Site Details
Address
West of Topsham Road, Exeter,Devon
Grid Reference
292,512
91,494
Local authority
Exeter CC

Sport England region
South West

Disciplines
Slalom /Sprint Racing /Maratho

Competitions and events
The site has held regional championships or events and an inter-regional standard of competition or event , and is sustainable in that it is in a location which provides the support facilities/services  necessary for that level of competition or event

• Annual National events for 3 disciplines
• The Exe Descent is the top autumn marathon event in the country (from Tiverton to Exeter).
  

Training
The site has held regional team training or events, or individual elite training or participation for that or any of its disciplines, and is sustainable in that it is in a location which provides the support facilities/services necessary for that level of training or event.

• Clubs, squad and individual training.
• Second most used river in the South West (after the Dart).

Scarcity
The site is the only facility or resource for participation in that sport or any of its disciplines, or one of a limited number of facilities, in that region.

• The combination of river and canal, presents a unique resource.

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.

• Used since the 1960s

Non-competitive users
The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.

• River is extensively used by recreational canoeists.

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 - site identified as a performance centre for sprint racing and marathon.

Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.

• River with weirs and canal - non-polluted resource in Exeter town centre.

Number of users
The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport

• Usage in to thousands, however,no overall figures official kept.

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