Site Details
Address
Clockhouse Lane, Bedfont, Middlesex, TW14 8QA

Grid Reference
507525, 172449

Local authority
London Borough of Hounslow

Sport England region
London

Disciplines
Tournament/Barefoot/Wakeboarding/Cable Tow

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.

• Tournament/barefoot/cable - European Championships
• Regular Nationals & annual International competitions.
  
  

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.

• One of the most important clubs in GB for elite training;
• Regular team squad training held.
• Provides facilities for all standards of skier in tournament and cable.

Scarcity
The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.

• 5 tournament lagoons and 2 cable tows and therefore unique in GB

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 original clubs to form the BWSF in 1951;
• One of the top 4 clubs in GB.

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

• Cable tow caters for all standards of skier.

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

• Difficult to estimate due to extensive "pay and play" use.
• Boat members more than Thorpe Park;
• P & P cable numbers similar to Thorpe Park.
• One of the largest clubs in GB.

Facilities strategy
The site has been identified as of international or national importance in that sport’s strategic planning documents.

• BWSF - National Water Ski-ing Facilities Strategy - identified for community access, talent development and performance.

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

• Ex-mineral extraction site - adapted to form 5 lagoons and 2 cable tows.
• Tournament lagoon & one cable tow to International Water Ski Federation standards.

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