Paddleboarding spots in Suffolk
45 launch spots across Suffolk
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RiverIken Cliff launch point, River Alde
Suffolk, EnglandA launch point on the upper tidal River Alde at Iken Cliff, between Snape and Aldeburgh, reached on foot from the Iken picnic site. The commercial operator Iken Canoe hires canoes, kayaks and paddleboards from a boatshed on this stretch, timing sessions around the tide because the mudflats can cut off the water's edge at lower states.
SeaFelixstowe put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis concrete slipway on the Felixstowe seafront, north of the town centre, is tagged as free public access to the open North Sea coast. This stretch of beach is mostly sand and shingle, and its quieter northern end is used for swimming, kayaking, canoeing and windsurfing.
SeaFelixstowe Ferry slipway
Suffolk, EnglandA concrete slipway at Felixstowe Ferry drops onto the River Deben right at its tidal mouth, reached from the car park by the cafe. The entrance channel here shifts seasonally over a sandbar, with an ebb current that can run to around 6 knots, so crossing is best made from half-flood to high water.
SeaFelixstowe put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway is at Felixstowe Ferry, a hamlet at the mouth of the River Deben about two miles northeast of Felixstowe, where sea defences line the waterfront and a seasonal passenger ferry crosses to Bawdsey. Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club says launching is possible at any state of tide, either in front of the club or from the public slipway reached by road.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
LakeElveden Forest boating lake (Center Parcs)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the boating lake inside the Center Parcs Elveden Forest holiday village, near the hamlet of Elveden in West Suffolk. Center Parcs describes it as the largest watersports lake across its UK villages, used for canoeing, kayaking, sailing and pedalos, but activities require an active holiday accommodation booking and hired craft.
SeaCattawade Tidal Slipway
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway is on the tidal River Stour just below Cattawade barrage at Brantham, where the river opens into the estuary that runs down to Harwich and Felixstowe. A public right of navigation covers the non-tidal Stour from Cattawade upstream to Brundon Mill above Sudbury, but the barrage stops access between that stretch and the tidal estuary, so this ramp sits on the seaward side of it.
SeaCattawade Slipway
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits around 55 metres from Cattawade Tidal Slipway, on the same stretch of the tidal River Stour by Cattawade barrage at Brantham, where the river opens into the estuary running down to Harwich and Felixstowe.
RiverBeccles put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway on the River Waveney at Beccles is tagged fee=no in OpenStreetMap, meaning no charge to launch. It gives access to the Broads navigation, which continues downstream towards Geldeston and Oulton Broad.
RiverBeccles put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway on the River Waveney at Beccles is tagged as part of Beccles Amateur Sailing Club. The river here forms part of the Broads navigation.
RiverBeccles put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Waveney at Beccles, marked in OpenStreetMap as part of the river's natural=water way alongside a service road leading to it.
RiverBeccles put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway sits on the River Waveney southwest of Beccles town centre, marked in OpenStreetMap as part of the river's natural=water way.
SeaBawdsey put-in (East Suffolk)
Suffolk, EnglandThis slipway is at Bawdsey Quay, on the River Deben opposite Felixstowe Ferry, where Bawdsey Haven Yacht Club members store and launch dinghies and a seasonal ferry crosses the river mouth. The quay has a small sandy beach, a jetty and a seasonal cafe.
RiverAldeburgh Yacht Club slipway, Slaughden
Suffolk, EnglandThe southernmost of several mapped slipway fragments at Slaughden, on the tidal River Alde just behind the shingle spit that separates the river from the sea. Slaughden was formerly a working quay before erosion and the growth of the shingle bank left it as the site of the yacht and sailing clubs it hosts today.
RiverAldeburgh Yacht Club slipway, Slaughden
Suffolk, EnglandA slipway at Slaughden, the boating hamlet a mile south of Aldeburgh where Aldeburgh Yacht Club sits between the shingle beach and the tidal River Alde. The club's dinghy park and slipway open onto the Alde-Ore estuary, and the club offers temporary membership to visiting paddlers with their own kayak, canoe or dinghy.
RiverHazlewood Marshes launch point, River Alde
Suffolk, EnglandA remote point on the River Alde estuary at Hazlewood Marshes, reached only on foot via the Sailors' Path between Aldeburgh and Snape. The reserve was freshwater grazing marsh until a tidal surge breached the river wall in December 2013, since when it has converted to tidal saltmarsh and mudflat.
SeaAldeburgh beach launch
Suffolk, EnglandA shingle beach launch point on the open North Sea coast at Aldeburgh, mapped where the beach meets the coastline rather than on the River Alde. Aldeburgh's remaining inshore fishing boats are still hauled up and launched directly off this shingle beach.
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