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Regional SASP - Shepperton Weir  


Site Details
Address
Shepperton Weir, River Thames, Shepperton, Surrey.

Grid Reference
507,174
165,816
Local authority
Spelthorne BC

Sport England region
South East

Disciplines
Slalom /Freestyle


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

  • 3rd and 4th division slalom events
  • Lower grade freestyle 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.

  • Club training

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 since 1960s

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

  • Some freestyle use.

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

  • Weir on River Thames

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

  • Low thousands, but no figures kept.

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