Paddleboarding spots in Lincolnshire
26 launch spots across Lincolnshire
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RiverSolitary House Slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandSolitary House Slipway is a small launch point on the east bank of the tidal River Trent near Burton Stather, North Lincolnshire, close to the wartime Burton Tank Ramp site. No independent description of its current condition or access was found beyond its OpenStreetMap record.
RiverIsland Carr slipway (Brigg)
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Ancholme close to Island Carr on the edge of Brigg, where the river's old and new channels diverge around the town. The Environment Agency manages navigation on the Ancholme and water levels can fluctuate because the channel also serves land drainage.
RiverGarthorpe Slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandGarthorpe Slipway launches onto the west bank of the tidal River Trent in the Isle of Axholme village of Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire. A ferry once crossed here to Burton upon Stather until Keadby Bridge opened in 1916, and OpenStreetMap records the site as a formal small-craft facility.
RiverBurton Tank Ramp
Lincolnshire, EnglandBurton Tank Ramp is a concrete WWII slipway on the east bank of the tidal River Trent, just north of Burton Stather in North Lincolnshire, built for testing amphibious tank crossings and listed Grade II in 2023. The Burton Stather Heritage Group's lease to the site has since expired and public access is currently lost.
SeaCleethorpes South Promenade slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway leads onto the Humber Estuary along Cleethorpes' South Promenade and is charted as a small-craft facility. The estuary here opens toward the North Sea between Cleethorpes and Spurn Head, with several hundred metres of sand exposed at low tide.
SeaCleethorpes Central Promenade slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway leads onto the Humber Estuary at Cleethorpes' Central Promenade, where several hundred metres of sand are exposed at low tide. Shipping bound for Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole passes offshore, and the estuary opens into the North Sea between Cleethorpes and Spurn Head.
RiverRiver Freshney slipway (Holme Hill, Grimsby)
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Freshney in the Holme Hill area of Grimsby. The river's lower reaches were diverted in the early 18th century and now discharge into Grimsby's dock system rather than flowing directly into the Humber.
Open waterFish Dock No. 2 slipway (East Marsh, Grimsby)
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway leads into Fish Dock No. 2, part of Grimsby's historic Fish Docks in the East Marsh area, opened in 1878 and connected to the Humber Estuary through a lock. The dock sits within Grimsby's working commercial port estate, where the Humber Cruising Association also keeps a marina with lock access timed around high water.
RiverSouth Forty Foot Drain slipway, Hubbert's Bridge
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the South Forty-Foot Drain at Hubbert's Bridge, a hamlet named for the crossing built here. The Environment Agency manages the drain, which is navigable for about 12 miles between Boston and Donington High Bridge and forms part of the Fens Waterways Link restoration project; a navigation licence is required to use it.
SeaMablethorpe promenade slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandA slipway on Mablethorpe's seafront promenade, charted as a small-craft facility, giving access to the beach on the Lincolnshire coast. Mablethorpe's coastline has a long history of erosion and storm-surge flooding, and the modern promenade sits behind rebuilt sea defences.
SeaWainfleet Haven slipway, Wainfleet St Mary
Lincolnshire, EnglandWainfleet Haven is the tidal lower reach of the River Lymn/Steeping River, a saltmarsh creek draining from Wainfleet to the North Sea at Gibraltar Point. This put-in sits on South Marsh Road at Wainfleet St Mary; the channel crosses sand and mudflats before reaching open water.
RiverRiver Welland put-in, Crowland
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis put-in sits on the River Welland close to Deeping High Bank near Crowland, South Holland, next to the Deeping Lakes nature reserve. The Environment Agency manages the Welland as navigation authority through this stretch of the Fens.
RiverSurfleet Slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandSurfleet Slipway is a mapped boat launch on the River Glen at Surfleet, South Holland, with an adjoining car park recorded on OpenStreetMap. The Environment Agency is the Glen's navigation authority and issues licences for craft on it, and the river turns tidal near Surfleet's sluice.
RiverFreeman's Meadow put-in, Stamford
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis canoe put-in lies on the River Welland in Freeman's Meadow, Stamford, upstream of Broadeng Bridge. OpenStreetMap describes it as an informal launch with low current and a shallow, beach-like edge, reached by a steep path with rough steps. The Welland is non-tidal at Stamford, where the Environment Agency manages navigation.
SeaSeacroft slipway, Skegness
Lincolnshire, EnglandA slipway at Seacroft on the southern edge of Skegness's seafront, on the open Lincolnshire coast just north of the point where the shoreline turns into The Wash at Gibraltar Point.
LakeKirkby la Thorpe reservoir slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis coordinate sits at an unnamed reservoir in farmland near Kirkby la Thorpe, mapped in OpenStreetMap as a body of water with no name or public-access information attached. Nothing beyond the mapped outline could be confirmed for this site.
RiverRiver Trent slipway, Marton
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the River Trent at Marton, on the tidal reach of the river downstream of Cromwell Weir. The village lies on the Trent's eastern bank, roughly midway between Gainsborough and Torksey.
LakeToft Newton Reservoir slipway
Lincolnshire, EnglandToft Newton Reservoir is a 41-acre stocked trout water near the village of Toft Newton in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, on the upper reaches of the River Ancholme. It is fed by a pipeline from the River Witham at Short Ferry and used to support Ancholme flows during dry summers; it is run primarily as a fishery, and no source confirming paddling access was found.
RiverRiver Glen slipway, Pinchbeck
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Glen off Glenside North near West Pinchbeck, in South Holland, Lincolnshire. The Environment Agency is the navigation authority for the Glen and licenses its use, and the river remains navigable roughly as far as Tongue End upstream.
RiverEastgate Green slipway, Sleaford
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway on Eastgate Green launches onto the River Slea in Sleaford town centre, on the roughly 0.6-mile stretch of the historic Sleaford Navigation that the Sleaford Navigation Trust restored and reopened up to Cogglesford Mill Lock in 2010. Wider navigation on the Slea closed in 1878 and most of the river beyond this town section is not currently navigable.
RiverBrayford Pool slipway (Lincoln)
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway on Brayford Wharf East launches onto Brayford Pool, a natural widening of the River Witham in central Lincoln that has served as an inland harbour since Roman times. The pool connects west to the Fossdyke Navigation, for which the Canal and River Trust is navigation authority, and today it is lined with bars, restaurants and a university campus, with mooring for pleasure craft.
SeaBohemia Promenade slipway, Trusthorpe (north)
Lincolnshire, EnglandA slipway service way opening onto Bohemia Promenade at Trusthorpe on the Lincolnshire coast, connecting the promenade and an adjoining cycleway to the beach.
SeaBohemia Promenade slipway, Trusthorpe
Lincolnshire, EnglandA slipway on Bohemia Promenade at Trusthorpe, a small coastal village on the Lincolnshire coast roughly midway between Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea, giving foot access down the sea defences to the beach.
CanalGrantham Canal slipway, Denton
Lincolnshire, EnglandThis slipway gives access to the Grantham Canal near Denton, South Kesteven. The Canal & River Trust owns the canal, which closed to boat traffic in 1929 and is now largely a Site of Special Scientific Interest, though the Trust highlights paddling on the restored stretch around Woolsthorpe.
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