Kayaks are mainly single person craft with a closed cockpit but we use sit on top Kayaks both doubles and single for those who need to build their confidence first. The sport of kayaking is often referred to as canoeing.
As a group activity you can have great fun in a kayak, enjoying a number of wet games or learning the numerous paddle strokes involved in the sport of kayaking.
As you will see from some of our images, kayaking is an activity that can be enjoyed by ages from seven to seventy and above.
From placid waterways to raging rivers we can give you all the help you need to get started or help you to improve your kayaking technique.
The North West of England has a wide selection of kayaking venues, whether on canals, lakes, rivers or on the sea. For Lakes and River paddling it's hard to beat the English Lake District with it many rivers and Lakes and stunning views.
A kayak or canoe is a great way to see some of our industrial history. Canals are the motorways of the past, coal, cotton and steel were just a few products transported along the many canals in the North West around Preston, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
Other activities on offer include the following
rock climbing,
mountain and hill scrambles,
abseiling,
aquaseiling,
open Canadian canoeing,
canoe sailing,
canyoning,
cycling,
gorge scrambling,
kayaking,
mountain biking,
sailing,
knot tying,
Pontoon and rope bridge building,
ghyll scrambling,
waterfall climbing,
orienteering,
navigation,
hill walking,
archery,
rifle shooting,
Paint balling,
raft building,
team building,
survival days,
culvert scrambling,
Tyrolean traversing fishing,
bushcraft day courses, and
bushcraft and wilderness camps.
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kayaking images.
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Lancashire - Chorley, Preston, Wigan, Blackpool, Burnley, Blackburn, Darwen, Adlington, Anderton, Accrington, Southport,
Anglezarke, Rivington, Colne, Lancaster
Lake District - Keswick, Ambleside, Lake Windermere, Bowness, Kendal, Coniston, Staveley, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Hawkshead, Troutbeck, Barrow-in-Furness, Kirkby Lonsdale, Workington, Langdale, Elterwater , Kirkstone, Ullswater, Patterdale, Pooley Bridge, Derwentwater, Wasdale, Borrowdale, Grizedale, Grassmere, Rydal,
Greater Manchester - Bolton, Bury, Salford, Westhoughton, Stockport,
Liverpool - Sefton, Knowsley, Chester, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Crewe,