Welcome to King George Sailing Club

Located on the Chingford reservoirs, bordering Enfield, Chingford and Sewardstone, King George Sailing Club is a volunteer-run club that boasts the largest sailing area in North London, 420 acres. Founded 50 years ago, the club has evolved to offer Sailing, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling and SUP. The club has an active membership engaged in racing and recreational sailing. We are hoping to introduce dedicated RYA training for those new to the water later this Summer (2024) run by our partners Keep Sailing.

King George Sailing Club provides Dinghy Sailing, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling and SUP on the largest, and best, water in North London.

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The King George V Reservoir

Also known as King George’s Reservoir and KGV Reservoir, it is located in the London Borough of Enfield and is part of the chain of Lea Valley reservoirs in east London covering 170 hectares (420 acres). It is one of the two Chingford Reservoirs (the other being the William Girling) that are together designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The reservoir was conceived as part of an overall plan for a string of reservoirs on the Lea Valley floodplain to provde London with water for drinking and for industrial use. Construction began in 1908 and the reservoir was opened in 1913 by King George V (hence the name).

The reservoir is contained by a grass-covered embankment, which has a maximum height of 10m (33ft) and a total bank length of 6.5km (4 miles). The embankment consists of a central puddle clay core with shoulder filling comprising a mixture of river terraced gravels and alluvial deposits. An earth embankment divides the reservoir into two compartments. The reservoir offers a larger area of water than any other London reservoir, but it is also the shallowest of London’s larger reservoirs. Channelled River Lea waterways pass either side of the reservoir, and there is some rough grassland and scrub at the foot of the embankment.