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Situated at Sutton Bank 6 miles from Thirsk, with opportunities for wave and ridge lift. Aerotow or winch launch from grass runways, the site is open 364 days a year.

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Suffolk Soaring Club - Based at Rougham airfield close to Bury St Edmunds. The club is dedicated to cross country flying and racing, with launching by aerotow.
Windrushers Gliding Club - Based at the famous RAF Bicester site, this europe new civilian club welcomes everyone interested in learning europe to glide.
Booker Gliding Centre - Wycombe Air Park is situated close to Marlow. united kingdom Operates clubs and locations every day with a variety of courses united kingdom available. Launch clubs and locations by aerotow.
Mendip Gliding Club - Situated near the Cheddar Gorge in the English West Country. clubs and locations Operates mainly at weekends.
Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club - Located on the former Naval base, HMS Daedalus, alongside the clubs and locations Solent at Lee on Solent. Operates mainly at the weekends.
Peterborough and Spalding Gliding Club - Situated at Crowland airfield close to Market Deeping, united kingdom launching united kingdom is by aerotow only. The club operates united kingdom at weekends united kingdom and Bank Holidays.
Bowland Forest Gliding Club - The club-owned airfield is located at Chipping near europe Preston. Offers clubs and locations ridge soaring and occasional wave. Operates europe Sat, Sun, Wed and clubs and locations Fri with launching by europe winch.
Midland Gliding Club - One of the oldest UK gliding sites, and clubs and locations europe located on top of the 1400\\' Long Mynd clubs and locations europe ridge. Ridge, thermal and wave soaring is possible. clubs and locations europe Operates at weekends and, from March to November clubs and locations europe every day, with launching by winch and bungee.
Bidford Gliding Centre - Bidford airfield is located 9 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. clubs and locations europe The club operates mid-week as well as at clubs and locations europe weekends. Launching is by aerotow.
South Wales GVC - Gwernesney, Usk, Gwent.
The Gliding Centre - A professionally run club based at Husbands Bosworth near Market clubs and locations Harborough. Operates full time all year round with winch and clubs and locations aerotow launching. Formerly known as the Soaring Centre.
The Scottish Gliding Centre - Based at Portmoak near Kinross, the Centre is clubs and locations the largest gliding club in Scotland and operates clubs and locations all year round. The comprehensive site includes a clubs and locations members area, webcam and live local weather.
Crown Services Gliding Club - Formerly the DRA Gliding Club. Based at Lasham with entry clubs and locations restricted to Civil Service members or dependants. Launching by aerotow clubs and locations or winch.
Surrey Hills Gliding Club (South London Gliding Centre) - The Club also runs the South London Gliding Centre. Based europe at Kenley near Caterham, launching is by winch. Website contains europe a number of movies and a gliding simulator.
Oxfordshire Sportflying Club - Operates Enstone aerodrome 7 days a week. Specialises europe in motor europe glider flying and training in a europe club atmosphere and welcomes europe visitors. Features an airfield europe webcam and Q&A page.
Kent Gliding Club (KGC) - Reputedly the first BGA gliding club in the UK, KGC is located at Challock near Charing, on a soarable ridge. Launching is by aerotow and winch. The club operates every day in the summer and on Wednesdays and weekends in the winter.
Nene Valley Gliding Club - Upwood, Cambridgeshire. Information on gliding, the club fleet clubs and locations clubs and locations and flying lessons.
Trent Valley Gliding Club - Operates from Kirton-in-Lindsey near Scunthorpe at weekends and europe on Wednesday afternoons. Runs a bi-annual club gliding europe competition.
Ulster Gliding Club - Located at Bellarena, Co. Londonderry, Ireland. Operate at weekends and public holidays with some midweek flying.
Edensoaring - Located at Skelling Farm near Penrith, next to 45km long Cross Fell Ridge. Launching is by winch, and prior arrangement must be made before visiting. Website has a Forum.
Angus Gliding Club - Also known as Drumshade. This small club is situated at Roundyhill on the Glamis to Kirriemuir road, Scotland. Operates most weekends.
Cairngorm Gliding Club - Small club located in the Scottish Highlands by Feshiebridge, Kincraig. Operates weekends only. Offers wave, ridge and thermal soaring.
