Slope flying and soaring guideSome information may be wrong, it is best to check with the local club who
will usually be pleased to help with information if it is not on their web
site. |
Slope Soaring sites UK
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Please note many clubs have negotiated
flying permission with the local land owner, the site is open to the
public but only club members have permission to fly, some sites are on sensitive
spots and special care is needed with flora and fauna Combat flying is not allowed on slopes with public access Electric gliders are banned from all National Trust sites |
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county |
nearest town |
place, click the link for a map of the slope |
open to the public |
local club |
comments |
wind directions |
Avon | MaesKnoll | |||||
Avon | Bristol | Lockleaze | yes | park is in Duchess Way south of the M32 & follow the path under the m32 into the parkland) | small slope | SE |
Cornwall | Helston | Gunwalloe | /propercornishslopers.co.uk/ | , | , | |
Cornwall | , | Black head to Beagles Point | propercornishslopers.co.uk/ | , | , | |
Cornwall | , | Godreavy | propercornishslopers.co.uk/ | , | , | |
Cornwall | , |
Pentreath |
propercornishslopers.co.uk/ | , | , | |
Cornwall |
Reduth | Sandy Acres | yes | Redruth MFC | no info | South |
Cornwall | , | dodman | yes | phoenixmp | , | , |
Cornwall | Falmouth | mapNare Head | , | , | ||
Cornwall | , | St Agnes Head | yes | phoenix info | excellent cliff site |
SW to WNW |
Cornwall | Redruth | Carn Bre | yes | Redruth MFC | no info | North |
Devon | Westward Ho | N - NW | ||||
Devon | Woolacombe Down | westerly | ||||
Devon | Saunton Beach | |||||
Devon | Braunhton | Crow point | south | |||
Devon | Barnstable | Codden Hill: | NNW to NNE & S to SW. | |||
Devon |
Tavistock | ? | rocky
442 ASL long climb |
most | ||
Devon | Honiton | Hartridge | yes |
West Blackdown
MGC |
long west facing ridge with a flat grassy top | SW to WNW. |
Devon |
Newton Abbott |
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Et to N |
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Devon | Newton Abbott | ? | - | - | - | |
Devon | Dartmoor | - | - | http://dssc.org.uk | , | , |
Dorset | Yoevil | Pilsdon Pen, | - | - | - | - |
Dorset | Poole | Kimmeridge, | - | - | hang glider site? | - |
Dorset | Litton Cheney | , | , | http://marquisflying.co.uk/ | ||
Dorset | Shaftberry | Win Green | , | .clubfly. | , | NW NE |
Dorset | Lyme Regis | Charmouth, | , |
http://www.aerotowing .freeserve.co.uk/ |
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Gloucestershire |
Dursley | North
Nibley Monument |
yes | not registered | you will be flying on private land from the footpath | West |
Gloucestershire | Birdlip | view point | dogging and flying | |||
Gloucestershire |
Stroud |
Rodborough Common | yes |
SCSA |
easy
access, public safety is a concern, even frequencies only |
SE & E |
Gloucestershire | Stroud | Frocester
Hill/ Coaley Picnic site |
yes |
SCSA Zagi flyers should take great care with the public |
easy access, see above, fly from the point only, even frequencies only | SW to W |
Gloucestershire | Stroud | Haresfield Beacon | yes | SCSA two slopes check both use even channels only, near by power club |
easy
access hard landing 2K from power flying field, long narrow ridge, click for more |
SW to S |
Gloucestershire | Dursley | Cam Long Down | yes | SCSA
video quick
time more info |
bit of a walk, small landing area DSing? | N to
NE S to SW |
Gloucestershire | Stroud | Selsley Common | yes | SCSA Check both slopes before TX is switched on more info and photos |
flat landing, suits large scale models, take care with the public , even frequencies only | N to W |
Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | Leckhampton Hill |
yes |
club web site | even channels only | south to NE |
Gloucestershire |
Cheltenham |
Cleeve Common |
yes |
club web site | even channels only | Sw to SE good for NE |
Hereford | Hereford | Garway hill | Yes | very near Wales |
half
mile climb to top parking area at the end of a rough lane. National
Trust property. |
SW or WSW , SW, NW |
Northamptonshire |
Stratford |
Burton Hills |
? |
smsoaring | membership preferred | Sw N, NE |
Shropshire |
Church Stretton | The Long Mynd, |
phone |
Long Mynd Soaring Ass | long walk contact club fist | , |
Somerset | Bath | Solsbury Hill | ||||
Somerset | Bristol | Dundry | W, NW | |||
Somerset | Bream | Bream Down | ||||
Somerset |
Weston Super Mare | Cross Plain | ? | Info | DSing site | west |
Somerset |
Minehead |
North Hill, | , | , | , | SW, W, NW |
Somerset | Wincanton | Corton Denham | , | , | no details | , |
Somerset |
Bristol |
Crooks peak | phone | West Mendip | phone first, insurance needed | all |
Somerset | Wellington | Culmstock Beacon | yes | BlackdownMGC | No electric Insurance needed |
SSE - W |
Staffordshire | Macclesfield | Bosley Cloud | http://www.lmmga.org/ | contact club before flying | W, NE & N | |
Staffordshire | Macclesfield | map | http://www.lmmga.org/ | contact club before flying | Sw & E | |
Staffordshire |
Elkstone Macclesfield |
map | - | http://www.lmmga.org/ | contact club before flying | SE |
, |
Corby |
Honey hill | yes | , | no info yet | , |
Wiltshire |
Frome |
yes |
do not use, Para gliding only | 2 KM from White sheet | ||
Wiltshire |
Warminster |
Westbury White Horse | , | , | NW N | |
Wiltshire |
Calne |
Cherhill White Horse, Calne, | , | , | , | , |
Wiltshire |
- |
Pewsey Downs (Nap or Milk Hill), | , | , | , | SW |
Wiltshire |
Swindon |
Clench Common,Martinsell | , | East slope is a bit of a walk |
South with limited landing , but a short walk. |
S + E |
Wiltshire | Westbury | Westbury white horse | yes | info | good slope | WSW& N,E |
Wiltshire |
Swindon |
Liddington Hill | ? | SWMAC | none | W?/??/ |
Wiltshire | Warminster | Cley Hill | , | btinternet.com/~adrian | , | N,E |
Wiltshire | Mere | White Sheet |
yes contact club |
info
CLUB club |
follow club rules contact club before flying |
most |
Wiltshire | Devizes | Olivers Castle | yes | .phoenix info | - | SW NW |
Wiltshire | Marlborough | yes | info wanted | - | E + | |
Wiltshire |
Swindon |
yes |
www.oxfordmodel flyingclub.co.uk/ |
big hill |
NW to NE |
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Wiltshire | Swindon | Hackpen Hill | - | - | - | - |
Warwickshire | Stratford | Burton Dassett | yes | www.smsa.co.uk |
membership preferred no electric |
S, W ,N .NE |
- | - | Watership Down | - | - | - | NE |
- | Newbury | Becon Hill | - | - | - | SW, NE |
Warwickshire | Bromsgrove | Beacon Hill | yes |
'Clent Soaring Association busy with walkers and kite-fliers on weekends | Easy access with car park at the top, flat landing area, . | North |
Worcestershire |
Malvern |
North end only |
yes |
No combat, no dynamic soaring, no electric - uses peg on system. Check out rules from web site |
most |
http://www32.brinkster.com/adrianpsmith/isa/sites/UK/
http://www.btinternet.com/~adrian.law/whitesheet/hill.htm
South Wales Soaring Association WEB site