Suffolk paddle board lessons and hire

12/06/2026

JUNE AVAILABILITY.

It’s been an amazing start this season, there are now only two dates remaining in June with two sessions each day.

I will shortly post Julys availability, lots have already been booked.

Updated 12/06

Monday 22nd all day
Sunday 28th all day (the only weekend slot left in June)

These are changing daily please do message to secure your session.

James
07810 546776

11/06/2026

More good news for my students.

For the last couple of years Fluidty Adventure at the lovely Henny Swan pub near Sudbury have offered my ex students a discount for hire of equipment.

For those of you north of me here in Bury I’ve always recommended Norwich paddle board hire from the great pub Gibraltar Gardens in Norwich .

They too have now given me a discount code for ex students to hire their equipment.

What a result for you all, two amazing hire companies , one north and one south offering discounts especially for my students ….

Both are in amazing locations, on safe stretches of river, go and have fun, practice what I have taught you!🏄🏄🏄

This is such an amazing hobby, I love it and am doing everything I can to support your continuing journey ❤️

07/06/2026

Early stages of planning.

Yoga, sauna, paddleboarding and lunch retreat at the private nature reserve.

Three hour session, paddle boards and buoyancy aids, yoga mats, wood fired sauna, refreshments and decent M and S snacks/ rolls included.

Professional Yoga instructor, professional SUP coach, sauna and a free lunch… all on a beautiful private nature reserve!!! Absolute bargain for an amazing half day retreat ❤️🏄

Claire (the Yogini) and I are looking at doing one Sunday a month with a morning and afternoon session.

Max of six people £135 per person.

Anyone interested?

28/04/2026

LESSONS THIS YEAR !!!

Amongst the usual, building on the success of several previous years, we are specifically concentrating on beginners, those with specific coaching requirements or people who are anxious of spectators or suffer with BDD. (We are incredibly private and remote, a DBS checked female chaperone can be organised for a small additional cost)

Our completely private, beautiful lake near Bury St Edmunds is on a nature reserve, locally spring fed via a bubbling chalk stream, unlike the local rivers our water is super clean with no sewage.

We have otters, swans, kingfishers and NO PEOPLE! It is just you, your party and me!

It’s totally isolated but we do have a proper toilet, hot water, changing facilities, secure parking, picnic tables and again all completely private!

Your session is specific to you and your party. I will organise premium Red paddle boards and branded buoyancy aids to suit your height and body shape, your one to one coaching will be just that, no set plan, we will adapt based on your progress, you will learn so much and laugh even more!

My aim from our relaxed three hour session is to teach you, amongst many other things, how to pump up a board, fit fins, leash safety, how to get on and off, basic turns, standing, falling in and getting back on. You will be given a list of good local paddle groups, apps, suppliers and local hire companies to allow you to continue improving on what we have taught you.

Our aim is to give you enough information and skill to go on, enjoy and develop this amazing hobby alone!

We have again secured a 10% discount with The Paddle Company in Sudbury for hire, this is a perfect place to continue your learning.

This really is an amazing and super safe, clean way to start your paddleboard hobby… I love it!

Cost wise, three hour sessions are, one person £120.00, two people £220.00, three people £300, four people £350 and five/six people is £400.00

Importantly we are experienced, fully and properly insured and qualified, coach, instructor, leader, water rescue, advanced first aid, DBS checked, safeguarding of children in sport qualified with a policy in place, AALA compliant and a Paddle U.K. partner!

eastangliapaddleboarding.co.uk

Feel free to call me. 01284 763413

04/02/2026

2026 SEASON.

Oh yes we are ready to go!!!

Just need the water to be a bit warmer🏄

Thankyou all for the recent enquiries about lessons and tours, these are all coming along with some proper merchandise!!!

It’s still too cold and likely to be mid May until we get started, I do appreciate your desire to get out there, but we do need to be safe.

I’m out there paddling still, have a long weekend away mid March, nursing a six month old shoulder dislocation 🤪🏄🏄

Much love to you all and see you when it’s warmer !

08/11/2025

Visit to see the King today….
This is an incredible hobby, again this year we will paddle through all of the seasons, watch the changing wildlife and surroundings… I love it !!!
The Thames today at Windsor with my regular paddle buddy and great friend !

15/10/2025

My Friend and personal coach, Jon is running several swimming pool sessions. I recently attended one as I needed to practice rescuing a swamped kayak onto a paddleboard, Jon went well out of his way to help me. These sessions are relaxed and great fun, suitable for beginners and more experienced alike!
Well worth doing!

