Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Beginner-friendly: the club describes itself as an RYA Approved Training Centre for beginners and experienced sailors, asks newcomers to start with a taster session, and says adult and junior beginner courses are for people new to the sport or seriously considering dinghy sailing.

RYA training is available: the club says it is an officially recognised RYA Training Centre and part of RYA OnBoard, with informal coaching/buddying plus occasional formal courses including adult Start Sailing / RYA Level 1 and junior RYA Youth Sailing Scheme Stage 1. Training boats and buoyancy aids are provided for training.

Taster sessions are available by enquiry: the club asks new sailors to have a taster session first, says tasters normally last about 1.5 hours and cost GBP 15, and asks people to email training@hlsc.org.uk with contact details and suitable dates. The club also says it normally runs an annual Discover Sailing open day in May with free introductory taster sessions, but no specific current-year open-day date was confirmed on the page.

Suitable for juniors and families: the club describes itself as family-friendly and for sailors of all ages, is part of RYA OnBoard, offers junior beginner training, and lists Junior Fun Club on most Fridays from late April to mid July. Its joining page also says membership ranges from very small children to older sailors and publishes family and junior membership categories, although the listed prices are dated 2023.

The clubhouse page says members have step-free access to the clubroom, bar, and accessible WC. I did not find a current official page confirming Sailability, adaptive sailing, or on-water access support, so accessibility evidence is limited to clubhouse/access facilities.

Public/member boat hire availability is not confirmed from a current accessible official page. The training page says the club provides training boats and buoyancy aids for courses, and the site menu includes a members-area 'Hiring Our Club Boats' link, but that public link currently returned a page-not-found response in this research run. Separately, the lake page says Hollingworth Lake Activity Centre equipment hire is available to suitably qualified and/or experienced individuals or groups, which is a separate provider, not confirmed HLSC boat hire.