Paddleboarding spots in Dorset
33 launch spots across Dorset
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SeaStanpit put-in (Christchurch)
Dorset, EnglandThis concrete slipway at Fisherman's Bank launches onto Christchurch Harbour beside Stanpit Marsh, a 65-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest formed where the Rivers Avon and Stour meet the tide. OpenStreetMap tags the slipway as free to use. The marsh mixes salt marsh, reed bed and freshwater habitat and is an important stop for migrating birds.
RiverPurewell put-in (Christchurch)
Dorset, EnglandThis slipway is in Purewell, a Christchurch suburb on the tidal River Avon a couple of miles upstream of Christchurch Harbour. The Avon here is tidal and non-intermittent, part of the reach shallow-draught boats can work up from the harbour mouth.
SeaService slipway, west Hamworthy
Dorset, EnglandThis slipway sits toward the western end of Poole Harbour's northern shore, in the Hamworthy area, and is tagged on OpenStreetMap as a small service slipway with no name recorded. Poole Harbour Commissioners manage navigation across the harbour, including a stand up paddleboarding code of practice and a ban on paddling through the entrance or main shipping channels.
SeaLake Road slipway, Hamworthy
Dorset, EnglandLake Road slipway sits on the low, western shore of Poole Harbour at Hamworthy, opposite the town centre. The harbour is one of several worldwide that lay claim to being the second-largest natural harbour, covering around 36 square kilometres.
SeaPoole Quay slipway
Dorset, EnglandThis slipway sits on the north shore of Poole Harbour on the Poole Quay frontage, close to Poole Quay Boat Haven marina, in the town centre. Poole Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in Europe, a shallow drowned river valley with a single narrow entrance to the sea between South Haven Point and Sandbanks. OpenStreetMap records only a bare slipway tag for this node, with no name, surface or access detail.
SeaSterte slipway, Holes Bay
Dorset, EnglandHoles Bay is a shallow tidal inlet on the north side of Poole Harbour, immediately north of Poole town centre. This slipway sits on the bay's built-up eastern shore at Sterte, off the public open space of Sterte Esplanade.
SeaNorth shore slipway, Poole
Dorset, EnglandThis slipway sits within Harbourside Park (Baiter Recreation Ground) on Poole Harbour's northern shore, in Parkstone Bay, between Parkstone and Poole town centre.
SeaPoole Quay slipway, near the RNLI museum
Dorset, EnglandPoole Harbour is a broad, shallow natural harbour of around 36 square kilometres, with a single narrow entrance about two miles south-east of here. This slipway sits at the east end of Poole Quay, in front of the former RNLI lifeboat house at Fisherman's Dock, now the Poole Old Lifeboat Museum, with open water toward Brownsea Island and the Purbeck Hills.
SeaMudeford put-in (Christchurch)
Dorset, EnglandThis slipway sits within the Mudeford Quay Dinghy Park on the north shore of Christchurch Harbour, a short walk from the Run, the narrow tidal channel that connects the harbour to Christchurch Bay. The harbour is fed by the Rivers Avon and Stour and, because of tidal harmonics in the English Channel, sees a double high water on most tides. Several more slipways sit within a hundred metres along the same dinghy park frontage.
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