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Long Mynd Soaring Club
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| Status: | Bache Hill is currently open to all pilots |
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| Grid ref: | SO220635 |
| Latitude: | 52.264565° (52° 15' 52" N) |
| Longitude: | -3.143612° (3° 8' 37" W) |
| HG rating: | CP |
| PG rating: | CP |
| Takes wind: | 140 ° - 170 ° (SE - SSE) |
| Location: | [maps.google.co.uk] [www.multimap.com] [www.streetmap.co.uk] |
From the B4372 at Kinnerton, turn NW towards the hill. 250m after a sharp right bend turn left up a forestry access road to a locked gate (key held by landowner, see below). Follow the track to a left turn through another gate to take-off. Both gates must be closed after use and locked at the end of the day. Parking is on the track.
T/O altitude1650 ft AMSL
Top to bottom 800 ft
Take-off is straight forward.
Top landing is for skilled hang glider pilots only. It involves a low level turn over trees behind the access track near the gate and a cross wind landing on very rough ground. Top landing for paragliders is straightforward.
Bottom landing is easy in the flat fields designated below take-off. Note that these are owned by Mr Hardwick.
The landowner’s conditions for use of this site are:-
Formerly, there was a daily site fee payable to the farmer. The club now absorbs this cost, so individual LMSC (and Malverns Club) members do not need to pay the site fee. ALL OTHER PILOTS must still pay £1, and pilots flying in competitions pay £2 (LMSC members in the comps do not pay, of course). Please respect the site fees, and pay them if you are not a member. The site fees go to the farmer (see below), and must be paid before flying. Alternatively, you can join the LMSC and be exempt from the daily site fees!
Shaun Kimberley, 2006, 115.8km to Rhyddlan Castle (near the coast). HG.
This area is used by low flying military aircraft on weekdays.
Nothing significant nearby.
Badlands Farm , Kinnerton, Presteigne, LD8 2PG (1/2 m south of the access road up the hill).
A Blipspot is taken from RASP forecasts, and provides an hour by hour forecast readout for: