Paddleboarding spots in Somerset
52 launch spots across Somerset
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RiverFrench Weir Park Swimming steps
Somerset, EnglandConcrete steps into the River Tone at French Weir Park in Taunton, on the stretch above the weir that the Environment Agency designated a bathing water in 2024. A slipway for craft sits a few metres away on the same bank.
RiverFrench Weir Park Slipway
Somerset, EnglandA free concrete slipway onto the River Tone at French Weir Park in Taunton, at the head of navigation for the river. The reach above the weir was designated a bathing water in 2024, and the park also offers swimming steps a few metres from this slipway.
CanalEast Huntspill put-in
Somerset, EnglandThe Huntspill River is a five-mile, wholly artificial drainage channel cut during the Second World War to supply water to a nearby munitions factory, running from the Gold Corner sluice to an outfall on the River Parrett estuary. The Environment Agency manages it as a National Nature Reserve, with retention sluices at both ends holding the water like a long, still reservoir rather than a free-flowing river.
LakeDurleigh Reservoir slipway
Somerset, EnglandDurleigh Reservoir is an 80-acre Wessex Water reservoir in the hills immediately west of Bridgwater. Durleigh Sailing Centre and the Somerset Youth and Community Sailing Association both operate from its bank, running sailing, windsurfing and canoeing sessions from a clubhouse with a boat park and slipway.
RiverDulverton put-in
Somerset, EnglandThe River Barle passes through Dulverton on Exmoor before joining the River Exe near Exebridge. A concrete slipway with no launch fee gives access from the town on a stretch that carries grade 2 to 3 water on the popular Tarr Steps to Dulverton run. Canoeing on the river relies on a permissive access arrangement with riparian landowners and Natural England, given the Barle's SSSI status.
RiverCreech St. Michael put-in
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Tone at Ham, the hamlet on the northern edge of Creech St Michael, a few miles downstream of Taunton. The stretch lies close to the site of the former Ham weir and lock, and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal runs on a separate line a short distance to the south through the same village.
LakeTorr Works Balancing Reservoir slipway
Somerset, EnglandThis small reservoir sits beside Torr Works quarry on the eastern Mendip Hills near Cranmore. Aggregate Industries pumps water from quarry dewatering into it, partly to augment the Whatley Brook, and the reservoir has become a roost for large numbers of gulls. Torr Works is an active limestone quarry with restricted access, and no source found confirms public paddling access.
LakeSutton Bingham slipway
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits on Sutton Bingham Reservoir, a 143-acre Wessex Water reservoir on the Somerset-Dorset border in the hamlet of Sutton Bingham within Closworth parish. Sutton Bingham Sailing Club and Sutton Bingham and District Canoe Club operate from this shore, and the club states it is not a public space, with water access restricted to members and pre-arranged trial sessions.
LakeSutton Bingham slipway
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits on Sutton Bingham Reservoir, a 143-acre Wessex Water reservoir on the Somerset-Dorset border in the hamlet of Sutton Bingham within Closworth parish. Sutton Bingham Sailing Club and Sutton Bingham and District Canoe Club operate from this shore, and the club states it is not a public space, with water access restricted to members and pre-arranged trial sessions.
LakeClatworthy put-in
Somerset, EnglandClatworthy Reservoir is a Wessex Water reservoir in the Brendon Hills on the edge of Exmoor National Park, near the hamlet of Clatworthy. It is managed chiefly for bank and boat fly fishing, with a lakeside walking trail around the shore.
RiverHighbridge slipway (River Brue)
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits off Highburn Close in Highbridge, close to the town's Wessex Water treatment works beside the River Brue. The Brue is tidal below the sluices at New Clyce Bridge upstream and reaches the sea a short distance downstream near Burnham-on-Sea.
SeaBurnham-on-Sea Esplanade slipway
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Esplanade at Burnham-on-Sea, launching onto Bridgwater Bay, the muddy, sand-banked arm of the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the River Parrett. The bay has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world, exposing wide mudflats at low water, and is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
CanalBridgwater Canal slipway (Canal Path)
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway sits beside Canal Path in the Hamp area of Bridgwater, launching onto the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, a 13.5-mile broad canal linking the River Tone at Taunton to the former docks at Bridgwater. The Canal and River Trust requires a waterways licence to paddle a canoe, kayak or SUP on its network, which covers this canal.
SeaAnchor Head put-in (Weston-super-Mare)
Somerset, EnglandA slipway near Anchor Head in Weston-super-Mare, overlooking Weston Bay, an inlet of the Bristol Channel between Brean Down and Worlebury Hill close to Birnbeck Pier. The falling tide exposes extensive mudflats and the low-water mark lies roughly a mile from the seafront.
SeaWest End put-in (Clevedon)
Somerset, EnglandA concrete slipway on Clevedon's seafront in the area known locally as West End, near the far end of Old Church Road, launching onto the Severn Estuary. Spring tides here rise and fall by around 12 metres, among the largest tidal ranges in the world.
SeaBlack Nore Point put-in (Portishead)
Somerset, EnglandA free concrete slipway on the Severn Estuary shore near Black Nore Point, west of Portishead town centre, close to the Grade II listed Black Nore Lighthouse that Trinity House built in 1894 to guide shipping as the estuary widens toward the Bristol Channel.
SeaBattery Point put-in (Portishead)
Somerset, EnglandA slipway near Battery Point on the Severn Estuary shore at Portishead, close to Woodhill Bay and the Lake Grounds park, reached along Esplanade Road past the town's open-air pool.
SeaPortishead Marina put-in
Somerset, EnglandA slipway within or immediately beside Portishead Marina at Port Marine, a few hundred metres from the council-built Parish Wharf launch point.
SeaSugar Loaf Beach put-in (Portishead)
Somerset, EnglandA slipway at Sugar Loaf Beach on the Severn Estuary, home to Portishead Yacht and Sailing Club on Belton Road. A long concrete slipway runs down to the water, with parking available nearby on the unmade section of Nichol's Road.
SeaPortishead put-in
Somerset, EnglandA slipway on the Severn Estuary shore at Portishead, east of the marina and Battery Point. No further detail on this specific spot was found beyond its coordinates.
SeaParish Wharf Slipway
Somerset, EnglandA council-built slipway at Parish Wharf on Harbour Road, launching into the locked Portishead Marina rather than the open estuary. North Somerset Council opened it in 2019 for kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and dinghies after consultation with local sailing and gig clubs, and OSM data records permit-based access with no fee.
SeaKewstoke put-in
Somerset, EnglandA slipway on the Bristol Channel coast near Kewstoke, on the shore between Sand Bay and the Sand Point and Middle Hope headland managed by the National Trust. Sand Point can also be reached on foot along the beach from Kewstoke.
RiverWidcombe put-in (Bath)
Somerset, EnglandThis slipway lies on Spring Gardens Road in Bath, on the River Avon in the Widcombe area of the city, on the Avon Navigation that runs on to Bristol. The Canal and River Trust requires a waterways licence on this stretch.
RiverSaltford put-in
Somerset, EnglandThis launch point sits on the River Avon at Saltford, on the Avon Navigation between Bath and Bristol, close to Saltford Lock and weir by the Jolly Sailor pub. The Canal and River Trust requires a waterways licence on this stretch.
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