Head of the River may refer to more than one type of rowing competition:
- Bumps race
- Eights Week, Oxford University (May)
- Lent Bumps, Cambridge University (February–March)
- May Bumps, Cambridge University (June)
- Torpids, Oxford University (March)
- Head race
- Head of the River Amstel (the Netherlands)
- Head of the River (Australia)
- Head of the River (New South Wales)
- Head of the River (Victoria)
- Head of the River (Western Australia)
- Head of the River Race, London
- Women's Eights Head of the River Race, London