Local Canoe Clubs
A List of Canoe Clubs Near Southampton Canoes
Joining a canoe club is a great way to experience the joy of paddling on your local waterways, meeting like-minded people, and improving your physical fitness while exploring the great outdoors. Our local Canoe Clubs help their members feel welcomed and supported along their paddling journey, offering coaching and guidance no matter skill or ability.
If you're not local to Southampton or the surrounding areas, then you can find your nearest Canoe Clubs on the Go Paddling website.
"Upper Hamble Canoe Club (UHCC) is based on the River Hamble, out of a building called The Bark Store at Quayside, Botley, Hampshire. We offer recreational paddling for all ages and abilities, helping our members sample the many facets of the sport in a safe, coached environment, whilst having fun. The club paddles all year round and arranges many trips to other waters in order to experience all aspects of the sport, including placid water and canal-type paddles, kayak surfing, sea kayaking, white water river running, canoe camping and indoor pool sessions."
"We run Club Nights, Pool Sessions, Introductory Courses, Trips Away, Taster Sessions, Socials, Competitions...
Membership entitles you to attend our Tuesday evening sessions (run regularly throughout the summer and occasionally over winter) as well as our trips away, either just for a day, or sometimes over a weekend."
"The New Forest Kayak and Canoe Club was founded in 2007 by a small group of enthusiastic individuals who were keen to meet and improve their paddling skills. Since then the club has grown to over one hundred members with a great range of abilities up to British Canoeing Advanced Sea Kayak leader. We are a friendly and welcoming club committed to inclusion and we invite sea kayakers to join us regardless of background."
"BADCC is known locally as a social canoe club where all are welcome to learn, develop and experience open canoe and kayaking to whatever level you want. We take part in a wide range of paddling sports and have a great group of British Canoeing qualified coaches. If you feel like giving this sport a try with us, please get in touch, by emailing hello@badcc.club to see what we can do for you!"
"Newbury Canoe Club is situated on the Kennet and Avon Canal. A friendly members’ only canoe club for leisure and competitive paddling. At Newbury Canoe Club, our members enjoy contributing as part of a community of paddlers both on and off the water."
"Whatever kind of boat takes your fancy, we have it (Sunseekers excluded!) We are based at our boathouse just above Cobden Bridge on the River Itchen with instant access to the water via a slipway. Riverside Park is on the far bank. The atmosphere is totally informal and relaxed and complete beginners will find plenty of advice and assistance to get started."
"We are a friendly canoe club paddling in the Portsmouth and the Solent area. We have members from all over the South of England. We welcome anyone interested in kayaking; from novices to experienced paddlers. We have evening paddles and training sessions, trips each weekend, and weekends or weeks away. In the winter we run a indoor pool session for acquiring and improving paddling skills."
"The Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club (BCCC) is a family centred club offering a broad base of disciplines within canoeing and kayaking. While we specialise in flatwater racing, we have experience in most disciplines including inland touring, sea kayaking, whitewater paddling and open canoeing."
"During the winter months we run weekly sessions in the Leisure Centre pool. These sessions are primarily aimed at developing paddle skills and are perfectly suited to introduce new members to the sport whilst giving existing members time to hone their skills. During the summer months we venture outside. These sessions are aimed at those who have their own equipment and a reasonable level of competence on the water."
"Chichester Canoe Club, run by our dedicated team of volunteers and coaches for over 15 years, aims to provide a safe and friendly environment for likeminded adults to enjoy kayaking and canoeing on rivers and sea. We provide the opportunity to gain confidence and progress along the British Canoeing Award schemes if you wish whilst belonging to an inclusive, friendly, canoeing club."
"Winchester and District Canoe Club is a club for adults, young people, and families. Our members have a wide range of paddlesport interests including slalom, marathon, touring, moving water trips, and sea kayaking. We currently do not offer taster sessions, but encourage member applications from those who are willing to learn about paddling and build their skills so they can look after themselves and others while enjoying being on the water."
"We believe in competing against the elements and not each other in a wide range of canoeing and kayaking disciplines from placid river and open sea trips, through to surfing and white water. The club caters for people of all canoeing abilities from novice to experienced paddlers. While the club does not have a specific juniors’ section, many children have been introduced to canoeing through our family memberships."
"Southampton Canoe Club is based in Southampton, UK. We are mainly a racing canoe club, but recreational trips and events are all part of our yearly calendar. We are always looking for new people to come and join our ranks. If you are looking for a new challenge, want to get fitter or just looking to make some new friends, then this could be the sport for you. Anybody is welcome to come along and have a go."
"The Isle of Wight Canoe Club was founded in its current form in 2007, we have no club house as such & are internet based, however, we do have our club boat storage site at Yarmouth. We have a range of club boats from sit-on-tops , general purpose kayaks, canoes to sea kayaks."
"We meet almost every Saturday in the grounds of the Blandford School. We are a friendly inclusive family club that provides both introductory experiences for those new to Kayaking and Canoeing and opportunities for the more experienced paddler to further their particular ambitions."
"Southbourne Canoe Club (SCC) is a small and friendly canoe and kayak club based on the south coast of England in Bournemouth. We are located at the Hengistbury Head Outdoor Education Centre which has waterside access to Christchurch Harbour. The harbour provides safe, sheltered paddling waters with easy access to the Avon and River Stour as well as out to sea and the Solent."
"Poole Harbour Canoe Club was founded in 1956/7 by a few friends who shared a love of paddling. Today the Club has over 400 members enjoying the wide range of disciplines that are on offer, be that strenuous racing sessions, bouncy coastal trips, relaxing canal journeys or learning new skills."
"DUCKS is a family friendly club that welcomes paddlers of all ages and ability. We meet at Longham Lakes all through the year, so there is no need to stop paddling just because it’s getting dark! We also visit local rivers and the sea. Whatever sort of paddler you are, come and have a fun time."
"We are a friendly and community centric canoe club, who are affiliated with British Canoeing and have achieved their Club Mark certification. We welcome all individuals and families of any skill level; whether you have never paddled before or have years of experience we will have something to offer you."