24/08/2025

FURTHER UPDATE, just killed the second one.

As rubbish as it sounds these two pumps have done a full year of pumping three or four boards up, one after the other! For less than £55 each, if you worked out how many boards they have done, it’s hundreds and hundreds !

Now have two Shark 3 pumps, not as well designed from a storage point of view, but they are fast!

But expensive (£150), noisy, bulky. They do have built In rechargeable batteries. Let’s see if I can get a year out of these ?

UPDATE. JUST KILLED ONE!

These are brilliant, they have done a year, one is still working fine, big puff of smoke out of the other today on its third consecutive board.

Great value at £53 each I highly recommend these!!! Topump is the brand.

I’ve probably made a mistake on the replacement and have gone for a Shark 3 rechargeable by outdoormaster… Will let you know how that goes !

17/08/2025

2025 PRICES…..

I am getting lots of questions about pricing. The issue here is that these lake sessions are dedicated to you and your friends/family and are very, very special and completely totally unique to East Anglia, it is literally just you and yours on the whole nature reserve not just the lake !!! ❤️🏄

We cater for youngsters too, DBS checked, safeguarding of children in sport qualified, buoyancy aids and boards for all ages AALA (HSE) compliant, following a recent routine check they wished us well for our season❤️🏄

If it’s a beginners lesson we cover all the basics, how to pump up, valves, fins and fitting different types, leashes and leash safety, quick release and why, permits, weather and location apps, how to launch, getting on and off safely, basic turns, standing, falling in and getting back on, paddling through w**d, getting w**d off fins, helping friends back on their boards, navigating under trees and bushes, I ask the rude question about height and weight so I can bring a perfectly matched top of the range paddle board, I also bring other styles so you can get a feel for what you want to buy….My aim in our three hour session is to give you enough knowledge to go out and continue your progress.

We even have secured a discount with The Paddle Company in Sudbury and Nayland so you can go on and get the most from this amazing hobby!

Here are some examples of actual recent charges.

A single person for a one to one three hour coaching session is £120.00

A couple having a three hour dedicated session using our equipment was £220.00

A single plus sized lady on her own using our equipment three hours of coaching specifically aimed at practicing self rescue in various clothing and buoyancy aids as she was worried about getting back on, and more advanced strokes £120.00. We will tailor specific coaching to your requirements!

A family of three using our equipment, again for 3 hours of coaching £300.00.

A group of six adults, for three hours coaching £450,00

I always put your safety and fun first and if our sessions run over and we’re enjoying ourselves then so be it. No extra cost, it’s about having safe fun, learning and gaining the knowledge to go on and put into practice what we have learned !

It is imporant to realise that for these sessions you have complete total privacy, there is no one else on the nature reserve and it’s absolutely you and me on the water, using the toilets/changing facilities, picnic tables etc. surrounded only by wildlife, this is the most amazing way to learn in incredible clean, natural and totally private surroundings!

These sessions are far away from the usual group sessions that you find elsewhere on crowded, dirty public lakes and crazy busy sewage filled rivers with people watching!

I am very highly qualified and experienced , my qualifications can be seen on here or checked with my registering body, there’s paddle board instructor, multi paddle craft leader, coach courses, rescue courses, first aid courses, the list goes on and on, theses are needed to be present and up to date to be a Paddle U.K. Delivery Partner, please do check other providers qualifications before booking with them!

This is all complicated as I said as it’s totally completely private and bespoke to you and your coaching requirements, the best thing is to email me or call me for firm prices

Eastangliapaddleboarding.co.uk

01284 763413

14/08/2025

UPDATED SEPTEMBER AVAILABILITY. (3 hour sessions £120 for one person, £220 for two, £300 for three, £350 for four, this is not your usual lesson on a crowded dirty river, this is a proper coaching session covering everything you need to go out and practice with no further instruction)

Please note this changes constantly. (Updated 29/08/25)

Fully booked this weekend 30/31st August

Saturday 13/9 am and pm
Sunday 14/9 am and pm
Tuesday 16/9 am and pm
Tuesday 22/9 am and pm
Wednesday 24/9 am and pm
Friday 26/9 am and pm
Saturday 27/9 am and pm
Sunday 28/9 am and pm
Monday 29/9 am and pm
Tuesday 30/09 am and pm.

That all I have left for September.

Feel free to call 01284 763413

eastangliapaddleboarding.co.uk

Our private, secluded lake on a nature reserve for 121/group lessons in absolute total secluded privacy, just us with the otters, kingfishers, dragonflies and no other people!
The lake is spring fed via a chalk stream and the water is as clean as it gets!