Paddleboarding spots in Hertfordshire
8 launch spots across Hertfordshire
Every mapped spot in Hertfordshire
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Launch spots
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RiverWare put-in (East Hertfordshire)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Lea (Lee Navigation) at Ware, close to Ware Lock No. 2 and about a mile below Hertford, the head of the navigation.
LakeHerts Young Mariners Base slipway (Turnford)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway belongs to Herts Young Mariners Base, an outdoor activity centre on Cheshunt Lake off Windmill Lane, within Lee Valley Park near Turnford. The centre runs instructor-led stand-up paddleboarding, sailing and canoeing sessions on the lake.
RiverStanstead Abbots put-in (East Hertfordshire)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway reaches the River Lea (Lee Navigation) north of Stanstead Abbots, between the village and Ware, on a towpath-lined reach of the navigation.
RiverStanstead Abbots put-in (East Hertfordshire)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway reaches the River Lea (Lee Navigation) at Stanstead Abbots, a short distance upstream of the other mapped launch points in the village. The reach here is lock-managed and towpath-lined.
LakeFairlands Lake slipway (Stevenage)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway is on the Main Lake at Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage, an 11-acre lake used by the park's on-site sailing and watersports centre for dinghy sailing, canoeing, kayaking, windsurfing and stand-up paddleboarding sessions.
RiverLee River
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Lea, canalised here as the Lee Navigation, beside Stanstead Abbots in the Lee Valley. OSM designates the launch for canoes and small boats. The Canal and River Trust requires a waterways licence to paddle this stretch.
RiverHertford put-in
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis slipway stands on Marshgate Drive at the 1st Hertford Scout Group's headquarters, on the River Lea at Hertford, the head of the Lee Navigation. Hertford Lock No. 1, the first of the navigation's 21 locks down to the Thames, is close by.
RiverChurchgate put-in (Broxbourne)
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis put-in reaches the Small River Lea, a minor distributary of the River Lea that runs through Lee Valley Park past Churchgate, the historic heart of Cheshunt, on its way to join Turkey Brook near Enfield Lock.
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