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Accomodation
- River Dart - Holne Park
- Self-catering chalets, bunk house and camping
- Bude Meadows
- Camping nr Bude, Cornwall
- Bentley House
- B&B in Bude
- Sleningford Watermill Camping & Caravan Park
- Camping next to River Ure, Ripon, North Yorkshire
- UK Campsite
- Search for campsites in the UK
- The Vagabond - Betws-y-Coed
- Good and cheap bunkhouse hostel for paddling in N. Wales.
- Kings Head Hotel
- Rather nice hotel rooms attached to the village pub in Llangennith on the Gower. Not for a budget weekend though!
- Ffynnon Wen Bunkhouse
- Bunkhouse in great location for the Trywerwyn. Excellent feedback from club members
Campaign groups and forums
- River Access Campaign
- A campaign funded by the BCU raising awareness of the access issue on inland waterways in England and Wales and also campaigning to bring about a change
- Rowers Against Thames Sewage
- Campaigning for clean & safe waters
- Environment Agency
- How to negotiate access to rivers
- Campaign Against Climate Change
- Campaign to put climate change at the top of the political agenda
- Marine Conservation Society
- Caring for our seas, shores and wildlife, MCS campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, and protection for all marine life
- FISHONLINE
- Help you identify which fish are from well managed sources and/or caught using methods that minimise damage to marine wildlife and habitats
- Fundraising for Marine Conservation Society
- Shop online at major retailers and a donation is made to Marine Conservation Society
Centres and Coaching
- Kayakojacko
- Coaching and coached holidays
- Plas Y Brenin
- Outdoor centre in Snowdonia, North Wales
- Canolfan Tryweryn
- National Whitewater Centre - Bala, North Wales
- Plas Menai
- National Watersports Centre, North Wales
- Holme Pierrepont
- National Watersports Cenre, Nottingham
- Nene
- Whitewater Centre, Northampton
- Calshot
- Activity Centre, Southapmton
- Dart Access
- Apply for permits for the River Dart
- Tom Parker Coaching and guiding
- White water courses and trips
- Isle of Whight Sea Kayaking
- Sea kayaking courses, trips and hire
- Escape to Adventure
- Coaching and trips in kayaking, climbing and caving
- Andy Turton
- White water coaching and holidays
General
- British Canoe Union (BCU)
- Set up in 1936 to send a team to the Berlin Olympics, the BCU is the lead body for canoeing and kayaking in the UK.
Members' Sites
- Zavkhan Trekking
- Horse riding holidays in Mongolia with the lovely John and Sam
- Adam Pope
- Photographer (when not trying to turn canoes into sailing boats)
- Team Hyperactive
- Bunch of mad Swedes (plus Yolanda) doing extreme stuff
- Athelstane E-Texts
- 19th century literature hosted by Nick Hodson
Organised Holidays
- Falco Tours
- Sea kayaking holidays in Croatia
- Adventure Whitewater
- Inspirational journeys throughout the world
Other Canoe Clubs and Groups
- Barking and Dagenham Canoe Club
- Racing oriented canoe club in East London
- Chelmsford Canoe Club
- River Touring, Canadian, Marathon, Slalom, Sprinting and Wild Water Racing. Membership from small children to OAPs
- Chiswick Canoe Club
- West London Thames based club
- Castle Canoe Club
- Stoke Newington reservoir based club
- Regents Canoe Club
- Islington base club
- Richmond Canoe Club
- Racing oriented club in West London
- Battersea Canoe Club
- Mainly white water and polo oriented club
- BCU
- British Canoe Union
- South East Sea Kayakers Association
- Sea kayaking group for Kent, Sussex and Hampshire
- Song of the Paddle
- Open canoeing group
- New River Rats
- Lectures on paddling from varied range of interesting speakers
- Herts Canoe Club
- General paddling and organisers of the Ouse Race
Paddle spots, river levels and other stuff
- The UK Rivers Guidebook
- River and sea guides, reports and general chat
- Thames Weir Project
- Thames play spots and other chat
- Canoe Cafe
- Mainly playboating and whitewater chat and good place to buy/sell stuff
- Sea Kayak Routes
- Sea kayaking information including some routes as podcasts
Paddling and Coaching Tips
- Tips from Plas-y-Brenin
- Lots of useful tips from techniques to safety and equipment
- Tollesbury Sailing Club - Knot tying
- Excellent site on tying knots with great on-screen animations
Shopping
- Desperate Measures
- Nottingham
- Brookbank Canoes
- Stockport, Lancaster, Warwickshire and Perth
- Whitewater The Canoe Centre
- Shepperton
- Marsport
- Reading
- Kent Canoes
- Wrotham, Kent
- Paddleworks
- Bala
- Up and Under
- Cardiff
- Cotswold Outdoor
- 15% discount to BCU members - see BCU site for promotion code
- Sea Specs
- Watersports sunglasses (Promotion: buy 2 pairs and receive Copper Blaze Specs FREE)
- Quick Tide
- Tide tables for sale
- Knoydart
- Sea kayaking equipment, Penrith
- GO2H2O
- Ripon, North Yorkshire
- Nookie
- Clothing and accessories
- Extreme Products
- Kayaks, kayaking accessories and XPRO floating eyewear. Quote reference YAK001 to receive club member discount.
- Canoe-Shops
- Shops in Brighton, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Cornwall, Cheltenham and West Cork
- actioncameras.co.uk
- actioncameras.co.uk sells good quality waterproof helmet cameras. THCC members gets 10% disscount (see forums for code).
Tides, Weather and Surf Forecasts
- Thames Tide Tables
- Monthly tide tables for River Thames
- PLA Recreational Users Advice
- Useful information on recreational use of the River Thames
- 5 day weather forecast
- 5 day weather forecast for Canary Wharf (2 km downstream from the club)
- Surf Hog
- Surf forecasts for Cornwall
- Magic Seaweed
- Surf forecasts worldwide
- MetCheck
- Uk weather by post code, nicely interpreted and presented
- WetterZentrale
- Detailed weather charts, updated regularly. Click on "Weitere Bodenkerten" (bottom left) then BRACKNELL for UK Met Office, SEMBACH for SAF ones (with radar overlays)