Lee Valley Regional Park does not operate any sailing or rowing clubs, but there are various clubs that operate within the Regional Park.
Lea Rowing Club
Located on the River Lee at the foot of Spring Hill in Upper Clapton and close to Springfield Marina and Walthamstow Marshes Nature Reserve.
Lea Rowing Club is an ARA affiliated club with approximately 150 members, comprising around 90 senior members (about a third of whom are women) and 50 – 60 juniors (with roughly equal numbers of girls and boys). It runs two open regattas during the course of the season and compete as a club as far a field as Ghent, Ostend and Holme Pierrepont. With the support of YES (Youth Experience in Sport), it runs several development programmes, including one for local Jewish youths, summer rowing for local children as well as a taster event for schools known as ‘A Day on the River’.
Tel: 020 8806 8282
Fishers Green Sailing Club
Fishers Green Sailing Club is situated in Lee Valley Regional Park, approximately two miles north of Waltham Abbey and within easy reach of J25 and J26 of the M25. The sailing water is the 180 acre Holyfield Lake, which, with its countryside setting and clear open water, provides members with a beautiful place to sail.
Fishers Green Sailing Club has been established for over 40 years. It is a Division of the Civil Service Sailing Association and is affiliated to the RYA and the Epping Forest Sports Association.
Whilst the sport of dinghy sailing is the predominant activity, sailboarding is also catered for and encouraged and many members are also active in offshore cruising and racing.
Membership of FGSC is open to the general public as well as to Civil Servants and others who are eligible for CSSC and/or CSSA Membership.
Address: Hon Secretary, FGSC, 21 Eversley Lodge, Park View, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 8PH
Tel: 01992 410380
King George Sailing Club
Situated on a 240 acre Thames Water reservoir in Chingford which offers the largest open water in north east London. The club is affiliated to the RYA and offers excellent facilities, racing all year round and an active social calendar plus many special events.The club is open every weekend throughout the year and offers summer sailing and winsurfing between May and September on Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6pm to dusk. Children's taster days are available (please contact the club for full details). A buddy system operates for sailing taking place outside of club hours.
The facilities at the club include changing rooms, showers, bart, canteen, free parking, club boat and windsurf hire.
The Club is located on the borders of north east London, Essex and Hertfordshire on the A110 Lea Valley Road which runs between Chingford and Ponders End.
Tel: 020 8529 4250
Broxbourne Sailing Club
Broxbourne Sailing Club, established in 1924 is a friendly, enthusiastic club which promotes and facilitates the sport of amateur sailing; windsurfing and also provides a social background.
All members are encouraged to race as soon as they have become reasonably proficient. Sailing takes place all the year round, weather permitting, apart from four weekends during the winter when members carry out essential maintenance and improvements to the club's facilities.
The club is located off Meadgate Road, Nazeing with easy access from both the M11 and M25 motorways. A pavilion, changing rooms with showers and toilets are adjacent to the lake. The pavilion includes a bar and kitchen with food available throughout the sailing season.
Ample boat births are also enclosed within the locked compound, outside adjacent to this is ample car parking space.
Easy launching is provided by three slip ways and an electric crane for launching the club's keel boat class, the Flying Fifteen.
The main club racing programme includes class, handicap and pursuit races on Sundays throughout the sailing season with open meetings for the main classes.
Whilst being primarily a Racing Club cruising is encouraged during weekdays and most weekends and many cruisers take up racing after participating in introductory racing coaching courses. Sailing for the disabled is carried out using two special trimarans
Address: Meadgate Road, Nazeing, Essex EN9 2PB
Tel: 01992 467412
Broxbourne Rowing Club
The river Lea at Broxbourne provides the only facilities for rowing in the
whole of Hertfordshire and Essex and membership is drawn from as far as Barnet, St Albans and Chelmsford. The nearest alternatives are at Sudbury and at Lea. The river is fairly narrow and winding which whilst being picturesque ensures a steep learning curve for coxswains and scullers alike.
The Club’s has a developing juniors section and is making links with local schools, whilst also increasing the number and level of coaches available for the Club’s various crews. If offers an enjoyable rowing experience whether you are purely a novice social rower looking to maintain fitness, or whether you wish to be more competitive.
Address: Old Nazeing Road, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN10 6QU