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Paddleboarding spots in Glasgow City

4 launch spots across Glasgow City

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Kelvin Harbour slipwayRiver

Kelvin Harbour slipway

Glasgow City, Scotland

This slipway is part of Kelvin Harbour beside the Riverside Museum in Partick, at the point where the River Kelvin meets the River Clyde. It has berthing pontoons alongside it and is used for launching small craft: launching on foot is free, while bringing a vehicle to the slipway carries a fee, and a gate code is needed from the Tall Ship's office to access the harbour.

Pinkston Basin slipwayCanal

Pinkston Basin slipway

Glasgow City, Scotland

This slipway sits on the Forth and Clyde Canal at Pinkston in north Glasgow, on the site of Pinkston Watersports, a paddlesports centre built around a clean-water basin and Scotland's only artificial whitewater course. Pinkston Watersports is the Glasgow starting point of the Glasgow to Edinburgh Canoe Trail, which follows the canal towpath east. The slipway itself is not open for casual public launching; Pinkston's water-based activities are pre-booked.

Glasgow Green slipwayRiver

Glasgow Green slipway

Glasgow City, Scotland

This slipway is on the north bank of the River Clyde within Glasgow Green, just above the weir that marks the upper limit of the tidal Clyde. Paddlers have used it as a put-in for trips down through Glasgow city centre and the harbour toward the Firth of Clyde, and river levels here vary with rainfall upstream.

Firhill Basin slipwayCanal

Firhill Basin slipway

Glasgow City, Scotland

Firhill Basin is a basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal in north Glasgow, formed where the canal takes a sharp bend beside Firhill Stadium, home of Partick Thistle FC. A small jetty and slipway on the inside of the bend have historically been used for junior sailing and canoeing sessions, and the towpath here forms part of the wider canal walking and cycling network through the city.

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