Paddleboarding spots in Lancashire
50 launch spots across Lancashire
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SeaMarine Road East slipway, Morecambe
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Marine Road East close to node/830322163, roughly 85 metres away, and the two are likely the same physical launch point recorded separately in OpenStreetMap. It opens onto the tidal sand and mudflats of Morecambe Bay.
SeaMarine Road East slipway, Morecambe
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway lies further along Marine Road East towards the centre of Morecambe, launching onto the sand and mudflats of Morecambe Bay. Another mapped slipway (node/830326826) sits about 85 metres away, so the two may represent the same access point recorded twice.
SeaMiddleton Sands slipway
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway gives beach access onto Morecambe Bay at Middleton Sands, next to Ocean Edge Holiday Park south of Heysham. Morecambe Bay is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the UK, with fast-moving tides across its wide flats.
RiverMarsh put-in (Lancaster)
Lancashire, EnglandThis concrete slipway is at St George's Quay in Lancaster, on the tidal River Lune. The quay was built between 1750 and 1767 as part of the historic Port of Lancaster.
SeaLytham put-in (Fylde)
Lancashire, EnglandThis concrete slipway gives onto the Ribble Estuary foreshore in Lytham, mapped as part of the town's central shoreline. Like the rest of the Lytham shore, it faces broad tidal sandbanks rather than open water at low tide.
SeaLytham put-in (Fylde)
Lancashire, EnglandThis is a wooden pier and slipway on the Ribble Estuary foreshore in Lytham, on the Fylde coast south-west of the town centre. Lytham's Green runs along the shore here, looking out over the estuary's sandbanks towards the Welsh hills on a clear day.
SeaLytham put-in (Fylde)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Ribble Estuary shore just east of Lytham centre, giving access to the tidal sand and mudflats off the Fylde coast. The foreshore here lies within the Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, designated for its wintering wading birds.
LakeRishton Reservoir slipway (East Lancashire Sailing Club)
Lancashire, EnglandRishton Reservoir is a roughly 37-acre reservoir on the edge of Rishton, in two linked basins joined by an outlet pipe under a railway embankment. East Lancashire Sailing Club has sailed here since the early twentieth century and offers a paid visitor or temporary membership that includes use of its slipways, jetties and parking.
CanalCowling Bridge slipway, Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Cowling Bridge near Limbrick, close to the Johnson's Hillock flight of seven locks that lower the canal by 20 metres towards Chorley. The Canal and River Trust requires a paddler's licence to launch a canoe, kayak or paddleboard on this stretch.
SeaHeysham put-in
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on the coastal path known as The Prom, on the shore between Bare and Heysham, opening onto Morecambe Bay.
SeaHeysham put-in
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on the coastal path known as The Prom, on the shore between Bare and Heysham, opening onto Morecambe Bay.
SeaHeysham put-in
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on the coastal path known as The Prom, on the shore between Bare and Heysham, opening onto Morecambe Bay.
SeaHalf Moon Bay put-in (Heysham)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is at Half Moon Bay, a crescent-shaped sandy bay on the Heysham coast that opens onto Morecambe Bay. It has a car park on Smithy Lane and is used by local sailing and watersports clubs, including the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club.
RiverHambleton put-in (Wyre)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway on Kiln Lane at Staynall gives access to the tidal River Wyre near Hambleton, close to Shard Bridge on the A588. The reach sits within the Wyre's upper tidal estuary, a few miles upstream of the river's mouth at Fleetwood.
RiverHalton-with-Aughton put-in (Lancaster)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the north bank of the River Lune at Halton village, about three miles east of Lancaster. It lies upstream of Skerton Weir, so the water here is non-tidal, and close to the site of Forge Bank Weir, which once fed local mill leets.
SeaFleetwood put-in (Wyre)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway links The Esplanade in Fleetwood to the beach at the mouth of the River Wyre, close to where the estuary opens into Morecambe Bay. No name or amenity tags are recorded for the slipway itself.
SeaFleetwood put-in (Wyre)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on Fleetwood's Esplanade close to the Fleetwood Lifeboat Station, at the mouth of the River Wyre where it opens into Morecambe Bay. It is a plain slipway with no name tag, linked to the adjoining beach and coastline.
SeaFleetwood put-in (Wyre)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on Fleetwood's seafront close to Rossall Point, where the National Coastwatch Institute's lookout station watches over Morecambe Bay, the Lune Deep channel and the approaches to Fleetwood. It is an unnamed service-road slipway with no further facilities recorded.
SeaFleetwood put-in (Wyre)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway lies on Herring Arm Road in Fleetwood's Broadwater area, within the historic Wyre Dock estate on the River Wyre estuary. Wyre Dock, built in 1869-1877, was converted into a marina in 1995, while the adjoining Fish Dock remains in use by the town's inshore fishing fleet.
CanalCarnforth put-in (Lancaster)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on the Lancaster Canal at Carnforth, near where a pub called the Canal Turn once stood. The canal remains navigable by small craft on this stretch, and the Canal and River Trust requires a waterways licence to paddle it.
SeaAnsdell put-in (Fylde)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway is on the Ribble Estuary foreshore between Lytham and St Annes, in the coastal Fairhaven area rather than Ansdell itself, which lies inland of the railway line. It opens onto the same tidal sandbank shoreline that runs the length of the Fylde coast here.
SeaNorbreck put-in (Bispham)
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway opens onto the Irish Sea at Norbreck, a residential stretch of Blackpool's coast between Bispham and Cleveleys. Norbreck appears in Blackpool Council's coastal records for its erosion history, underlining that this is an actively managed, eroding shoreline rather than a sheltered launch.
SeaLittle Bispham put-in
Lancashire, EnglandThis slipway sits on the promenade at Little Bispham, a coastal stretch of northern Blackpool on the open Irish Sea. Blackpool Council and the Environment Agency are building rock groynes along this section of coast between 2027 and 2029 as part of a sea-defence scheme, with the beach staying mostly open during the works.
SeaLittle Bispham put-in
Lancashire, EnglandThis is a second slipway on the Little Bispham stretch of Blackpool's northern promenade, about 470 metres north of the other Little Bispham put-in, opening onto the open Irish Sea. New rock groynes are planned along this coastline as part of a multi-year sea-defence scheme.
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