Water training
Our athletes train at the the University of London Boathouse (ULBH), a purpose-built rowing training facility set over 1.5 acres on a stretch of the tidal Thames between Chiswick and Kew Bridge.
Home to The Boat Race, Head of the River and many high performance rowing clubs, the Tidal Thames (the Tideway) is one of Britain’s most iconic rowing locations, and a key part of UL’s success. Uniquely, we are able to:
- Access 20km+ of rowable water in each direction from the boathouse.
- Organise informal and formal fixtures with numerous other competitive Tideway rowing clubs.
- Learn and train on the course of many of the season’s most important Head races.
The ULBC fleet is comprised mostly of Empacher and Filippi boats. The primary racing shells for the men and women are carbon wing rigged, with two carbon-wing eights and a coxed four on the men’s side, and three carbon-wing eights on the women’s. We also boast a vast collection of Empacher, Filippi and Hudson 4+, 4-, 4x, 2x, 2- and 1x shells.
Our fleet is maintained by our experienced boatman Stef.
Land training
We are one of very few university rowing programs with on-site gym facilities and a dedicated strength and conditioning coach.
All land training takes place at the boathouse. Land-based aerobic training is completed on C2 ergos, bikes and SkiErg or RP3s, and S&C sessions take place in our fully equipped weights gym.