Yorkshire Gliding Club - Situated at Sutton Bank 6 miles from Thirsk, clubs and locations clubs and locations with opportunities for wave and ridge lift. Aerotow clubs and locations clubs and locations or winch launch from grass runways, the site clubs and locations clubs and locations is open 364 days a year.
Shenington Gliding Club - Includes photos, newsletters and membership information as well europe as details united kingdom of trial lessons, gift vouchers and europe holiday courses. Located in united kingdom Oxfordshire.
Oxford University Gliding Club - Based at Bicester, the club is associated with the Windrushers united kingdom Gliding Club. The club operates on Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends, united kingdom and on arranged training weeks.
Oxford Gliding Club - Weston-on-the-Green airfield is located near Bicester. The club operates on weekends and Bank Holidays, with launching by winch. A Cadet Training Scheme offers cheaper flying for younger people.
Cotswold Gliding Club - Operates from Aston Down airfield near Cirencester on weekends and united kingdom Wednesdays. Launching is by winch, with occasional aerotows, usually to united kingdom contact ridge and wave lift.
Dartmoor Gliding Society - Also known as Brentor. Small gliding club based europe between Bren europe Tor and Tavistock in South Devon. europe Operates Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays europe and most Bank Holidays.
Derbyshire & Lancashire Gliding Club - Located at Camphill in the Peak District, a united kingdom hilltop site noted for ridge and wave soaring. united kingdom Flies all week in summer by winch launch, united kingdom and has a glider simulator. FAQs, videos and united kingdom courses displayed.
Andreas Gliding Club - Located on the northern plain of the Isle europe of Man, united kingdom the club flies on most sundays. europe Aerotow and winch launch united kingdom facilities are available.
Lakes Gliding Club - Based at Walney airfield near Barrow-in-Furness in the clubs and locations europe Lake District. Launching is by aerotow from tarmac clubs and locations europe runways. Wave and ridge soaring conditions are common.
Anglia Gliding Club - An Army Gliding Association club based at Wattisham clubs and locations in Suffolk, with launching by winch and aerotow. clubs and locations Membership limited mainly to service personnel.
Essex & Suffolk Gliding Club - Based at Wormingford near Colchester, the club operates every Sat, united kingdom Sun, Wed and Fri, and on other days in July united kingdom and August by arrangement. Launching is by winch.
Deeside Gliding Club - Situated beside Aboyne, 50 km west of Aberdeen, Scotland. The club operates full time and is the best known wave site in the UK.
Surrey and Hampshire Gliding Club - Based at Lasham Airfield near Basingstoke in Hampshire. united kingdom Offers clubs and locations single seat gliders for hire.
Channel Gliding Club - Located close to Whitfield, near Dover. Operate at weekends and, clubs and locations by arrangement, on summer evenings. Launching is by winch. Access clubs and locations to airfield via farm track.
Essex Gliding Club - Based at Ridgewell from April to October, otherwise united kingdom at clubs and locations Wattisham. Discounts for younger members. Members area, united kingdom airfield history clubs and locations and FAQs.
North Devon Gliding Club - Operates with other flying organisations at Eaglescott Airfield, clubs and locations europe North Devon. Launching is by aerotow.
IBM Gliding Club - The club is open only to IBM employees and is clubs and locations based at Lasham near Basingstoke. It is subsidised by IBM clubs and locations and is affiliated with the Lasham Gliding Society.
Fulmar Gliding Club - An RAFGSA club that is based at Kinloss near Elgin. Also fly from Easterton with the Highland GC. Launching is by aerotow and winch, and civilian members are welcome.
Banbury Gliding Club - Located in central England at Hinton in the Hedges, Northamptonshire. united kingdom Launching is by aerotow. The club was formerly known as united kingdom Aquila GC, and operates at weekends and bank holidays.
Cambridge University Gliding Club - Includes details about learning to glide and the clubs and locations costs involved, along with a club history, photo clubs and locations galleries, and a glossary of terms.
Dumfries & District Gliding Club - Located at Plascow Rig close to Dumfries. Wave clubs and locations europe and ridge soaring if conditions are right. Fly clubs and locations europe every Sunday and on Saturdays from Spring to clubs and locations europe Autumn. Launching is by winch.
