Bridges Handicap Race

The Bridges Handicap Race (or Lensbury Bridges Handicap Races) is a running race held in Westminster, London, at 12:30 on the second Wednesday of every month. The race is run over a course of 2.3 miles (3.7 km),[1] and runners are given handicap times based on their last performance. The course begins and ends by Westminster Bridge, in front of St. Thomas' Hospital on the Albert Embankment and crosses Vauxhall Bridge and Lambeth Bridge.

The London Business Houses Bridges Relay is run on the same course annually. The race goes began in 1977 and two of the original runners still race regularly.[2]

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