Welcome to Devizes Canoe Club

Devizes Canoe Club aims to make a positive contribution to the local community by providing inclusive recreational, social and competitive opportunities and facilities to enable all members to participate in healthy activity and to develop and achieve their personal goals in paddlesport.

Welcome to Devizes Canoe Club. We are based at Lower Wharf in Devizes where we have a Clubhouse, a boat store, shower and changing facilities and our own access on to the Kennet and Avon canal.

We aim to be a friendly, diverse, and inclusive Club. Because of our location, we mainly offer flat water paddling; recreational and racing in both sprint and marathon disciplines. We have approximately 150 members of all ages and abilities and a range of boats and paddling equipment for newcomers to the sport as well as gym and ergo equipment and boat storage.

Latest News

Awards Evening 2026

Awards Evening 2026 Winners We were very pleased to welcome Paddle UKs James Train, Head of Performance Development for Canoe Sprint, to Devizes Canoe Club Awards Night 2026. And the winners were: Nigel Chivers Hasler Points Trophy Tegen Ganuszko The Geoff Sanders Trophy Nick Poole DW Fastest Stages TrophyCanadian Paddler TrophyDW Senior Crew of the […]

WIN A PADDLING THEMED HAMPER

Gus and George from the Junior Racing Team are fundraising for their 2027 Camps International volunteering expedition to Borneo. This is a huge commitment by them both to fundraise (they each need to raise £5k to take part) and dedicate their time and summer holidays to this worthwhile cause – both at such a young […]

April 2026 Newsletter

A catch up of all things DCC as we enter the warmer months and have lots of competitions and activities happening! CLUB MEMBERSHIP – if you have not yet renewed your club membership, now is the time to do so. Gate codes will be changed soon and we don’t want to lock you out! Spond […]

Getting Started

The club welcomes new members of all ages (minimum age 8 years) and abilities. We recognise that people may have paddled a canoe or kayak before, but unless you’ve tried paddling a racing kayak or something similar, we would have to treat you as a beginner.

Those who feel competent to paddle a racing boat should contact us at first instance so that we can arrange a competency assessment with one of our coaches.

For adult beginners we would ask that you sign up for a 6hr Introduction to Paddlesport course; 3 x 2hrs sessions. These are run by a qualified coach on Sundays over the Spring and Summer. The cost is £75 per person. For juniors, from the age of 8 years, we run an adhoc programme on Saturday mornings. Sessions last 1.5 hrs and cost £10/session. Please note: juniors need to be able to swim.

Use the button below to contact us to join either course.

Paddlesport Enquiry

What happens next?

For seniors, successful completion of the 6-hour Introduction to Paddlesport course or successfully completing a competency assessment will entitle you to join the Club and develop your paddling.

This entitles you to participate in club sessions on Thursday evenings and/or Thursday and Sunday mornings.

For juniors, after completion of 6 adhoc sessions, you may join as an adhoc member and continue on adhoc basis (£10/session) or join as a junior member and attend the junior coached sessions on a regular basis (coaching subs will also apply).

See Training for an example of the current session schedule.