Paddleboarding spots in Northamptonshire
10 launch spots across Northamptonshire
Every mapped spot in Northamptonshire
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CanalYelvertoft put-in
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Grand Union Canal's Leicester Line at bridge GL17, near the village of Yelvertoft between Welford and Crick. The Canal and River Trust manages the canal, and craft need a waterways licence, available separately or as part of Paddle UK membership, to paddle it.
CanalStoke Bruerne slipway
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Grand Union Canal in Stoke Bruerne, a canal village with a flight of locks, a canal museum in a former corn mill, and the southern portal of the Blisworth Tunnel nearby. The Canal & River Trust manages this waterway and a waterways licence is required to paddle it.
LakePitsford Water - Slipway
Northamptonshire, EnglandPitsford Water is an Anglian Water reservoir about six miles north of Northampton, next to Brixworth Country Park and the villages of Pitsford and Holcot. Northampton Sailing Club is based here and welcomes members to bring their own canoes, kayaks and paddleboards, with the reservoir open from dawn to dusk daily.
RiverNorthampton Marina slipway
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway is on the River Nene in central Northampton, on Riverside Walk near the T.S. Leforey Sea Cadet unit and Northampton Marina. This stretch is part of the Nene Navigation, an Environment Agency waterway (Anglian Waterways) requiring a registered or licensed craft, which a Paddle UK membership covers.
LakeHollowell put-in
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway sits within Hollowell Sailing Club's grounds on Hollowell Reservoir, a 140-acre Anglian Water reservoir near Guilsborough in rural Northamptonshire. The club holds sole watersports use of the reservoir under its Anglian Water lease, and paddleboarding, canoeing and kayaking are open to sailing club members and their guests rather than the general public.
LakeBoddington Reservoir slipway (south)
Northamptonshire, EnglandBoddington Reservoir is a 65-acre Canal & River Trust reservoir near Byfield that supplies water to the Oxford and Grand Union Canals, set in open Northamptonshire countryside with the villages of Byfield and Upper Boddington close by. This slipway is one of two mapped within 25 metres of each other on its bank; published information covers fishing, and no paddling access or permit position could be confirmed.
CanalDunchurch Pools Marina slipway
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway serves Dunchurch Pools Marina, a private marina on the Oxford Canal near the village of Barby, close to the Warwickshire border. The Oxford Canal here is a Canal and River Trust waterway, and a waterways licence is needed to paddle it beyond the marina's own moorings.
RiverLilford Marina slipway
Northamptonshire, EnglandLilford Marina sits on the River Nene roughly halfway between Northampton and Peterborough, a short walk from Oundle, and its slipway gives access to this reach of the navigation. The Environment Agency manages the Nene Navigation here, and a waterways licence is required to use it.
RiverIrthlingborough put-in
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis canoe put-in on the River Nene near Irthlingborough has a muddy launch surface and sits within the Nene Wetlands area of flooded gravel pits and wet grassland. The Environment Agency manages this reach of the Nene Navigation, and a waterways licence is required to use it.
RiverBarnwell put-in
Northamptonshire, EnglandThis slipway on the River Nene sits on the Barnwell Estate south of Oundle, on the stretch used by Oundle Town Rowing Club between Barnwell Mill and Lilford Lock. The Environment Agency manages this reach as part of the Nene Navigation, and a waterways licence (available via Paddle UK membership) is required to use it.
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