Canoeing
Canoeing is a great way to escape and visit places that are
normally hard to reach by foot or car, as well as being healthy
exercise and a fun activity to enjoy with friends and family of all
ages and fitness levels. This site focuses on recreational
canoeing, which means casual paddling on calm water such as ponds,
flat water rivers, lakes and sheltered coastal bays.
To get started canoeing you don’t need any expensive equipment,
you don’t need to know any special language and you don’t even need
to be that fit!
Video - Canoeing on the Dilham Canal
Go with someone you know!
This is one of the most common and cheapest ways of getting on
the water. Over 3 million people get out on the water in
the UK. We bet you know someone who likes Canoeing –
why not ask if you can join them on the water?
Canoes are different from Kayaks, in that they
are open top, have no seats and you paddle them by using
single-ended paddles. They are ideal for family canoeing, canal
& river touring, and can carry several paddlers and their
equipment. They are often referred to as ‘Canadian Canoes’ because
of the likeness to canoes used by American Indians.
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Olympic Canoe Slalom Selection Trials
Team GB’s best paddlers came to a head at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in a series of head-to-head races to decide who would compete in the 2012 Olympics
Go Canoeing Week
Canoe England has launched National Canoeing Week - 10 days packed full of canoeing activity across the country including local events for beginner’s right through to Olympic canoeists taking to the water.
2012 Thames Valley Cruising Guide
Have a look at the 2012 edition of the Cruising Guide to the River Thames and Connecting Waterways.
On The Water Live!
Over the next 12 months, On The Water will be attending a
series of live events across the regions bringing boating and
watersports to you.
On The Water will be providing water-based activities such
as ‘try-a-boat’ or land-based activity with simulators at events
around the UK.
Come and chat with the team to find out how you can get on the
water or have-a-go on a variety of watercraft.
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