Links

General Canoeing / Racing / Sports Sites -

• British Canoe Union: www.bcu.org.uk
• Marathon Racing website: www.marathon-canoe.org.uk
• Essex Canoeing Association: www.essexcanoeing.org.uk
• GB Canoeing: www.gbcanoeing.org.uk/gbc
• GB Wild-Water Racing site: www.wildwater.org.uk
• Canoe Slalom website: www.canoeslalom.co.uk
• London Olympics: london2012.com
• Active East Herts: www.activeeastherts.org
• Song of the Paddle (Open Canoeing, including Forum): www.songofthepaddle.co.uk
• Open Canoe Association: opencanoe.info
• Paddlesport East: www.paddlesporteast.org
• Canoe Foundation: www.canoefoundation.org.uk
• Very basic introduction to kayak paddling: kayakpaddling.net

Canoe Clubs / Outdoor Centres -

• Banbury Canoe Club: www.banburycanoe.com
• Barking & Dagenham Canoe Club: www.barkingcanoeclub.co.uk
• Braintree Canoeing Club: www.braintreecanoeingclub.co.uk
• Cambridge Canoe Club: www.cambridgecanoeclub.org.uk
• Chelmsford Canoe Club: www.chelmsfordcanoeclub.co.uk
• Elmbridge Canoe Club: elmbridgecanoeclub.com
• Harlow Outdoors: www.essexoutdoors.org/harlow.php
• Hemel Hempstead Canoe Club: www.hhcanoeclub.com
• Herts Canoe Club: www.hertscanoeclub.org.uk
• Herts Young Mariners Base: www.hymb.com
• Huntingdon Canoe Club: www.huntingdoncanoeclub.co.uk
• Llandysul Outdoor Education Centre: www.llandysul-paddlers.org.uk
• Leaside Canoe Club: www.leaside.co.uk
• Lee Valley White Water Centre: gowhitewater.co.uk & pdf leaflet (678KB)
• Leighton Buzzard Canoe Club: www.lbcc.org.uk
• Mepal Outdoor Centre, near Ely: www.mepal.co.uk
• National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont: www.nationalwatersportsevents.co.uk **may not be working**
• Nene White Water Centre, Northampton: www.nenewhitewatercentre.co.uk
• Norwich Canoe Club: www.norwichcanoeclub.org.uk
• Reading Canoe Club: www.reading-canoe.org.uk
• Richmond Canoe Club: www.richmondcanoeclub.com
• Sudbury Canoe Club: www.sudburycanoeclub.org.uk
• Tonbridge Canoe Club: www.tonbridgecanoeclub.org.uk/
• Viking Kayak Club (Bedford): www.vikingkayak.co.uk
• Waveney Valley Canoe Club: www.waveneyvalleycanoeclub.co.uk
• Wey Kayak Club: www.weykayak.co.uk

The Stort / Waterways -

• Tidal Thames navigation advice for Canoes & Kayaks: www.pla.co.uk/display_fixedpage.cfm/id/2673/site/recreation
• Rushy Mead Nature Reserve page, Essex Wildlife Trust site: www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/rushy_mead_nature_reserve/
• Stort Valley Website (Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust): www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/StortValley
• Stort Valley RSPB local group: www.rspb.org.uk/groups/stortvalley
• Stort Navigation on the Waterscape site: www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/river-stort (see link near top of page for interactive map)
• Works affecting use of the river, see: www.waterscape.com/things-to-do/boating/stoppages and select "River Stort" and the time period of interest from the drop down lists
• British Waterways main page: www.britishwaterways.co.uk/home/
• British Waterways' "Waterspace Strategy 2009" for development in Bishop's Stortford: 7.4Mb pdf file
• Inland Waterways Association: www.waterways.org.uk
• Lee Valley Boat Centre, Broxbourne (day hire of canoes, rowing boats etc): www.leevalleyboats.co.uk
• Lee Valley Canoe Cycle, Tottenham Marshes (hourly/weekly hire of canoes, kayaks, bikes): www.lvcc.biz
• Bishop's Stortford & District Angling Society: www.bsdas.org.uk
• Herts Boat Rescue: www.hertsboatrescue.org.uk
• Flood maps: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/maps/info/floodmaps/ and enter "Bishop's Stortford"
• A history of the Stort Navigation - www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide11/river_stort.html
• Photos and diary from tour of the Stort by narrowboat in 2000 -
  Feild's Weir Lock to Harlow Lock: www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour_00/LS4.html
  Harlow Lock to Spellbrook Lock: www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour_00/LS4a.html
  Spellbrook Lock to Bishop's Stortford: www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour_00/LS5.html

Commercial -

• AS Watersports (Exeter): www.aswatersports.co.uk
• Bear Creek Adventure (Bromsgrove): www.bearcreekadventure.co.uk
• Braca paddles: www.braca-sport.com/paddles/
• Brookbank London (Waltham Abbey): www.brookbanklondon.co.uk
• Cotswold: www.cotswoldoutdoor.com (15% discount for BCU members)
• Decathlon (sports chainstore with branch at Lakeside): www.decathlon.co.uk
• Fast Feet (High Street, Bishops Stortford): www.fastfeet.co.uk (10% discount for BSCC members with membership card - ask Angela for a card)
• Flatwater Essentials: www.flatwateressentials.co.uk - new!
• Joel Watersports (Tenbury Wells): www.joelwatersports.co.uk
• Kayaks and Paddles (Plymouth): www.kayaksandpaddles.co.uk
• Marsport (Reading): www.marsport.co.uk
• Norfolk Canoes (Norwich): www.norfolk-canoes.co.uk (15% discount for walk-in customers or at Essex/Cambs addresses)
• Nucleus Watersports (Clacton): www.canoes2go.co.uk
• Planet Scuba (2, The Links, Raynham Rd, B/S): www.planetscuba.co.uk
• Reeds of Cambridge - see Waterside Sports, below
• Sports Warehouse (Edinburgh): www.sportswarehouse.co.uk
• Up and Under - outdoor gear supplier (Cardiff): www.upandunder.co.uk
• Waterside Sports (Ely) - used to be "Reeds of Cambridge": www.watersidesports.co.uk

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