Paddleboarding-Oxford Wolvercote Loop

Paddleboarding-Oxford Wolvercote Loop

A circular route along the Oxford Canal using Duke’s Cut to join The Thames to return with options to join at different points depending on whether you arrive by train or car.

A full route description can be found in our book Paddleboarding South East

Access restrictions Licence required, included in Paddle UK membership.

Start/Finish Point North of Isis Lock, Oxford Canal. Grid ref. SP 505 066; What3Words thus.once.herb.

Train Oxford rail station

Parking Walton Well Road Car Park (charges), Walton Well Road, Osney, Oxford, OX1 1GE. Grid ref. SP 502 073; What3Words rides.afford.think.

Launching From train station 300m walk to Isis Lock, Oxford Canal side; from Walton Well Road car park, access to Castle Mill Stream is adjacent to parking.

Pitstops rambling historic riverside pub, The Trout Inn, Lower Wolvercote, tel. 01865 510930; good beers and food, thatched Oxford institution, The Perch, Binsey, 01865 728891; wood-fired pizzas and local beers out of a refurbished caravan, The Medley, Binsey https://www.instagram.com/the_medley_oxford/?hl=en

Lessons and tours Moi’s SUP School, tel. 0777 0903860;

Getting there Train Turn L out of Oxford rail station; pick up pedestrian/green bike lane at entrance to short stay car park; turn L on Rawley Road; follow over bridge across Castle Mill Stream; turn R following brown sign to Oxford Canal; launch on canal above Isis Lock Walton Well car park launch and turn R follow for short distance (can be overgrown), pass under the footbridge to the left onto River Thames, turn left and follow route from Fiddler’s Island.

Special points

Check local river conditions at Kings Lock https://riverlevels.uk/thames-wytham-kings-lock

Oxford Wolvercote Loop Paddleboard route map