With the beautiful Welsh countryside and rolling hills and mountains there are many beautiful stretches of water. The Welsh Canoe Association maintains a database of some 260 rivers and 240 lakes and stillwaters (not all of which are used for canoeing), of which the information in the WCA Canoe Access booklet is a summary. Details of access agreements, for information only, may be obtained from WCA for any waters on which they exist, but it must be stressed that in many cases 'members-only' access is a condition of obtaining the agreement and supplying information to non-members does not imply that non-members are entitled to participate in the agreement.

Canals

Many of the canals of Wales are controlled by the British Waterways Board (BWB) which issues licences to craft for the use of the canal system under their control. WCA/BCU members are licensed to use the BWB canals in Wales, subject to any regulations that BWB make from time to time. Not all canals are owned by BWB and access to canals not in the BWB system can only be obtained by permission from the canals' operators.

Wales has the same access issue as England but go to the Welsh Canoe Association website and you will find information on all the rivers and what rivers there are access agreements for.

Welsh Canoe Association           www.welsh-canoeing.org.uk/