Paddleboarding spots in Norfolk
65 launch spots across Norfolk
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SeaMorston Quay hard
Norfolk, EnglandThis is the hard at Morston Quay, a few dozen metres from the quay's public slipway, on the tidal saltmarsh creek that flows out into Blakeney Channel and the North Sea beyond Blakeney Point. National Trust guidance for the site recommends paddlers launch canoes, kayaks and paddleboards from the hard rather than the adjacent slipway, which is kept for trailer boats.
LakeWroxham put-in (Broadland)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway opens onto Wroxham Broad, an 85-acre broad beside the River Bure next to the Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, with two navigable openings connecting it to the main river. The Broads Authority charges an annual toll, covering canoes, kayaks and SUPs, for craft kept on its waters, though Paddle UK members are covered without a separate toll.
SeaWells Quay slipway
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits along Wells Quay in Wells-next-the-Sea, on Wells Harbour, a channel kept open by the tide rather than a river. Wells Harbour Commissioners, the statutory harbour authority, regulate vessel movement and conduct in the harbour under the 1994 Harbour Revision Order, and the deep channel left at low tide is used for kayaking and paddleboarding.
SeaWells Harbour slipway (Beach Road)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits near Beach Road at the seaward end of Wells Harbour, close to the RNLI lifeboat station, where the tidal channel narrows before it opens out past Wells beach to the North Sea. Wells Harbour Commissioners, the statutory harbour authority, regulate vessel movement and conduct here under the 1994 Harbour Revision Order.
SeaWells Harbour slipway (Beach Road)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway lies a short distance from node/6615063814 near Beach Road at the seaward end of Wells Harbour, close to the RNLI lifeboat station, where the channel narrows on its way out past Wells beach to the North Sea. Wells Harbour Commissioners, the statutory harbour authority, regulate vessel movement and conduct here under the 1994 Harbour Revision Order.
SeaWells Quay slipway
Norfolk, EnglandWells Quay runs along Wells Harbour in the North Norfolk town of Wells-next-the-Sea, a channel scoured clean by the tide rather than fed by a river, with several slipways along the quay giving access to the water. Wells Harbour Commissioners, the statutory harbour authority, hold byelaw powers over vessel movement and conduct in the harbour under the 1994 Harbour Revision Order.
SeaWells Quay slipway
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway is on Wells Quay in Wells-next-the-Sea, at the western end of the harbour frontage, where Wells Harbour is scoured by the tide rather than a river. Canoeing operators run guided trips through the creeks around the town, and the statutory harbour authority, Wells Harbour Commissioners, regulates vessel conduct here under the 1994 Harbour Revision Order.
RiverWeeting-with-Broomhill put-in (Breckland)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Little Ouse at Broomhill, on the Norfolk bank directly across the river from Brandon in Suffolk, where the Little Ouse forms the county boundary. A lock built at Brandon in 1995 gives pound navigation roughly two and a half miles upstream towards Santon Downham and Thetford.
SeaWalcott put-in (North Norfolk)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway serves Walcott's main beach, on the one stretch of the North Norfolk coast road that runs directly alongside the sea. A concrete sea wall and wooden groynes protect the village, rebuilt after the 1953 North Sea flood destroyed much of Walcott, and a 2019 sandscaping scheme has since built up the beach here.
SeaWalcott put-in (North Norfolk)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits at the southern end of Walcott beach, an area of holiday cottages known locally as Ostend Beach. It shares Walcott's exposed North Sea frontage and the wooden groynes and concrete sea defences built after the 1953 flood.
SeaWalcott Gap
Norfolk, EnglandWalcott Gap is a beach access point through the village's concrete sea defence, reached by steps over the wall directly from the coast road. Wooden groynes divide the sandy beach on either side, part of the sea defences rebuilt after Walcott was largely destroyed in the 1953 North Sea flood.
