Site Details Address Weymouth Harbour (west side)
Dorset Grid Reference 367955 - 074570
Local authority Weymouth & Portland DC
Sport England region South West
Disciplines Canoe Sailing
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.
- World Canoe Sailing Championships 2000; Natioanl Championships held annually.
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.
- GB canoe sailing squad in semi permanent occupation.
Scarcity The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.
- Large harbour area makes the site not 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.
- First used in 1920s/1930s.6/8 World championships held here
Non-competitive users The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.
- Kayak paddling and local authority beginner centre
Number of users The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport
- Around 500 - 1,000 per annum
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.
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