Canoe from Hay to Whitney-on-Wye

About

The way to see what the Wye does once it leaves town. Wye Valley Canoes, based at Glasbury, meets you at the Wyeford car park in Hay, gives you a paddle and safety briefing, and sends you five miles downstream into England, past Clifford Castle, to the Boat Inn at Whitney-on-Wye, then drives you back. The company puts it at two to three hours. Everything is included in the £40 a head: boat, buoyancy aid, paddle, waterproof barrel, dry bag and the return transport. The same company runs a half-day from its own launch at Glasbury that finishes in Hay, if you would rather paddle into town than out of it.

Highlights

• ✓Starts in Hay, finishes at a riverside pub in Herefordshire
• ✓Passes Clifford Castle
• ✓Return transport included

Tips

• →Meet at the Wyeford car park off Wyeford Road; limited free parking, so use Oxford Road if it is full.
• →Children need at least one adult each, and two adults per child aged 7 to 13.
• →At least one mobile phone per boat; no alcohol on the trip.
• →Old trainers, not wellies or flip-flops, and a full change of clothes.
• →Well-behaved dogs can come if they stay in the canoe.

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