has been an annual event since 1964. Since 2015, the women's race has taken place on the same day and course, and since 2018 the combined event of the two races has been referred to as "The Boat Race".

The Championship Course has hosted the vast majority of the races. Covering a 4.2 mi stretch of the Thames in West London, from Putney to Mortlake, it is over three times the distance