Kayaking

jim splinge
jim splinge Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited December 2016 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

hi we are new members and do a small amount of kayaking does anyone else do this and are there any sites by the beach or riverside access so there is no need to take car as everywhere in summer is so busy and parking is difficult thanks for any info on this
regards jim splinge

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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited December 2016 #2

    Quite a few people use Steamer Quay in Totnes, there's access to the river Dart over the road, you'd have to carry the kayak a short distance. No EHU on site. Coniston Park Coppice has access to the Lake at the bottom of the site. There are a lot of sites
    around with easy access to the sea or inland water.

  • Vicmallows
    Vicmallows Forum Participant Posts: 580
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    edited December 2016 #3

    An excellent site with direct access (and launching ramp) to the Wye is LUCKSAL at Mordiford, near Hereford.  It is a commercial, but gives discount for CC. An onsite operator may even arange recovery from Ross.

  • IanH
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    edited December 2016 #4

    The C&CC Derwentater site has excellent access to the lake, direct from the site (this is the big, main site, not the other one near to it that used to be called The Oval).

  • IamtheGaitor
    IamtheGaitor Forum Participant Posts: 529
    edited December 2016 #5

    Whitewater - right by the Tees and the whitewater rafting course

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    edited December 2016 #6
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  • Rob2CathDavies
    Rob2CathDavies Forum Participant Posts: 145
    edited December 2016 #7

    Perhaps not in as scenic an area, but Burrs Country Park is surprisingly rural and right by the River Irwell with a watersports acitivity centre right outside the site gate.  if you don't mind a 30 minute walk into Bury, you could quite easily have a long
    holiday there without using your car, there is so much to do in the area.

  • GodivaNige
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    edited December 2016 #8

    The C&CC Derwentater site has excellent access to the lake, direct from the site (this is the big, main site, not the other one near to it that used to be called The Oval).

    The big main site with access to the lake is called C&CC Keswick. The site that was The Oval is now called C&CC Derwentwater, which strangely, doesn't have access to the Derwentwater lake shore. 

  • youngalan
    youngalan Forum Participant Posts: 53
    edited December 2016 #9

    PS - I think that you have to pay to launch a boat from the CCC main Keswick site , after paying £x to stay there.

  • anothersunrise
    anothersunrise Forum Participant Posts: 264
    edited December 2016 #10

    Not a cc site the ccc site in Chertsey. 

  • brue
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    edited December 2016 #11

    The old CC site, now C&CC at Braithwaite Fold on Windermere has easy access to the lake, I believe "self-propelled" boats like kayaks can be launched free. There is a boat park at the back of the site.

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