Yorkshire has some excellent rivers and can cater for flat water paddling to Grade 3+ water. Two of the most popular rivers are the Wharfe and the Washburn. Both of these are only open at certain times, so please click on the links to find out more details.

Slightly further afield but in easy driving distance are the artificial sites of Tees Barrage, to the north, and Holme Pierrepont at Nottingham to the south.

Additionally, each Club has is own regular trips on their stretches of local water. The BCU Yorkshire Regional Development Team would like to share these and are asking clubs to contribute the trip details to create a Yorcie Regional Guide/Trail book. If you would like more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Local River Advisers (see Contacts) can give details of local access arrangements on stretches of water in your neighbourhood. 

The online river guide provides a good summary of most UK rivers, so you can find out what's it's like before you paddle - see http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/