A group paddling on the rapids
THE RAPIDS ARE NOW CLOSED UNTIL 15th OCTOBER - PLEASE DO NOT ENDANGER YOURSELF & OTHERS BY IGNORING THE NOTICES (see "Navigation Closure" above for details)
...and we still need to raise more money, please see below for how you can help
Welcome to our website!
Everyone has to learn to paddle somewhere and in Great Britain that somewhere is often Symonds Yat, a small rapid on the River Wye in the Welsh Borders.
The rapids were purchased in March 2003 by the British Canoe Union with the support of the Environment Agency following a successful four year long appeal by a local group to buy them on behalf of all canoeists. Following further fund raising and successful applications for substantial funding from the Community Club Development Programme managed by Sports England and the Market Town Initiative the groynes are currently being restored and made permanent the and habitat improvements are being made for the local wildlife.
This has been a very expensive project and we still need more funds to complete all the work we have got planned this year and to pay for the ongoing maintenance & running costs.