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Reading Canoe Club negotiates special access to the River Loddon for the annual Div 3 and 4 races over Sunday and Monday of the Mayday bank holiday weekend. Located between Woodley and Hurst to the east of Reading, the course is easily accessed from junction 10 of the M4 via the A329M.

At Sandford Mill, the river meanders through land owned by Dinton Pastures Country Park and private gardens. The course is designed to take advantage of the natural flow of the river and the hump backed bridge towards the end and is the perfect place to start your Slalom racing or to develop confidence through Division 3.

Facilities are by nature of the temporary arrangements, basic, but we have ample car parking and camping and the club provides a range of food and drinks during the event. In 2008 there will be a ‘Curry Night’ social where you can pre order food from a local Indian Restaurant which will be brought to site on Sunday evening. We hope that this will encourage more families to stay over and enjoy 2 days of racing.

Information and results will be on - http://www.reading-canoe.org.uk/

POSTCODES: Because a lot of people use satnav to find unfamiliar places, we include postcodes. Bits of river don't really have postcodes: we show the one for the nearest address we can trace. Using these should get you somewhere near the site but you might find yourself ½ km away, and even on the wrong side of the river. If you can offer a better postcode for any of the courses, email it to .