Links

Bishop's Storford CC Lightnings - www.bsflightnings.co.uk

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General Canoeing / Racing Sites -

• British Canoe Union: www.bcu.org.uk
• Marathon Racing website: www.marathon-canoe.org.uk
• British Canoe Union Eastern Region site: www.bcu.org.uk/eastern (defunct)
• Essex Canoeing Association: www.essexcanoeing.org.uk
• GB Wild-Water Racing site: www.wildwater.org.uk
• Canoe Slalom website: www.canoeslalom.co.uk
• London Olympics: london2012.com
• Song of the Paddle (Open Canoeing, including Forum): www.songofthepaddle.co.uk
• Very basic introduction to kayak paddling: kayakpaddling.net

Canoe Clubs / Outdoor Centres -

• Banbury Canoe Club: www.banburycanoe.org.uk
• Barking & Dagenham Canoe Club: www.barkingcanoeclub.fusiveweb.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: www.elmbridgecanoeclub.org.uk
• Harlow Outdoor Education Centre: www.harlowoutdoors.co.uk
• 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
• Leighton Buzzard Canoe Club: www.lbcc.org.uk - site totally revised!
• Mepal Outdoor Centre, near Ely: www.mepal.co.uk
• National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont: www.nationalwatersportsevents.co.uk
• 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
• Viking Kayak Club (Bedford): www.vikingkayak.co.uk
• Waveney Valley Canoe Club: www.waveneyvalleycanoeclub.co.uk
• Wey Kayak Club: www.weykayak.co.uk
• Up and Under links to club websites

The Stort / Waterways -

• Save Our Waterways campaign: www.mike-stevens.co.uk/defracuts/
• Rushy Mead Nature Reserve page, Essex Wildlife Trust site: www.essexwt.org.uk/Sites/Rushy%20Mead.htm
• Stort Navigation on the Waterscape site: www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/river-stort (see link near top of page for interactive map)
• British Waterways main page: www.britishwaterways.co.uk/home/
• 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
• Lea Rivers Trust: www.leariverstrust.co.uk
• Bishop's Stortford & District Angling Society: www.bsdas.org.uk
• British Waterways publication - "Boaters' Guide: Visiting London's Canals, Docklands and the Rivers Lee and Stort"
• Herts Boat Rescue: www.hertsboatrescue.4t.com
• 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 -

• Adventure-Whitewater (advanced Kayaking/Rafting holidays): www.adventure-whitewater.com
• AS Watersports (Exeter): www.aswatersports.co.uk
• Bear Creek Adventure (Bromsgrove): www.bearcreekadventure.co.uk
• Big Blue Mountain: www.bigbluemountain.com (10% discount on Helly Hansen for BSCC members - see members page for discount code)
• Cotswold: www.cotswoldoutdoor.com (15% discount for BCU members - see members page for discount code)
• Decathlon (sports chainstore with branch at Lakeside): www.decathlon.co.uk
• Family Adventure Store (Hilperton, Wilts): www.familyadventurestore.co.uk (10% discount for BSCC members on production of their special offer email dated 20/12/07 - ask Angela to forward)
• Fast Feet (High Street, Bishops Stortford): www.fastfeet.co.uk (10% discount for BSCC members with membership card - ask Angela for a card)
• Joel Watersports (Tenbury Wells): www.joelwatersports.co.uk
• Kari-Tek canoe & kayak handling systems (Ayrshire): www.lakeland-technology.co.uk/teal/
• Kayaks and Paddles (Plymouth): www.kayaksandpaddles.co.uk
• Marsport (Reading): www.marsport.co.uk
• Nucleus Watersports (Clacton): www.nucleuswatersports.co.uk
• Planet Scuba (2, The Links, Raynham Rd, B/S): www.planetscuba.co.uk
• Reeds of Cambridge: www.reedsofcambridge.co.uk - now at new premises at Ely
• Sports Warehouse (Edinburgh): www.sportswarehouse.co.uk
• Up and Under - outdoor gear supplier (Cardiff): www.upandunder.co.uk
• List of suppliers maintained by Canoe Focus magazine:
  www.canoefocus.demon.co.uk/addresses.html

If any members would like to suggest their favourite canoe-related sites, please send details to info@StortfordCanoe.org.uk

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updated 22 Sep 2008