Site Details
Address
Boulters Weir, River Thames
East of Cookham Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
Grid Reference
490405 - 182773
Local authority
RB Windsor & Maidenhead
Sport England region
South East
Disciplines
Freestyle
Competitions and events
The site has held international or national competitions or events and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of competition.
- National Freestyle Championships October 2001
Training
The site has held national team or individual or group elite training for that sport or any of its disciplines, and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of training.
- Designed for use in low water conditions, therefore available for training most of the time.
Scarcity
The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.
- Only 2/3 comparable sites nationally. Low water availability makes the facility less easily replicable.
Heritage
A heritiage site is one which has been used continually or a for a long time by that sport and which cannot be recreated in a different location.
- One of the earliest freestyle sites - early 1990s.
Non-competitive users
The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.
- One of the earliest freestyle sites - early 1990s.
Number of users
The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport
Facilities strategy
The site has been identified as of international or national importance in that sport’s strategic planning documents.
- BCU Facilities Strategy 1999 - 2004 - identified as national centre
Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.
- Weir on River Thames - highest drop and quickest flows available to Characteristics the discipline.
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