The final list of teams taking part in this year's Great Knaresborough Bed Race has been revealed, with 90 teams set to tackle the gruelling 2.4-mile course.
This year's event, returning on Saturday 13th June, is particularly significant as it marks 60 years since the first Bed Race was held in 1966.
To celebrate the milestone, the theme for the 2026 Best Dressed Bed competition is 'The Swinging Sixties'.
Organisers say the race route remains largely unchanged from the original event, featuring steep climbs, cobbled streets and the famous 50-yard swim across the River Nidd.
The event, organised by volunteers from Knaresborough Lions Club, will see teams gather at Knaresborough Castle in the morning to decorate their beds before the traditional parade through the town from 1pm.
The race itself begins at 3pm from Conyngham Hall.
Chairman of the Bed Race organising committee, Jatinder Khalsi, said:
"With its great significance of six decades of Bed Race, what else could we have had as a theme but 'The Swinging Sixties'."
The full list of teams is:
- GH Brooks Mens
- Crag Rats
- Kings of the Castle
- Welly Wheelers
- Half Moon
- Riverside Runners
- HACS 01
- Parkrunners
- St John Fisher Harrogate
- Squashed Hearts
- Guardian Alarms
- Knaresborough Town AFC
- Knaresborough Town Over 30s
- Live For Today - Dream Team
- Knaresborough RUFC
- The Night Caps
- Hymas Hobblers (Old Guys!)
- Friends of Alfie Martin
- Ripon Runners ladies
- Raworths Solicitors
- Monkton Meanderers
- Wetherby Runners
- Welly Wheelettes
- Knaresborough Striders Ladies Team
- Nidd Valley Bees
- Black Wolf Fitness
- 1st Knaresborough (Castle) Scouts
- Nidd Valley Mixed
- Knaresborough Striders Mixed Bed 2
- King James's Staff
- Sherburn Runners
- G H Brooks counter crew
- HG Consulting Engineers
- DMfitness
- Harrogate Symphony Orchestra
- Ripon Runners social team
- Harrogate District Swimming Club
- Junior Runaways
- Up North Down Under
- Team YNYCA
- The Wonderers
- Saint Michael's Hospice
- KJS Sixth Form 2026
- The Rocket Men
- Aspin Avengers
- Fountains Abbey and Brimham Rocks
- Menwith Hill
- Knaresborough Silver Band
- HACS 02
- Knaresborough St John's Teachers
- Knaresborough St John's parents
- Scorchers Strikers
- Piccadilly Plodders
- Nidd Valley Juniors
- Midlife crisis
- Scrambled Legs
- Can you dig it!!
- Kingfisher Kiosk
- Manor House On the Move
- 1st Scriven Scout Group
- All Saints Primary School, Kirkby Overblow
- The Track & Sleeper
- Barker and Stonehouse
- Aspin Park Academy Parents
- Aspin Park Academy (Staff)
- Manor Preschool
- St Marys Primary School
- Switalskis Solicitors
- Meadowside Masters
- Meadowside Mavericks
- Welly Warriors
- Harrogate Round Table
- Knaresborough Air Cadets
- Harrogate Town AFC Community Foundation
- Badgered Into Running
- MOGS (Mums of Goldsborough School)
- Harrogate Neighbours Heroes
- VP Credit Control Team
- Bedder Late than Never
- New Park Pacers
- Open Arms Malawi
- HGS Science
- Hard Caw Warriors
- Armed Forces Fitness
- Stray Runners
- Red Dogs Bebra
- Mums' Minds Matter
- Scotton Rockets
- Techbuyer & St Peters Primary School
- Starbeck Tennis Club Ladies
As well as confirming the race field, organisers have also reminded spectators of key arrangements for the day.
Access to Conyngham Hall, where the race starts and finishes and where the river crossing can be viewed live and on the Big Screen, costs £3 for adults, while children aged 16 and under can enter free.
Proceeds help cover the costs of staging the event, with any surplus funds donated to local charities and good causes.
A free park-and-ride service will operate between GSPK/Knaresborough Technology Park on Manse Lane and the town centre throughout the day. Parking and the shuttle service are both free, although motorists are being urged to remove vehicles before 6pm when the site closes.
A number of road closures will also be in place. Roads in and around Knaresborough will close from 12.30pm until around 6pm, while Market Place, Castlegate and Silver Street will shut from 10.30am.
Other affected routes include High Street, Bond End, Boroughbridge Road, Harrogate Road, Cheapside, Brewerton Street, Fisher Street, Castle Ings and Waterside. Parking restrictions will also be in force around the race route.
The race field is selected by lottery and represents the maximum number of teams permitted to take part.
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