Bedford Raft Race

20/05/2026

Thank you to our Sponsors Fujifilm for inviting us & Impakt to their staff event to promote this years race. Lots of interest from potential teams.

20/05/2026

At a Fujifilm event promoting the raft race

16/05/2026

A teams raft build from last River festival. Can you do better ?

13/05/2026

I had a go at building a raft today with these very simple instructions (Courtesy of Deepings Raft race). Didn't take long, so what's stopping you from entering ????

05/05/2026

Who needs some barrels for their raft? Free to clubs, charities, community groups. £10 each to businesses. There’s more where these came from. [email protected]

10/04/2026

08/04/2026

The Longholme cafe have entered this years race. They probably needed a raft in the winter with the river so high. It’s a glorious sunny day today to pay them a visit.

Established 2017

27/03/2026

We are building rafts & momentum- 3 more teams have shown an interest this week. A charity, a hockey club & a waterski club. They’ve not done it before either, so why don’t you ?

17/03/2026

Teams confirmed for this year already are:
The Bell, The Star, UK Truck & Plant, Wadys, Three Counties Radio, Bedford Home Education. Thinking about it are The Longholme cafe, Fox & Hounds Clapham + 5 anonymous.
Don’t miss out - email for an entry form [email protected]

12/03/2026

2 more requests today for entry forms. Keep the requests coming, the more the merrier.

13/02/2026

Entries NOW OPEN. We've had quite a bit of interest already. Lets make it bigger & better this year. We have a few surprise announcements to make soon.....
e-mail [email protected] for a copy.