THE BOAT RACE

A well-attended rowing race between students from the UK's most famous universities: Oxford and Cambridge. With each team having a distinctive blue colour (Oxford, dark blue and Cambridge, light blue), the boat race has become a landmark in British sporting history, attracting thousands of visitors each year to take part in this exciting event. The race takes place on the River Thames and covers almost seven thousand kilometres, starting at Putney Bridge and finishing near Barnes Railway Bridge.