Easter Monday Duck Race

The Easter Monday Duck Race will see the release of 2500 plastic ducks into the Porter Brook near the top of Endcliffe Park, and their collection at the finish line downstream.

There will also be stalls selling books, crafts, pizza, crepes, cakes and more, as well as fairground stalls, dog agility training, and face painting. There will be several new local craft stalls this year, come and support them!

The race itself starts promptly at 14:00 but stalls on the green opposite Endcliffe Park Café will be open for business from 11:00.

A unique launching tower releases numbered plastic ducks into the brook just below the weir above Holme Wheel Dam. They float down the river for approximately 450 meters, where they are captured in a specially designed finish line between the café and the playground. Ducks are captured in a wire tube in the order they finish the race.

You can buy ducks in advance, online or at the Endcliffe Park and Forge Dam cafés. They will also be on sale on the day of the race at the start and near the finish line. The winning duck numbers will be posted on the FoPV website.

All owners of winning ducks will be contacted in the days immediately following the race, using the details provided at the point of purchase. The funds raised from the event will be used to create a pétanque pitch in Bingham Park. Pétanque is a great sport easy to learn and suitable for all ages and abilities. Pétanque is played by rolling steel balls (boules) towards a small wooden target ball or jack. A section of the old Bingham Park bowling green will be transformed into a pétanque pitch that will be open to all.