Our pub paddles are back this year with regular trips to our local pub by Canoe, Kayak or paddleboard.
Pub paddling sessions run on a Saturday morning but can also be booked as part of our hen parties or corporate paddling days during the week. Great for couples and groups of paddlers looking to head out on a social paddle.
Our pub paddles are ideal for team building events with several local groups using them for an afternoon or evening paddle, We also run Full moon paddles and corporate team building days. Our pub paddling sessions can also be combined with our environmental days where we arrange for a conservation activity as part of a days paddle where you can help to maintain the river environment.
Pub Paddle Itinerary
Our pub paddles are a great way to enjoy some time with family friends or for a couple of hours together.
Pub paddles start from our base at Kecksys upstream to Spellbrook lock a distance of about 7KM longer paddles with a pub stop for refreshments are easily possible on a longer day paddle from our base on request.
Our Pub Paddles travel up to Spellbrook lock pretty 3.5 hour session offering a there and back journey through Hertfordshires rural countryside with just one portage each way through Tednamebury lock on route.
Boats available for the trip
We offer a choice of either single person kayaks as well as family boats suitable for two paddlers, which can be booked from our booking site on eola.co
Our short pub paddle is about 2 miles up and back from the pub and is ideal for a first paddling adventure, on route we assist you around the first boat portage which helps develop confidence at getting in and out of boats.
The Three Horseshoes
The Three Horseshoes in Spellbrook is a country pub a short distance off the river, turn left then walk over the level crossing and into the beer garden.
Don’t fancy going to the pub ! Cafes on the River
The Shed Cafe in Sawbridgeworth is the place to stop for a drink downstream is the town of Sawbridgeworth and there are several riverside tea rooms and also a Boat Cafes on the River Throughout the summer often moored near Phisobury park, but our choice here is the Shed tea rooms, offering excellent service on cook to order snacks and light meals as well as a huge range of homemade cakes and coffee.
Other options for a Bespoke Pub paddling adventures
We are always happy to prepare a bespoke event for groups looking for a longer paddling adventure? Our final Pubs on the River Stort are a little further downstream and are towards Harlow, the first is the Harlow Mill, one of the older structures next to the river offering both a Beefeater pub, and if you’re looking for accommodation overnight a premier inn, or there is the Moorhen pub just above Harlow s Burnt mill Lock and at the head of the Navigation there are several places to stop for a Drink on the River Stort for a beer including the Port Jackson in Bishops Stortford which is at top of the navigation,