Safety Guidelines

To ensure your safety and the safety of others, there are certain guidelines that have to be met and adhered to, to ensure the safe usage of our facilities.

White Water Safety Guidelines

All Participants must be aged 14 years and above, be able to swim 25 metres, and weigh no greater than 16 stone.

To use the TBIWWC, all participants must complete and sign (or be signed by a parent/guardian if under 18) an ‘Activity Medical Consent Form’.  These must be submitted when signing-in at Reception with an ‘Activity Booking Form’.

Bellboating

All Participants must be aged 8 years and above, and be confident around water.

Powerboating

All Participants must be aged 14 years and above, and be confident around water.

Multi-Activity Days (including Team Building)

All Participants must be aged 10 years and above, and be confident around water.

Kayaking Courses & Tuition

Must be aged 8 years and above, and be able to swim 25 metres.

Stand Up Paddleboarding Courses

Must be aged 10 years and above, and be able to swim 25 metres.

Water Quality

All of our watersports activities take place on the River Tees on water from high on the Pennines journeying its way down the river towards the sea. On its journey there may be factors that can potentially change the quality of water in the river from day to day and therefore we cannot guarantee the open body of water is bathing quality.  So remember, this is not drinking water so please ensure that after using this facility or any other body of open water, that you clean your hands and shower before eating to reduce the risk of illness.

You can read our Water Quality Statement here

Other paddle sport safety guidelines

• To be able to paddle on the flat water you must have basic skills and have completed a capsize.
• For moving water you must be able to paddle Grade 3 water comfortably and have a competent moving water roll.
• All boats must be sound and in good repair with airbags and you MUST wear the appropriate safety equipment at all times.
• NO intentional swimming is allowed in the placid water warm-up lake. (Unless authorized by the TBIWWC management and undertaken by a BC Foundation Safety & Rescue Provider).

To use the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee white water course, all paddlers must complete and sign (or be signed by a parent/guardian if under 18) a ‘Paddler Medical Consent Form’ and a ‘Health & Safety and Risk Declaration Form’.  These must be submitted when signing-in at Reception, they will be kept for one calendar year and new forms need to re-submitted on an annual basis thereafter.

The forms can be sourced from the TBIWWC Reception, or downloaded from the Booking Forms page and printed off and completed in advance.