Taster Session FAQ's

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Welcome to Hinckley Canoe Club! Family-friendly East Midlands Canoe Club run by people enthusiastic about all kinds of Paddlesport!
We enjoy all sorts of Kayaking and Canoeing, including White Water, Flat Water and Sea Kayaking. Family Friendly! Our Club is totally child-friendly and we welcome families to join and paddle together. We offer safe environments for children to explore Paddlesport and develop their water confidence. Regular Club Trips! We organise regular trips for beginners, intermediate and more advanced paddlers. Novices get a chance to test their skills and socialise in a safe friendly and exciting environment. We organise both Flat Water and White Water trips.
 Excellent Coaching All our coaches are volunteers and passionate about all types of paddling. They give up their spare time to help members learn to paddle, or build on and improve their skills and watercraft. Kayaking All our coaches are volunteers and passionate about all types of paddling. They give up their spare time to help members learn to paddle, or build on and improve their skills and watercraft. Canoeing All our coaches are volunteers and passionate about all types of paddling. They give up their spare time to help members learn to paddle, or build on and improve their skills and watercraft. Sea Kayaking All our coaches are volunteers and passionate about all types of paddling. They give up their spare time to help members learn to paddle, or build on and improve their skills and watercraft. Stand Up Paddleboad (SUP) We offer SUP coaching for complete beginners through to more advanced skills. We also welcome SUPs on most of our flat water trips... and they're almost essential on the annual Alps trip!

Hinckley Canoe Club is a friendly, local Canoeing, Kayaking and SUP (Stand Up Paddle-boarding) club. Our home waters are near Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire.

    • Coaching and Skills Development
    • Family Orientated
    • Regular Trips
    • British Canoeing Affiliated
    • Good Social Side

We are a friendly and welcoming club, and provide good quality training for the ‘Paddle Start’, ‘Discover’ and ‘Explore’ Canoe and Kayak British Canoeing Awards.

Every Thursday from April to September, our members meet at the training water to either teach or be taught, or just have a mess about on the water. At least once a month during the season there are organised trips which cover the different levels of Canoeing & Kayaking.

“Good selection of trips – Caters for families really well”

We have a membership of approximately 150 people, ranging from ages 7 to over 60 years who all enjoy the sport, whether paddling or spectating. We cater for all levels of the sport from complete novice to grade 4/5 water.

”Coaching is good in the club”

We have members who donate their time and knowledge of the sport to teach novices and encourage new members to paddle in a safe and enjoyable way. Our club allows people of all ages to have fun and build up their confidence in SUP, Kayaking and Canoeing.

We always love to welcome new members and can support you by hiring out kit and boats until you are sure you like the sport and want to continue to succeed in reaching a good level of competence on the water.

Volunteers

Hinckley Canoe Club is run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers with the aim of helping its members to improve their paddling skills in a safe, friendly and social environment.

If you’ve interested in Volunteering Click Here

Coaching

Coaching is carried out by Club members who are qualified Kayak, Canoe and SUP coaches and donate their free time for the benefit of the Club.

Check out our Coaches page

Trips

At Hinckley Canoe Club we run more trips than most clubs because we feel the fastest way to improve your paddling is by putting theory into practice on a real river, lake or the sea.

Read our Past Trip Reports