Site Details
Address
South of Linton-on-Ouse
York
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
449982 - 460017

Local authority
Harrogate BC

Sport England region
Yorkshire

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

• National Slalom Championships held in late 1990s
• 2nd division slalom team
  

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.

• York Canoe Club
  

Scarcity
The site is the only facility or resource for participation in that sport or any of its disciplines, or one of a limited number of facilities, in that region.

• Potential for site to have exceptional water flow and height , 2nd after Holme Pierrepont, with projected improvement works.

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 - projected site works referred to in strategy.

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

• Fish pass and weir on River Ouse.

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

• Hundreds of users per annum at present - potentially thousands in  future when projected works are carried out.

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