England          Wales           Scotland           Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom has some of the most beautiful countryside in the world through which a considerable number of rivers run, yet England and Wales are two of the hardest places in the world to get access to the water.

We are have produced links here to let you know where you can actually go canoeing where access agreements or right of navigation exist, as well as giving you advice on the rivers that there are in the UK.

    

Access Agreements Audit

The Access Department (British Canoe Union) with the assistance of Regional Access Officers and Local River Advisors is in the process of auditing access agreements to assess the current number and the range of conditions of use. The information will serve as as a  backdrop to the current developments in access agreements.  Assistance from paddlers and canoe clubs is requested please notify the RAO of any unregistered agreements.(contact information availiable at www.bcu.org.uk )