Site Details
Address
River Ure
Slenningford Mill
West Tanfield
Ripon
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
428040 - 478348

Local authority
Harrogate BC

Sport England region
Yorkshire

Disciplines
Slalom, white water racing, white water rafting

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

• Slalom - National Championships held annually Also
• Regional and inter-regional events.

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.

• Basic skills taught. Regional training days for white water safety.

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 for 30 years

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

• Most of use is non-competitive.

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

• Natural rapid on the River Ure in the middle of an Access Agreement area of 12 miles of river.

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

• Thousands - no records kept.  Important site for West Yorkshire connurbation - drive time of 90 minutes

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