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Hire Canoes, Kayaks & Paddleboards

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Hire Canoes, Kayaks & Paddleboards
Looking for a fun and adventurous way to explore the water? Canoe, kayak, and stand-up paddleboard hire provide an accessible way to get out on the water, enjoy nature and exercise. Choose from our Bedford and Kempston locations below.

Adventure Trips

Book UK Canoe & Kayak Expeditions

Adventure Trips

Book UK Canoe & Kayak Expeditions
Canoe Trail runs various paddling adventures including Scotland, Europe, and Canada. Over the years we have established top UK paddling destinations to enable people to have a real adventure off the beaten track.

Events

Join Our Social Events

Events

Join Our Social Events
Our social paddle events are fun relaxed social paddling and adventure events that offer a chance to get outdoors, practice skills supported by our professional instructors, digitally detox at our Bedford or Kempston bases.

School Activity Days

School Activity Days

School Activity Days

School Activity Days

Canoe Trail is a trusted provider and partner to a wide range of schools, youth groups and charities.

About Canoe Trail

We are a multi-award-winning, family-run business running Kempston Outdoor Centre and offering kayak, SUP and canoe hire on the picturesque River Great Ouse from Kempston to Bedford Embankment, Great Barford and beyond to sleepy rural villages

We have a beautiful riverside woodland for paddle and camping trips and also run Kempston Outdoor Centre with a high ropes course, range activities and indoor climbing and bouldering wall. We offer a whole host of land-based activities for corporate groups through to stag, hen parties, and youth adventure schools.

We also run a wide range of training courses and NGB qualifications for canoeing, kayaking, and stand-up paddleboarding. Experience the same sense of adventure further afield in the UK and overseas with our canoe trips to Canada

Latest News

Canoe Trail Online Free Adventure Talk
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Published: 19 May 2024
Updated: 18 March 2025

Online Adventure Talk With Canoe Trail’s Ash and Rich 1st April 2025

Canoe Trail Awarded Rural Adventure Growth Grant
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Published: 19 May 2024
Updated: 12 March 2025

Canoe Trail Awarded Rural Adventure Growth Grant

Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show
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Published: 19 May 2024
Updated: 22 February 2023

Canoe Trail Back Running the Watersports at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show

The Great Outdoors Giveaway 2023
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Published: 19 May 2024
Updated: 17 May 2024

Canoe Trail’s Competition The Great Outdoors Giveaway 2023

We Value Relationships

Sophie (Fun 4 Young People)
5 stars

We have used Canoe Trail for many years. Run by fantastic people with some great activities on offer. Highly recommend.

Michael (Goldington Academy)
5 stars

Regularly use Canoe Trail for DofE and our School outdoor adventure trips. Professional to deal with and an amazing team of instructors.

Gemma
5 stars

Highly recommend Canoe Trail whether you’re looking to improve your paddling or just a fun family day out on one of the river trails.

Matthew
5 stars

Just returned from a week in Scotland with Canoe Trail. It was one of the best organised trips I have done. The team were awesome, great instruction with loads of patience for those new to paddling.