Paddleboarding spots in Devon
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SeaNo.3 Building Slip
Devon, EnglandNo.3 Building Slip is a historic slip inside HM Naval Base Devonport, originally a mast pond before being rebuilt as a large slip for building dreadnought battleships and extended to 752 feet in 1912 to launch the superdreadnought HMS Warspite. It lies within the dockyard's restricted area on the Hamoaze.
SeaNo.1 Slip
Devon, EnglandNo.1 Slip is a historic slipway inside HM Naval Base Devonport, built in 1774 and one of the few to survive largely unaltered from that period, with a timber cover added in 1814 that is one of only three surviving examples of its type in Britain. It sits within the dockyard's restricted area on the Hamoaze.
SeaDevonport put-in (Plymouth)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Hamoaze at Cornwall Beach in Devonport, Plymouth, close to a feature mapped as No.5 Jetty. The stretch lies on the edge of Devonport Dockyard, and no source found confirms whether the public can launch here.
SeaDevonport put-in (Plymouth)
Devon, EnglandThis launch point lies within HM Naval Base Devonport on the Hamoaze, the tidal Tamar estuary that forms Plymouth's naval anchorage. OpenStreetMap tags access as permit-only, consistent with the base's status as a restricted Ministry of Defence site.
SeaWoodbury put-in (East Devon)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway is on the Exe Estuary at Exton, a small settlement on the estuary's east shore between Topsham and Lympstone. Woodbury village itself lies about 3km inland and is not the water here.
SeaWonwell Slipway
Devon, EnglandWonwell Slipway sits on the eastern bank of the River Erme estuary mouth, opposite Mothecombe, near the hamlet of Kingston in the South Hams. The Erme forms a ria with extensive saltmarsh and mudflats uncovered at low tide, and the estuary and its shores lie within the privately owned Flete Estate.
SeaWhitestrand
Devon, EnglandWhitestrand Quay is a slipway on Salcombe's town waterfront, built during the Second World War as part of a US Navy amphibious training base and now home to the harbour office. It launches directly onto the sheltered main channel of the Kingsbridge Estuary.
SeaWestward Ho! slipway, Westbourne Terrace
Devon, EnglandThis is the Westbourne Terrace slipway also mapped as a separate node 10 metres away, a concrete public byway launching onto Bideford Bay at Westward Ho!. OpenStreetMap records it as open to pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders and vehicles, with no fee.
SeaWaterside Walk
Devon, EnglandWaterside Walk is a public footpath and slipway, recorded as Kingsbridge Footpath 10, giving access to the Kingsbridge Estuary close to the town at the tidal head of the ria.
SeaTunge Field Farm put-in (South Hams)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway launches onto Bowcombe Creek, the most northerly arm of the Kingsbridge Estuary, close to Kingsbridge, South Hams. Salcombe Harbour Authority's jurisdiction runs from the open sea up to Kingsbridge and covers the whole estuary system, including canoes and stand-up paddleboards alongside powered craft.
SeaTotnes slipway, The Mount
Devon, EnglandA slipway on the tidal River Dart at Totnes near The Mount, close to the town's Measured Mile rowing reach below the weir that marks the tidal limit. OpenStreetMap records it as a former quay wall converted to a slipway, with a gate now controlling access.
SeaTotnes slipway, Riverside Walk
Devon, EnglandA slipway on the tidal River Dart at Totnes, on the Riverside Walk beside the town's 'Measured Mile' reach downstream of Totnes weir, the seventeenth-century structure that marks the head of the estuary.
SeaLundy Landing Beach slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits on Beach Road on Lundy Island, leading to the Landing Beach, the island's only boat landing point, in the Bristol Channel around eleven miles off Hartland Point on the North Devon coast. A jetty completed in 1999 gives some shelter from westerly and southerly wind and swell, though the beach stays exposed to easterly weather.
SeaLundy Landing Beach slipway
Devon, EnglandThe Landing Beach is Lundy Island's only boat landing point, on its south-east side in the Bristol Channel around eleven miles off Hartland Point on the North Devon coast. A jetty completed in 1999 gives some shelter from westerly and southerly wind and swell, though the beach stays exposed to easterly weather.
SeaTopsham Lock Cottage put-in (Exeter)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway is on the tidal Exe Estuary at Topsham, close to the site of the town's historic 1832 lock that once linked the Exeter Ship Canal to the tidal river before falling out of use in the 1970s. Topsham sits on the estuary's east bank, immediately north of the River Clyst confluence.
SeaTopsham Lock Cottage put-in (Exeter)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits on the tidal Exe Estuary at Topsham, a former port town on the river's east bank immediately north of its confluence with the River Clyst. Topsham grew on its sheltered position on the Exe through fishing, shipbuilding and overseas trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.
SeaTopsham Lock Cottage put-in (Exeter)
Devon, EnglandThis slipway is on the Exe Estuary at Topsham's Goat Walk, the riverside path along the town's waterfront looking out over the tidal river towards Exminster Marshes. Topsham sits on the estuary's east bank, just north of the River Clyst confluence.
RiverWest Exe South slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway is on the River Exe at West Exe South in Tiverton, about 165 metres upstream of a second slipway near Bridge Street. As with most English rivers, there is no general public right of navigation on this non-tidal stretch of the Exe.
RiverTiverton Bridge slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Exe in Tiverton's West Exe neighbourhood, close to Bridge Street and the town bridge. A second slipway lies roughly 165 metres downstream on the same bank at West Exe South. As with most English rivers, there is no general public right of navigation on this non-tidal stretch of the Exe.
SeaEastcliff Walk slipway, Teignmouth
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits on Eastcliff Walk on the open coast north-east of Teignmouth's harbour mouth, near Holcombe. It launches onto the English Channel rather than into the sheltered Teign Estuary.
SeaBeesands slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway gives access to Start Bay at Beesands, a shingle beach on the South Devon coast between Hallsands and Torcross. The beach is used for paddleboarding and canoeing and as a launch point for sea-kayak trips around Start Point. A separate freshwater lake, Widdicombe Ley, lies inland behind the village and is not reached from this slipway.
SeaTorcross slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits at the north end of the Torcross seafront promenade, giving access to Start Bay along the shingle sweep of Slapton Sands. The freshwater Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve lies on the landward side of the coast road here and is a distinct body of water from the sea at this launch point.
SeaStoke Gabriel slipway
Devon, EnglandA concrete slipway reached by a short service road off Mill Hill in Stoke Gabriel, a village on a tidal creek of the River Dart between Totnes and Dartmouth. The village's separate Mill Pool is impounded behind a weir and is not the same water as the tidal creek this slipway gives onto.
SeaCockwood Harbour slipway
Devon, EnglandThis slipway sits at Cockwood, a small tidal harbour village on the west shore of the Exe Estuary just north of Starcross. Cockwood Harbour is separated from the main estuary channel by the Exeter-to-Torquay railway embankment, and boats reach it via a bridge under the line; there is also a small-boat landing at Cockwood Steps south of the village. The Exe Water Users Code, published by the Exe Estuary Management Partnership, sets a 10-knot speed byelaw across the estuary.
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