Regatta Updates

A fabulous thank you to everybody who helped make this year’s RICOH Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta an amazing Success.

47 hot air balloons including the Longelat Lion, The William Hill Scottish Cup and of course the RICOH Imagine.Change. special shape balloons all flew between Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf, heading directly over the O2 and London City Airport before flying out of the city into the Essex countryside.

Flying at the from of the pack, Exclusive Ballooning chief pilot Andrew Holly had special VIP guests The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London Alderman The Lord Mountevans and The Lady Mayoress on board.

The press coverage has been huge with Time Out London streaming the event together with ITV London, BBC News, London Standard, Telegraph, Daily Mail… the list is long.

We are delighted to announce that this flight has raised £46,750 bringing the total raised so far by the Regatta to over £125,000.

For press releases and pictures please contact us on 01453 511280 or via contact on this website.

Pilot applications for 2017 will open on December 27th 2016 at 12pm.

We are delighted to announce that the 2016 RICOH Lord Mayor’s Balloon Regatta is CONFIRMED for Sunday June 19th. PILOTS – Briefing may be brought forward, you will be informed at the gate.

Spectators – The launch site is Burgess Park, Albany Road, SE5 7QH. There is no parking on site, there is no smoking on site. Please do include #BalloonRegatta with all of your pictures and tweets.

Intended launch time is around 4:45-5am with expected flight track to the east side of Tower Bridge north of Canary Wharf heading out towards Romford.

PILOTS – check your email now – you should have received confirmation PDF showing all launch site information and other Important information.

Pilots – you MUST have read through your briefing notes by now. If you have not received them, please check your email spam folders – these were sent May 31st approx 6pm.

We are thrilled to announce a three year deal with RICOH who will be the main sponsor of the Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta from this year. We thank RICOH for their support and faith in the event.

The 2016 event dates were confirmed on the Regatta website as June 5th, 12th, 19th or 26th and it was announced that applications will open on January 13th 2016.