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ClubCoastalHightown / Sefton, MerseysideRiver Alt estuary and Liverpool Bay

Blundellsands Sailing Club

BeginnerTraining· UnclearJuniors

Blundellsands Sailing Club is a Hightown club on the tidal River Alt with a clubhouse, boat yard, slipway and moorings.

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Start

Can a beginner start here?

Sailing club, Dinghy sailing, Cruising, Moorings, Social sailing

Beginner
The official join page says complete novices who want to try sailing are welcome, and says no boat is required. It invites prospective members to contact club officers if they are interested in joining or trying sailing with existing members.
Training· Unclear
The checked official pages welcome complete novices and offer trying sailing with existing members, but did not show a current structured training, RYA course, or learn-to-sail programme.
Taster
The official join page gives a practical try-it route by inviting people interested in trying sailing with existing members to contact the Commodore, Rear Commodore or Club Captain. It does not describe this as a public bookable taster course.

Activity tags

Cruising· ActivityDinghy sailing· ActivityMoorings· ActivitySailing club· ActivitySocial sailing· Activity

Suitability

Juniors, families, and accessibility

Juniors
The official membership form lists Full Family and House Family membership categories. The checked pages did not show a separate junior training programme.
Access· Unclear
No Sailability, disabled access, adaptive sailing, or access-support information was found in the checked current official pages.

Costs

Costs, membership, and boats

Prices

The 2025 membership form lists Full membership at GBP 120/year, House at GBP 48/year, Full Family at GBP 140/year, House Family at GBP 55/year and Full Student at GBP 70/year, with Full non-house memberships subject to a GBP 50 one-off membership fee.

Membership

Official site describes the club at Hightown with clubhouse, boat yard, slipway and River Alt moorings.

Boat hire· Unclear
The official join page says no boat is required and prospective members can try sailing with existing members, but the checked pages did not confirm club boat hire or borrowable club boats.

Facilities

Facilities and equipment

Tidal river access· OtherClubhouse· ClubhouseMoorings· StorageSocial facilities· ClubhouseSlipway· LaunchBoat yard· Other

Location

Hightown / Sefton · 6 nearby clubs mapped

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Trust

Sources and data quality

Data status
Verified
Find Watersports check
12 Jun 2026
Club verification
Not listed
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