Swim Serpentine

Join our team in 2019

Swim Serpentine is an open water swimming event that is staged in the beautiful setting of the famous Serpentine in Hyde Park, the venue for the open water swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

This event will be suited to regular swimmers and those up for a challenge. With waved starts and no time limit, you’ll be able to take your time to complete the challenge of a lifetime. This mass participation swim will see 6,000 swimmers complete the challenge - you could call it the London Marathon of the swimming world.​

How to get a place

Secure your place on the Swim Serpentine website.

Own place

If you’ve already secured your own place in the Swim Serpentine challenge and would like to support our work, we'd love to welcome you to the team!

Please complete our own place registration form and we will send you one of our fundraising packs and your supporter t-shirt. There is no minimum sponsorship for our own place runners, but we are grateful for every £1 that you raise.

How we will support you

As part of Team Sally Army you will get:

• A fundraising pack crammed full of ideas
• Regular updates
• Fundraising support
• Free Salvation Army swim hat & t-shirt

Get in touch

We have an enthusiastic and dedicated team ready to support you with ideas, fundraising materials – or for a pre-event pep talk, if you need us, we’re here! Please don't hesitate to get in touch: 020 7367 4819 | challenge@salvationarmy.org.uk 

Are you part of a Salvation Army corps? 

Get involved and raise funds for local initiatives by encouraging your local community to take part in this fantastic event. Get in touch with the fundraising events team at challenge@salvationarmy.org.uk for your tailor-made posters and social media posts.

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