Lee Valley White Water Centre
The London 2012 Olympic venue for Canoe Slalom – World class purpose built facility consisting of two white water courses and a large lake. The main reception building has changing rooms and showers on the ground floor with an extensive cafe and decked viewing area on the second floor. The Olympic Course provides 300m of challenging grade 3/4 white water and the Legacy Course 160m of grade 2/3. Paddle UK have set up a Regional High Performance Centre on site and Lee Valley Paddlesports Club are also based here.
Slalom sessions are now on the LV website to book. Email LVWhitewater@gll.org to ask them to add the slalom waiver to your account and the sessions will then show on the booking app under Olympic Slalom.
Paddler access to programme water at Lee Valley
To find out more about the Club at Lee Valley visit http://www.leevalleypaddlesportsclub.org
Location:
OS Grid Reference TL371007
Nearest Postcode EN9 1AB
Directions:
JS Grading: Olympic Course – E, Legacy Loop – C
C: Faster current, sharper eddy-lines, some drops that can be intimidating, possible to set crosses on small waves, often rocky.
E: The most difficult courses in the UK.