London Sports Festival is a unique festival of sporting installations and activations across the capital in some of London’s most iconic locations together with hidden streets and leafy backwaters.

London Sports Festivalis a place where workers and visitors enjoy the capital and built lasting relationships through sport. The festival offers a diverse range of sports ensuring there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Running from March through October, London Sports Festival 2026 transformed the capital’s iconic streets, historic squares, and hidden courtyards into an accessible, urban playground. The season launches in early spring with pickleball in St James’s Park (Palmer Street) alongside padel table tennis at Tower Suites Walkway and padel at Hay’s Galleria. In April, a special trail of ten striking gold table tennis tables popped up across London, celebrating the centenary year of the IITF World Table Tennis Championships Finals returning to London in partnership with Table Tennis England. In May, The King’s Baton arrived in the capital, marking a major moment of celebration in the capital at Paternoster Square where the Team England Baton was carried up the iconic steps by Jamell Anderson, alongside three athletes from Team England. From there, the Baton progressed to Temple Bar, where a traditional carpet guard and pikemen procession ceremonially admitted Team England’s Baton into the City of London. Workers, residents and visitors then joined the celebration on court, taking part in free 3x3 basketball, coaching sessions and wheelchair 3x3 experiences.

As summer approached, the energy shifts toward fast-paced urban action, featuring 1-on-1 panna football in The Crescent outside Tower Suites by Blue Orchid Hospitality, 3x3 basketball in Paternoster Square, and pickleball in New Street Square. During 3x3 basketball, the programme celebrated the Commonwealth Games with a homecoming celebration for the Commonwealth Games 3x3 Men's Gold Medalists. Festive pop-up sports continued through late summer at Guildhall Yardwith friendly games of pickleball and jumbo volleyball. The festival concluded with a CPR World Record Attempt for the Most People Performing CPR outside Tower Suites by Blue Orchid Hospitality. Over two days, thousands of people came together for the Saving Lives Campaign to learn CPR, refresh their existing knowledge and practise the skills needed to respond in an emergency. London Sports Festival 2026 brought visitors, workers, and students together to stay active and explore the capital through friendly, accessible sport.

Padel at Tower Hill Terrace remains open and bookable here through March 2027

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