Paddleboarding spots in Cambridgeshire
30 launch spots across Cambridgeshire
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RiverGodmanchester Lock canoe put-in
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis point on the River Great Ouse at Godmanchester is mapped specifically as a canoe put-in near the town's lock. An OSM editor's note for the point references a portage route around the lock, though its current usability is not confirmed from available sources.
RiverWaterside slipway, Ely
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Great Ouse at Waterside in Ely, a stretch of riverfront with a marina that has been a popular boating spot since the Fens were drained and Ely ceased to be an island. The OSM listing for the slipway itself carries a notice that users must be registered with the rivers authority, and records no launch fee.
RiverEarith put-in (Huntingdonshire)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway is on the River Great Ouse at Earith, the village where the artificial Old Bedford River and New Bedford River branch off the main river towards Denver Sluice.
RiverChesterton put-in (Cambridge)
Cambridgeshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Cam by Green Dragon Bridge in Chesterton, a riverside suburb on the north-east edge of central Cambridge.
RiverChain Road
Cambridgeshire, EnglandChain Road is a grass-paver service track running down to a slipway on the River Great Ouse at Overcote, a riverside hamlet in the parish of Over, South Cambridgeshire. The Environment Agency treats this reach as part of the Anglian Waterways, where unpowered craft such as canoes and paddleboards need registration.
RiverAlwalton put-in
Cambridgeshire, EnglandAlwalton put-in is a riverside slipway on the River Nene, on the western edge of Nene Park's Rural Estate immediately below Alwalton Lock, about five miles west of Peterborough. The reach is part of a 91-mile non-tidal navigation held by a chain of locks and weirs between Northampton and its tidal limit near Wisbech.
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