LakeWhitlingham Adventure slipway
Norfolk, EnglandA concrete slipway at Whitlingham Great Broad Car Park, Trowse, operated by Whitlingham Adventure. Launching is only onto the Great Broad, a flooded former gravel pit within Whitlingham Country Park, not directly onto the adjoining River Yare, and a launch fee applies.
RiverCarrow Yacht Club slipway
Norfolk, EnglandA slipway on the River Yare at Trowse Eye, Norwich, where the Yare meets the River Wensum, used by Carrow Yacht Club. The club was founded in 1956 and its moorings give members access onto the wider Norfolk rivers and broads.
RiverCary's Meadow slipway (south)
Norfolk, EnglandThe southern end of an unnamed slipway ramp on the River Yare near Cary's Meadow, between Trowse and Thorpe St Andrew. No operator or access information could be found for this specific point beyond the OSM tagging.
RiverThurne Dyke slipway
Norfolk, EnglandThis public slipway sits at the entrance to Thurne Dyke, a short channel leading from the River Thurne to the village of Thurne in the Norfolk Broads, marked by the white Thurne Drainage Pump windmill. The Broads Authority requires a toll for unpowered craft on this reach unless the paddler holds Paddle UK membership.
RiverGriffin Marine Boatyard slipway
Norfolk, EnglandA slipway on the River Yare at Thorpe St Andrew, on the Griffin Lane riverside, run by Griffin Marine Boatyard with parking on site. Thorpe St Andrew sits on the Yare about two miles east of central Norwich.
RiverThetford put-in (Breckland)
Norfolk, EnglandThis is a second harvested launch point around 135 metres from the Old Bury Road slipway (node/1200423031), on the same stretch of the River Thet close to its junction with the Little Ouse in central Thetford.
RiverThetford put-in (Breckland)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits off Old Bury Road in central Thetford, on the River Thet a short way upstream of where it curves west to join the Little Ouse near Butten Island in the town centre.
RiverWiggenhall St Germans slipway
Norfolk, EnglandA track-and-slipway access point onto the tidal River Great Ouse near Wiggenhall St Germans, south of King's Lynn, close to the Tail Sluice where the Great Ouse Relief Channel rejoins the tidal river. The Environment Agency requires registration for craft on this waterway, including canoes and other unpowered open boats.
RiverWayford Bridge slipway (private)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Ant at Wayford Bridge on the A149, about a mile and a half north of Stalham, where several Broads boatyards run moorings and hire craft. OpenStreetMap tags the access as private, so it is not a public launch point without the operator's permission.
RiverSouthtown slipway (River Yare)
Norfolk, EnglandThis slipway launches onto the tidal River Yare on the Southtown bank, within the working Port of Great Yarmouth opposite Gorleston-on-Sea. The Great Yarmouth Port Authority prohibits small craft from the new outer harbour and asks vessels to monitor VHF channel 12, callsign 'Yarmouth Radio'.
RiverCantley Staithe slipway
Norfolk, EnglandCantley Staithe's slipway gives access to the River Yare beside the British Sugar beet factory at Cantley, on the Norfolk Broads. The concrete slipway remains free for public use while the staithe's mooring pontoons are reserved for Cantley residents, and the staithe itself was rebuilt in 2010 by the parish council, the Broads Authority, British Sugar and Broadland Environmental Services.
SeaSheringham put-in (North Norfolk)
Norfolk, EnglandThis put-in sits on Sheringham's East Promenade, a stretch of open North Sea coast with a run of beach huts towards the eastern end of town. Sheringham has no harbour, so the town's fishing boats and its lifeboat are hauled up and down the sand by tractor.
SeaSheringham put-in (North Norfolk)
Norfolk, EnglandThis put-in sits towards the western end of Sheringham promenade, near the Old Hythe, the site of the town's RNLI lifeboat station since a new boathouse and slipway were built there in 1904. Boats here are hauled onto the open North Sea beach by tractor, as the town has no harbour.
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