Windsurfing in Lee Valley Regional Park
Lee Valley Regional Park does not operate any sailing clubs, but there are various venues within the Regional Park’s boundaries for sailing, canoeing or rowing.
As part of the London 2012 Olympics the proposed site for the White Water Canoe Slalom Course is within the Regional Park, near Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, for more details
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Further Information/Leaflets
The Lee Valley Boat Centre
Contact:
Lee Valley Boat Centre
Old Nazeing Road
Broxbourne
Hertfordshire
EN10 6LX
Herts Young Mariners Base
Sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, power boating, climbing, caving, camping, rafting and even dragon boating are all on offer.
There are lots of courses led by professional instructors where you can attain Royal Yachting and British Canoe Union awards and more. Whether you’re a beginner, more advanced, young or old, there is a course for you.
Tailor made courses for schools and groups can provide the ultimate challenge. So whether you are looking for pure recreation, team building exercises or a specific activity, there is always something on offer. Courses range from half a day to a week.
Contact:
Herts Young Mariners Base
Windmill Lane
Cheshunt
Herts
EN8 9AJ
Tel: 01992 628403
Email:
outdoors@yhbm.com
The Lee Valley Canoe & Cycle Centre, Stonebridge Lock, Tottenham
The Lee Valley Canoe & Cycle Centre is a little way from the new Stonebridge Lock Waterside Centre in Tottenham and is located with the Tottenham Marshes site. The centre has been set up to provide free canoeing to local young people, offering them water safety awareness and diverting them away from crime.
In addition to hiring canoes, kayaks and cycles, Lee Valley Canoe & Cycle Centre also offer a selection of courses including orienteering, first aid and canoe coaching.
Contact: David Webb on 07747 873831.
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.
The Lea Rowing Club are 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). They run 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), they run several development programmes, including one for the local Jewish youths, summer rowing for local children as well as a taster event for schools known as ‘A Day on the River’.
Contact:
The Lea Rowing Club has two committees working parallel to each other. These committees are:
The Management Committee – Chaired by the Chairman and responsible for the development of the Lea Rowing Club site and its facilities. Email:
chairman@learc.org.uk
The Rowing Committee – Chaired by the Captain and responsible for the development of rowing on and off the water and the rowing equipment of the club. Email:
captain@learc.org.uk
Tel: 020 8806 8282 (however the best method of communication is via email).
Fishers Green Sailing Club
Fishers Green Sailing Club is situated in the 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 of our 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.
Contact:
Alan Francis
Hon Secretary, FGSC
21 Eversley Lodge
Park View
Hoddesdon
Herts EN11 8PH
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 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.
Contact:
Lea Valley Road
Chingford
London
E4 7PX
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
Meadgate Road
Nazeing
Essex
EN9 2PB
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 new upgraded boathouse was opened in May 2007. It 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.