Embankment Gardens routing to take in as many Scottish themed sights in the City of London as possible.

Hosted by the Kilted Personal Trainer!

FAQs

What is the route?

We start and finish at the Robert Burns Statue in Victoria Embankment Gardens running a clockwise route to Lambeth Bridge and down to Tower Bridge before returning.

Any questions? admin@kilt.run

✅ Robert Burns Statue (start & finish location) this is near to the Embankment Bistro Cafe 25 Victoria Gardens, Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6PB)

✅ Scotland Place, Whitehall

✅ Dover House, Whitehall (Secretary of State for Scotland)

✅ Banqueting House (sit of execution of last Scottish born king - Charles I)

✅ 10 Downing Street (9 Prime Ministers from Scotland)

✅ Churchill Statue - MP for Dundee

✅ Bagpiper at the Houses of Parliament (TBC)

✅ Westminster Abbey - Robert Burns bust in Poet’s Corner / Mary Queen of Scots buried there

✅ The London Scottish Regiment & Museum (Horseferry Road)

✅ MI5 / MI6 - James Bond & Scottish Connection

Over Lambeth Bridge, then…

✅ Houses of Parliament - Scotland taking over the English throne 1603 & Guy Fawkes 1605 - numbers of MP’s from Scotland

✅ Number of Scottish MPs – 57 from Scotland (irrespective of party)

✅ Shakespeare’s Globe - Macbeth - ‘the Scottish Play’

✅ Tower Bridge - home of several Scottish kings and dignitaries - willing and not so willing - last home for William Wallace and Jacobite Lord Lovat Simon Fraser

✅ A nod to the Cutty Sark - ship built in Glasgow which made fame on trade routes - name comes from a line in Tam O Shanter (Robert Burns poem)

Returning back along the River Thames…

✅ Tower of London & nearby execution location of several famous Scots over the years

✅ London Bridge - William Wallace head on a spike here - executed (site nearby at St Barts Hospital)

✅ Scotland House Blackfriars

🏁 Finish back at the Robert Burns Statue, where many follow on for a dram at the nearby pub 🥃

Do I need to wear a kilt?

There is no need to wear a kilt however any efforts at sourcing tartan are appreciated and there will be a prize for the best interpretation of Scottish themed! Everyone is welcome.

Reviews;

'One of the top three things to do this Burns Day' Asian Wealth Magazine

'You will find this to be one of the premier Scottish themed events in London'

'If you didn't manage to make it to a Highland Games this year, this is your nearest best thing'

'If you didn't eat your haggis this morning, this is possibly the most Scottish thing you could tuck into today'

'Easily the most Scottish thing going on in today's capital'

'The London Kilt Run is now as much a part of the fabric of the International 'Mexican Wave' of Scottish Culture that takes place on and around Burns Day as the fabric that makes the kilt itself.'

'It is one of those wonderful events that really captures the spirit of Burns Day, also more recently it is not uncommon to see a Scottish celebrity on the startline, in the pub after, often both!'

Contact the Organiser;

For sponsorship and advertising opportunities and any questions please email - admin@kilt.run

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