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Other nearby slopes:
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County
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Location
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Map Reference
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Best Wind Directions
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Restrictions
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Commentary / Recommendations
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| Berks |
Beacon Hill |
SU455575 |
SW, NE |
No hang gliders (good!) |
Long Uphill Walk |
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| Berks |
Winter Hill, Cookham Dean |
SU870860 |
N |
Cows on Cock Marsh |
Short walk from parking |
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| Berks |
Watership Down |
SU515565 |
NE,N,NW |
Saturday a.m. when horses using gallops |
Easy parking, easy walk |
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| Berks |
Ladle Hill |
SU475565 |
W |
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| Bucks |
Fingest windmill |
SU769915 |
SW |
Sometimes sheep in field |
Park on road |
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| Bucks |
Cop Hill, close to Whiteleaf
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SP819032 |
Southerly (small area of lift) through to Westerly |
Has public footpath access and farmer says he has no objection to fliers.
However, no formal right to fly. |
Turbulence over trees on launching and landing in lift with westerlies. Not a
slope for beginers.
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| Bucks |
Ivinghoe Beacon |
SP965165 |
N,NE,E,SE,S,W |
See www.ivinghoe.org.uk |
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| Oxfordshire |
Uffington |
SU295865 |
NW,N,NE |
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| Oxon |
Wittenham Clumps |
SU566927 |
N, NW, W, SW |
No IC power but otherwise unrestricted. |
Only a small slope but flyable. Hill Fort has trees but easy landing areas. Car
park nearby |
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| Surrey |
Colley Hill |
TQ247522 |
S |
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Difficult landing? |
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| Sussex |
Butts Lane, Eastbourne |
TQ575025 |
NW, N, NE, E |
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Mega site with 2 massive bowls |
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| Warwickshire |
Dassett Country Park |
SP395515 |
SW |
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Can park at top; not a high lift hill. |
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| Wilts |
Pewsey Downs |
SU115635 |
S, SW |
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Includes Milk Hill and Knap Hill |
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