Lakes
Most of the large lakes in the Lake District are accessible. You do need a permit for Bassenthwaite, Buttermere, Crummock Water and Ennerdale water.
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Rivers
We have a variety of rivers to suit most paddlers. Whether you’re looking for something at the lower end of the scale, where rivers like the Eden or Lower Derwent could be an attraction, or slightly more challenging white water consider the Greta, Leven, Lune, Kent and others, or the extreme end of creeking where Aira Beck or Langstrath Beck and many others could be your thing!
Check out Stuart Miller’s “Canoe and Kayak Guide to North West England” as a first port of call in your planning. But remember we had extreme flooding last winter which has changed the features and risks on some of our more challenging rivers – so it is worth checking on the various paddler Facebook pages, the latest hazards section of this website, as well as on sites such as UK Rivers Guidebook or UK Whitewater Kayak Guides. |
Sea
There a number of places where you can enjoy the sea in a kayak on the west coast of Cumbria. Whether it is surfing at St Bees Head, or on the Solway or Arnside bores, or coastal trips around St Bees and Whitehaven or Maryport, or further south around Walney and Roa Island, or more challenging trips from our coast to Scotland or the Isle of Man you can find something here to suit you. First point of call is Jim Krawiecki’s “Northern England & IOM – fifty great sea kayak voyages” and the UK Sea Kayak Guidebook.
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Canals
Although not strictly in Cumbria, just south you can also have a great paddle out on the Lancaster Canal and on its Glasson branch down to the Lune estuary.
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