Stratford-on-Avon Gliding Club - Located at Snitterfield airfield near Stratford-on-Avon. Operates 7 days a europe week from May to Sept, otherwise weekends and Thursdays. Launching europe is by winch.
Four Counties Gliding Club - An RAFGSA club based at RAF Wittering near united kingdom Stamford, Lincs. Launching by aerotow and winch, the united kingdom club operates at weekends and Bank Holidays. Contains united kingdom members area and news.
Welland Gliding Club - A small club located at Lyveden near Corby. clubs and locations clubs and locations Operates at weekends and, in summer, on Wednesdays. clubs and locations clubs and locations Winch and aerotow launching. Special rules for winter clubs and locations clubs and locations flying.
Shalbourne Soaring Society - Based at Shalbourne, near Andover, with a soarable clubs and locations ridge and launching by winch. Operates from a clubs and locations grass airfield at weekends. Powered aircraft are prohibited.
Vintage Glider Club UK - Primary organisation for vintage glider owners with information on membership, united kingdom rallies and magazine articles.
Imperial College GC - Lasham Airfield.
PFT: The MotorGlider Club - Pilot Flight Training - power flying school and clubs and locations clubs and locations motor gliding club based at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield, Brackley. clubs and locations clubs and locations Provide flying and motor gliding checks, courses, exams clubs and locations clubs and locations and aircraft hire.
Bath, Wilts & North Dorset Gliding Club - A weekend club just south of Warminster. Aerotow europe and winch launching, with aerotow tug status displayed.
Black Mountains Gliding Club - Based at Talgarth, near Brecon in Wales, the clubs and locations europe club launches by aerotow and operates mainly at clubs and locations europe weekends. Ridge and wave lift in most wind clubs and locations europe directions. Website features a Members Forum.
Vectis Gliding Club - Aerotow launches from Bembridge, a grass airfield on europe the Isle of Wight. Operates on weekends, Wednesdays europe and public holidays.
Borders Gliding Club - Based at Milfield Airfield, Northumberland. Weekend club with some midweek clubs and locations flying. Wave and ridge soaring. Features a webcam on the clubs and locations airfield.
Buckminster Gliding Club - Operates 7 days a week from Saltby airfield, europe near Stamford. Aerotow and winch launching. Variety of europe courses offered, including cross country and aerobatics.
Devon & Somerset Gliding Club - Also known as North Hill. Located near Honiton, united kingdom Devon. united kingdom Operates weekends and Bank Holidays with some united kingdom midweek flying.
Norfolk Gliding Club - Located at Tibenham airfield near Long Stratton, offering large areas united kingdom of unrestricted airspace. A Cadet scheme provides free flying to united kingdom young persons.
Kestrel Gliding Club - The RAFGSA club is located at RAF Odiham clubs and locations clubs and locations in Hampshire, the club operates at weekends and clubs and locations clubs and locations Public Holidays. Launching is by winch.
London Gliding Club - Based at Dunstable Downs, the club operates 364 days a europe year. The airfield is located close to a soarable ridge europe and launching is by aerotow and winch.
Needwood Forest Gliding Club - Based at Cross Hayes airfield, near Lichfield, the europe club operates united kingdom at weekends, Wed\\'s and Bank Holidays. europe Launching is by winch. united kingdom Club News and Events europe Calendar displayed.
Bannerdown Gliding Club - RAFGSA club at Keevil airfield, near Devizes. Weekend, united kingdom bank holidays and some mid-week flying. Also open united kingdom to civilians. Winch and aerotow launches.
Clevelands Gliding Club - An RAFGSA club based at Dishforth in Yorkshire, united kingdom with europe wave soaring opportunities. Dishforth is a military united kingdom airfield, so europe the club must be contacted in united kingdom advance for access.
Faulkes Flying Foundation - This charity provides young people low cost flight united kingdom training in gliders and motor gliders to united kingdom youth groups including Scouts, Guides and schools. Aims, united kingdom courses, tarifs, aircraft and booking dates.
Dorset Gliding Club - Located at Eyres Field near Wareham, the club united kingdom flies europe every weekend and in the summer on united kingdom some weekdays. europe Features club information, articles and a united kingdom useful set of europe links.
Northumbria Gliding Club - