Water Sports

Carsington Water Carsington Water, Near Ashbourne, provides an excellent location for canoeing, sailing and windsurfing. Carsington is off the B5035 between Ashbourne and Wirksworth. __ Look for the brown and white tourist Carsington Water signposts throughout the local area. Visitor Centre Tel. +44 (0)1629 540696 Water Sports Tel. +44 (0) 01629 540478 Holme Pierrepont Nottingham __ The White Water Course at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont Nottingham, is acknowledged as one of the best kayaking, Canoeing and Rafting facilities in the UK. The National Water Sports Centre is signposted from the A52 and is three miles from Nottingham city centre,south of the river Trent. The centre is well connected by road to the M1/M42/A1 motorways and convenient for intercity and local train services. E-Mail: mail@hppslalomcourse.co.uk Web Site: www.hppslalomcourse.co.uk Sheffield Canoeing in Sheffield is on the up with the cleaner canal and the canoe trail which follows the Five weirs walk an easy circular trail has been created of tremendous heritage interest. Canoe access points, notes on the more difficult bits and how to avoid them. We have two main waterways here in Sheffield, the Sheffield canal (Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation) and the river Don (which is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation). The total length of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation is now navigable. The navigation has many leisure and tourism attractions with the multi-millionpound redevelopment of Sheffield Basin at its head. Throughout the don valley the environmental and recreational infrastructure has been vastly improved in a bid to make the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation one of the most contrasting, interesting and educational waterways in Britain.