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Tees Barrage White Water Rafting

River Tees, Stockton on Tees
REF: TAWWR1

  • White water rafting at Teesside Barrage centre
  • Ride the rapids on this 350m manmade course
  • You'll paddle multiple descents of the course
  • Conveyor belt brings you & the raft back to the top
 


What's Included

• A 2 hour White Water Rafting experience
• Introduction and safety briefing
• Each raft holds a maximum of six participants
• Around 1.5 hours on the water
• All safety equipment is provided

What Can I Expect

It's destination Tees Barrage for white water rafting with big thrills on this brilliant purpose-built paddle sports course! 

Created as part of the Tees Barrage project, this white water centre sits on the north bank of the River Tees at Stockton on Tees. It's an amazing piece of engineering that offers superb white water rapids, with a flow that can be fully controlled.

This is the North East's premier white water rafting centre, boasting excellent course-side facilities in the North Shore building, which includes changing rooms and showers (essential as you will be getting wet!). There's also the Barrage Cafe on the top floor, boasting great views of the site.

In fact, this white water rafting centre is one of the largest manmade courses in the UK. It's all down to the technology behind the scenes, which is capable of pumping and keeping the water flowing 24 hours a day, whilst the River Tees upstream stays at a constant level.

Then there's the ingenious use of RapidBlocs. These are special building blocks used in the construction of this world-class white water course to shape the flow of water, making for a course full of characteristics like whirlpools and drops that experienced paddlers call 'playspots'.

There’s even a ‘magic carpet’ conveyor-belt system. That means you stay in the boat at the end of the rapids and you simply glide effortlessly back up to the start of the course. Brilliant!

On these two hour Tees barrage white water rafting experiences you'll start off gently. As you continue to do loops of the 300m Jubilee course, the water will start to flow harder and you'll have to increase your paddle power, working as a team in the raft to conquer those rapids. This is a must-do activity in the North East!

Availability

• Selected weekend dates, subject to availability
• Sessions generally run at 10:00 - 12:00, 13:00 - 15:00 and 15:00 - 17:00

Location

• Teeside Barrage International White Water Centre, Stockton-on-Tees

Suitable For

• Minimum age 14
• Maximum weight 16 stone

Spectators

• Spectators are welcome to come and watch

Anything Else

• Please bring swimwear and trainers, which you don't mind getting wet, a towel and a change of clothing
• Refreshments and snacks can be purchased from the on site cafe with views over the River Tees
• Lockers are available for 20p

Reviews

5 out of 5 stars

Average Rating: 5
Total Reviews: 2
Recommend to Friend: 0

Find out what other customers think of the experience

Reviews

  based on 2 reviews

Rating: 5 stars
Carol Browne
A great fun 2 hours in and out of the water. Staff were friendly and fun enough to make you feel s...
Rating: 5 stars
angela waites
Decided to buy my family water rafting as a Christmas present. Everybody loved it and our instructo...