Feb 2020: Cumberland road is closed to through vehicles due to subsidence into the new cut, so for the foreseeable future you can only access Baltic Wharf from the west (i.e. from Cumberland Basin).
Category Archives: General
Polo is back Outdoor
The Polo contingent has
started at the Outdoor Pitch on Wednesday evenings from 6-30pm, throughout the summer at the Cumberland Basin.
Come along and improve your boating technique, while having a laugh!
Club Polo Kit is available free of charge for members and loads of easy parking too.
Beginners Kayak Course 2019
Beginners Kayak Course 2019
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL
This years Bristol Canoe Club beginners course will start on Monday 3rd June 2019 and run for four weeks. On successfully completing the course you’ll receive the British Canoeing one-star award.
The course is intended for adults who are thinking about taking up kayaking with the club and want to learn basic kayaking skills in order to get started. It’s important that you can attend all four sessions and be there at promptly at the 6.30 start time. All equipment will be provided. The cost is £80
We are unable to offer places to those under 18.
For further info, email Nick Wainwright membership-enquiries@bristolcanoeclub.org.uk and include ‘beginners course’ in the subject line
This years Bristol Canoe Club beginners course will start on Monday 3rd June 2019 and run for four weeks. On successfully completing the course you’ll receive the British Canoeing one-star award.
The course is intended for adults who are thinking about taking up kayaking with the club and want to learn basic kayaking skills in order to get started. It’s important that you can attend all four sessions and be there at promptly at the 6.30 start time. All equipment will be provided. The cost is £80
We are unable to offer places to those under 18.
For further info, email Nick Wainwright membership-enquiries@bristolcanoeclub.org.uk and include ‘beginners course’ in the subject line
Beginner’s course 2018
Please note that this course is now full.
The club will be organising a beginner’s kayaking course for adults in May/June 2018. This is intended for people who are interested in taking up the sport of kayaking in the future, and paddling with Bristol Canoe Club.
The course will consist of a session in a swimming pool, and then four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks.
The dates are:
- Wednesday 30th May; 8:30pm; Pool session at Bristol South Pool, in Bedminster
- Thursdays 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th June; 6pm; General session at Baltic Wharf on Bristol docks.
This course will cost £75, including membership of the club for the remainder of the year.
If you are interested, please email our enquiries address; see our contacts page.
Polo Taster Session
Ten members attended our Club’s Polo Taster last night at th
e Bristol Canoe Polo Pitch. Thanks to all for attending. I hope everyone likes our new marketing initiative too….
For those unable to attend, the Polo Guys have a regular session on Wednesday from 6-30pm. Come and along and have a go…..
Beginner’s course 2017
The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in May/June 2017. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm. This will cost £75, including membership of the club for the remainder of the year.
This course will begin on 18th May, and continue through to 8th June. If you are interested, please email our enquiries address; see our contacts page.
Note that this course is now full; we cannot accept any more people.
Polo – South West Div 2 – November 21st, 2016
The “cream” of Bristol’s Polo players reformed into a single team for the annual South West League – Div 2. Three wins and two draws should see us second in the league. Brilliant polo location at Millfield School.
Beginner’s course 2016
The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in June 2016. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm. This will cost £60.
This course will begin on 9th June. If you are interested, please email our enquires address; see our contacts page.
Note that this course is now full.
Beginner’s course 2015
The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in May/June 2014. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Thursday evenings from 6pm. This will (probably) cost £60.
This course is expected to begin around the middle of May. If you are interested, please email our enquires address; see our contacts page.
About Us
Bristol Canoe Club is a club for paddlers in the Bristol area.
We are a very active club, and we do lots of things – see the Calendar page for the latest info, but also we do a lot of trips at short notice, organised via our members-only email list.
We are involved in white-water paddling, flatwater racing, polo, plus general leisure.
For more information, please see the General Information link, Membership, Contacts, or any of the pages available from the menus at the top of the page.
Our online membership sign-up with webcollect is here: Bristol Canoe Club webcollect page, but we’d prefer if you come down to one of our sessions and say hello before signing up.