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Paddleboarding spots in Norfolk

53 launch spots across Norfolk

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Blakeney Quay put-inSea

Blakeney Quay put-in

Norfolk, England

This put-in sits on the Blakeney Cut, the tidal creek that links Blakeney Quay to Blakeney Channel and the wider harbour. As with the rest of the quay, the water is tidal and the quayside floods on high spring tides.

Blakeney SlipwaySea

Blakeney Slipway

Norfolk, England

Blakeney Quay sits on a tidal creek that links to Blakeney Channel, Blakeney Harbour and, beyond Blakeney Point, the North Sea; the quayside floods on high spring tides. A public slipway at the west end of the quay gives access to the water, and kayaks and paddleboards can be hired here in season for trips along the channel towards Cley or west towards Morston.

Beach RoadSea

Beach Road

Norfolk, England

Beach Road leads down a concrete slipway onto the open North Sea coast at West Runton, between Sheringham and Cromer. Much of the beach submerges at high tide, and the sea retreats a long way at low water to expose sand and rock pools. Seasonal RNLI lifeguards patrol the beach in summer.

Heacham South Beach slipwaySea

Heacham South Beach slipway

Norfolk, England

A slipway on Heacham's South Promenade, on The Wash's eastern shore between Snettisham and Hunstanton. Norfolk County Council's rights-of-way data record it as a public right of way, and the beach here is sand mixed with shingle backed by low dunes.

Bacton put-in (North Norfolk)Sea

Bacton put-in (North Norfolk)

Norfolk, England

This is the same Bacton beach slipway as the OSM node mapped fourteen metres away, reached from the B1159 via the turning just past Bacton Gas Terminal. The terminal, which handles roughly a third of UK gas supply, now sits only metres from the sea after long-term erosion, addressed by a 2019 sandscaping scheme along this coast.

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