A few of the places you can enjoy trying watersports near Edinburgh.A few of the places you can enjoy trying watersports near Edinburgh.
A few of the places you can enjoy trying watersports near Edinburgh.

Bank Holiday Fun: Here are 13 places in and around Edinburgh where you can try water sports over the Jubilee long weekend

Many of us have a four day weekend coming up for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee so will have some extra time on our hands.

And with the weather (finally) warming up it could be a perfect chance to try something new in one of the amazing water sport centres in and around Edinburgh.

Perhaps you’ve always fancied trying out water-skiing, or would like to treat the kids to an afternoon of waterzorbing and bumper boating on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Or what about seeing Scotland’s magnificent coast from a different perspective by hopping onto a paddleboard or into a sea kayak?

Here are 13 places – all within a 90 minute drive of the Capital – where you can have fun in and on the water.

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