Due to its close proximity to the Thames, Putney is a keen rowing stronghold, with some twenty clubs in the area.

Putney is just over the river from Earls Court, Chelsea and Kensington, with the Earls Court and Olympia Exhibition Centres particularly close by.

Putney Bridge is the starting point for the traditional Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

Well known for his superstitions, five-time Wimbledon tennis champion Bjorn Borg would always insist on arriving at the championships over Hammersmith Bridge, never Putney Bridge.