British rowing, explained and archived
RowTV is an independent guide to rowing in Britain. It covers the regattas that shape the season, explains how each race works, and keeps an archive of results from past years.
The British rowing year has a clear rhythm. Winter belongs to the head races, long time trials rowed in procession on rivers such as the Thames Tideway. Spring brings the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. Summer is regatta season, when crews race side by side over shorter courses, and it builds towards Henley Royal Regatta in early July.
Dates for 2027
| Event | Where | When |
|---|---|---|
| The Boat Race | Putney to Mortlake, London | Sunday 11 April 2027 |
| Henley Royal Regatta | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | Tuesday 29 June to Sunday 4 July 2027 |
Start here
- The season calendar: every regatta and head race in order
- Henley Royal Regatta: a guide to the course, the events and watching
- The Boat Race: course, stations and how the race is won
- How rowing races work
- Results archive
- Great Britain’s Olympic rowing medals
What the archive holds
The archive is organised by year and by regatta. Each page gives the venue, the dates and the results we have been able to confirm against published records. Where a result could not be confirmed, the page says so instead of filling the gap.
The RowTV name goes back to a site that streamed video clips from British regattas in the 2000s. Those clips are no longer online. The pages that used to hold them now carry written results and background for the same events, at the same addresses.