Avon River Activities    

We are based at the Pershore Riverside Centre. This is not open to the public, so please don't just turn up, you will have an email with all the details for your session.

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Drive down King George's Way, past the leisure Centre (behind Asda). The Riverside Centre is at the end of the road and has its own private, free car park. ARA reception is AROUND THE BACK (please do not use the front door as this is the youth centre)

If it is dry (which it usually is), you can drive around the back and park on the grass.

After looking through the options on the website SUP page, book here:

Trickier question than you may think - and one we will cover loads on your lesson.

Wetsuits - if you have one bring it (shorti, or longer suit are all worth bringing). We MAY use wetsuits, but that will depend on the conditions on the day. We have plenty of good quality centre wetsuits. We teach on lovely flat water, in a sheltered area, and always close to the changing rooms and facilities and mostly in the summer. So in our environment, on a warm day, wetsuits are not always the most appropriate (this would be different advise if we were based on the sea). Wetsuits are designed to be wet, and believe it or not, on our flat water, most people don't fall in !! (unless they want to practice getting back on etc)

So please bring quick drying sports gear. Polypropylene style rather than cotton, and a windproof/waterproof cagoule type jacket too.

For your feet, those little beach shoes are great, as are wetsuit boots, or light weight flat bottomed trainers. It is nice to be barefoot on the boards in the summer, but we always need footwear with us for obvious reasons around a river bank.

Bring a towel and a change of clothes for afterwards.

The changing rooms are safe and secure and only used by us, and locked when we go on the water.

You can leave your car keys safe inside the centre, which is locked while we are on the water.

There are toilets and showers.

Yes - for all our lessons we use Buoyancy Aids.

They are top quality, well fitting and they look and feel great.

You do see some some paddleboarders not wearing them, with various justifications, despite all the research and evidence, especially around cold water shock, that shows how buoyancy aids are essential bits of kit that save lives. Like any PPE, you hopefully don't necessarily need them, but anything can happen and when you need them you need them and if you didn't have one on when you needed it......

So we suggest that everyone paddleboarding wears a buoyancy aid, and we all do for the lessons.

We very seldom cancel because of the weather. Rain doesn't really effect a paddleboard lesson, we just gear up in wetsuits and go for it !

The wind can be more of an issue, and sometimes the river is on flood. Both of these are hard to predict more than a day or 2 before the event. If there is an issue with wind or river levels, we will contact you to let you know and liaise with you to reschedule.

Full booking conditions can be found here

YES - all our paddleboarding sessions are booked and paid for in advance.

They book up early to work out the best date by emailing Kim and get booked on !!!

NO

but we do hire Mega-SUPs in Evesham, and if you have had a lesson with us, we can arrange a single SUP hire in Evesham too.