Go paddleboarding and explore the beautiful town centre of Shrewsbury by SUP for an hour or two, suitable for all experience levels and ages above 10 years
per person. Minimum of 2 persons.
1 Hour: Book Now2 Hours: Book NowInclusive of VAT. An additional 5% online booking fee is charged by our booking system provider.
We have graded all of the routes and trips we offer across our various locations on a scale of 1 to 5 (from easy to moderately difficult).
This experience is suitable for beginners and is rated 1/5 because the section of river you will be paddling on is wide and slow moving.
Prior experience is not required. You will be given a safety brief and an introduction on how to manoeuvre and propel your stand-up paddle board.
If you can swim and follow instructions then you will be fine!
Suitable for all experience levels (minimum age 10). You must be able to swim.
We have 3 different sizes of paddle board available to hire to suit various sizes of paddler:
9’2″ – recommended for children (aged 10+) or small adults up to 45 kg
10’6″ – recommended for small/medium adults up to 75 kg
11’6″ – recommended for larger adults up to 110 kg
See the town from the water or head upstream into the countryside — take your pick!
We can provide wetsuits at no extra charge.
Please bring footwear to wear on the board and in the water (plus a spare pair for afterwards!). This is to protect your feet in the event you fall off the board.
All bookings are subject to safe wind and water conditions and as such it may be necessary to reschedule your booking if the forecast is unfavourable.
2-hour hire: Book Now
Wetsuits are optional and most people find they are not necessary once the water is warm from mid to late summer. If you want to wear one, we recommend bringing your own wetsuit if you have one or you can use one of ours, we have a selection of sizes available and, yes, they are cleaned between uses! Please wear swimwear or underwear under our wetsuits.
We have wetsuits from kids’ sizes up to size XXL, suitable for chest sizes up to 115 cm. Please note that these wetsuits are unisex and as such the chest, waist and hip ratio leans towards an inverted triangle body shape.
Alternatively, you can simply wear something you are comfortable in like leggings/shorts and a T-shirt. You will be issued a buoyancy aid to wear on top. In this case, don’t forget to bring a towel, a bag to put any wet gear in and a full change of clothes!
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- Patricia O., Tripadvisor
Hired paddle boards on Wednesday eve and had a great time... I’d definitely recommend hiring from these guys, the boards and wetsuits are of great quality. Looking forward to hiring off them again soon.
What a perfect way to spend an afternoon! Could not recommend this place more, nothing was too much trouble and everything was well organised and prepared. There’s no feeling quite like paddle boarding and would really recommend Hire A Canoe to anyone looking for some great fun!
Absolutely loved our trip with the paddleboards - it was torrential rain but didn’t stop us having fun! The wetsuits kept us warm - very friendly people - can’t wait to go again - thanks for an amazing experience