Site Details
Address
Adbolton Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 2LU

Grid Reference
461133 - 338590

Local authority
Rushcliffe BC

Sport England region
East Midlands

Disciplines
Slalom/Sprint Racing/Marathon/Polo/Recreation

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 Slalom Championships 1981 & 1986(?)
  
• World Sprint Championships 19??
  
• World Dragon Boat Championships 1999
  

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.

• BCU Olympic slalom and sprint squads train here
• Performance dept of BCU and all coaches based here

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

• White water and flat water course adjacent to each other, therefore unlikely to be more than three other similar sites in UK

• On-site ancilliary facilities also add to value

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.

• UKs first artificial white water course, in use for over 30 years.

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

• Very popular with pay-and-play freestyle paddlers

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

• 50,000 - 60,000 paddlers a year use wild water course plus 10,000 on flat water course

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 - National Centre for Sprint Racing & Slalom.

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

• Former minerals site - purpose built for water sports

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