Alton Watersports Launching & Storage

Don't want an annual permit? We offer a range of day launch options which are issued from the Watersports Centre upon your arrival. . 

Please note: Powered and Inflatable craft are not permitted on the water. 

For those of you with windsurfing equipment, canoes, kayaks and stand up paddleboards, we offer launch only permits which come with no storage facilities. This option is also available for those of you with boats who keep them off site and prefer to trailer them to Alton Water and launch on an ad-hoc basis.

'On land' storage for your boat is available at Alton Water making access to the water even easier.

Please note we are not a sailing 'club' and individual personal memberships are not required. 

Please note we cannot offer storage facilities for, SUP's, kayaks or canoes. 

Whatever your choice of watersports, we have a wide range of annual permits available so there is bound to be one to suit your needs; all of our annual permits allow access to Alton Water when the watersports entrance is open and comes with an Anglian Water annual car parking pass which can be used at any Anglian Water owned park including Rutland Water, Grafham Water, Alton Water and Ravensthorpe Reservoir to name a few. Please note that annual launch permits issued from Alton Watersports will not allow launching of craft onto any other Anglian Water reservoirs. 

Terms and Conditions, Rules of Sailing and Local Byelaws apply to all launch and storage permits. 

Annual permits run from April 1st to March 31st.

Also available are pro rata permits from October onwards.

Whether you're visiting for the day or are a regular water user, you will be required to register with the Watersports Centre each time, before proceeding onto the water.

Access may be disrupted at certain times due to other activities/events taking place. 

Please find below the Membership Appication Form and the Terms and Conditions.