Site Details
Address
Dorney Lakes,Boveney Road
Grid Reference
Dorney
Berkshire
Local authority
RB Windsor & Maidenhead
Sport England region
South East
Disciplines
Sprint Racing
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.
- New facility - few major competitions as yet but many planned.
- 2008 World Rowing Championships
- 2008/9 Canoe Sprint World
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.
- British sprint squad trained here pre Sydney Olympics
Scarcity
The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.
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 - will be identified as national centre
Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.
- New 2Km flat water lake with 3 return lakes created by mineral extraction adjacent to River Thames. Possible white water in the future.
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