Paddleboarding spots in Cambridgeshire
39 launch spots across Cambridgeshire
Every mapped spot in Cambridgeshire
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RiverOrton Waterville put-in
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Nene at Orton Waterville, within Nene Park and close to Orton Lock. The Environment Agency is the navigation authority for the river along this reach.
LakeThorpe Meadows Rowing Lake put-in (Peterborough)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Thorpe Meadows Rowing Lake, a purpose-built lake within Nene Park on the western edge of Peterborough. Peterborough City Rowing Club has been based on the lake since 1983 and it is also used for canoe sprint training.
LakeThorpe Meadows Rowing Lake put-in (Peterborough)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Thorpe Meadows Rowing Lake, a purpose-built lake within Nene Park on the western edge of Peterborough. Peterborough City Rowing Club has been based on the lake since 1983 and it is also used for canoe sprint training.
LakeThorpe Meadows Rowing Lake put-in (Peterborough)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Thorpe Meadows Rowing Lake, a purpose-built lake within Nene Park on the western edge of Peterborough. Peterborough City Rowing Club has been based on the lake since 1983 and it is also used for canoe sprint training.
Eastgate put-in (Peterborough)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits in the Eastgate area of Peterborough, close to the River Nene. Which named waterway it launches onto has not been confirmed: OpenStreetMap shows both the River Nene and the King's Dyke drainage channel running within about 150 metres of the site.
RiverWisbech slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA slipway on the tidal River Nene at Wisbech, within the stretch of river that remains an active small commercial port. The Nene is tidal here, well downstream of the Dog-in-a-Doublet sluice near Peterborough that marks the head of the tideway.
RiverUpware slipway, Old School Lane
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA second slipway on the River Cam at Upware, reached off Old School Lane, a few hundred metres from the Tip Tree Marina launch point in the same hamlet.
RiverCam Sailing Club slipway, Clayhithe (upstream)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA second slipway on the River Cam close to Cam Sailing Club at Clayhithe, about 45 metres from another mapped launch point on the same bank.
RiverUpware slipway, Tip Tree Marina
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Cam at Upware, a small hamlet on the river's east bank in Swaffham Prior parish, next to Tip Tree Marina. Upware has long served leisure boats on the Cam, including the nearby Five Miles From Anywhere Inn, a former Fen pub that reopened in 1995 largely to serve passing river traffic.
RiverSt Neots slipway (north)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA slipway on the River Great Ouse in St Neots, a few hundred metres north of the town bridge along the riverside path. It sits within the same stretch of river as St Neots Riverside Park.
RiverSt Neots slipway (further north)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA further slipway on the River Great Ouse in St Neots, roughly 550 metres north of the town bridge and about 160 metres beyond the previous launch point on the same bank.
RiverSt Neots slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Great Ouse on the edge of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, on a non-tidal stretch of the Great Ouse Navigation managed by the Environment Agency. St Neots Lock lies close by, and Anglian navigation byelaws set a 4 to 7 mph speed limit on this section of river.
RiverSt Neots slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA public slipway on the River Great Ouse in St Neots, close to the town bridge and the start of Riverside Park. The OSM node is tagged as a small-craft launch facility rather than a named beauty spot.
RiverSt Ives slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway on the River Great Ouse sits in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, close to the town's medieval bridge, which carries a rare surviving bridge chapel dedicated to St Leger and dates from 1426. St Ives Rowing Club, founded in 1865, is based on this stretch, and the wooded Holt Island nature reserve, formed where the river splits, lies nearby.
LakeSouthlake Waterpark slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway serves South Lake at Southlake Waterpark, a commercial watersports venue built around three former gravel-pit lakes near Southoe in Cambridgeshire. The park runs bookable sessions for wakeboarding, an inflatable aqua park, open-water swimming and paddleboarding, and does not offer casual unbooked access.
RiverSawston put-in (South Cambridgeshire)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Cam at Sawston, a village about seven miles south of Cambridge, near Dernford Farm and the confluence with the River Granta.
RiverNewnham put-in (Cambridge)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Cam near the Mill Pond in Newnham, close to Cambridge's Sheep's Green and Lammas Land, upstream of the city centre.
RiverNewnham put-in (Cambridge)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Cam off The Avenue in Newnham, Cambridge, close to Lammas Land and the Mill Pond.
RiverLittleport slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandA slipway on the River Great Ouse at Littleport, on the Bedford Level South stretch of the river north of Ely. The launch sits on a short service track tagged for slipway use.
LakeCawcutts Lake slipway, Impington
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Cawcutts Lake, a small lake at Manor Farm, Impington, run as a private syndicate carp fishery by Embryo Angling.
RiverHuntingdon slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis OSM way tags a slipway on the River Great Ouse at Huntingdon, a few metres from a separately mapped slipway point. Huntingdon's medieval bridge, once carrying Ermine Street, stands close by on this reach of the river.
RiverHoughton slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Great Ouse near Houghton, Cambridgeshire, close to Houghton Mill, the last working watermill on the Great Ouse and now run by the National Trust. Houghton Lock lies on this reach, and the Environment Agency requires a navigation licence for craft using the river here.
RiverHoughton Lock slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway on the River Great Ouse lies on the Houghton Lock reach between Houghton and Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. The Environment Agency requires a navigation licence for craft on this stretch.
RiverHemingford Abbots slipway
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway on the River Great Ouse lies near Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire, roughly 260 m from the village centre. OSM's edit history for the point references footpaths and river margins in what its editor describes as a lock area, consistent with the Great Ouse's Hemingford reach.
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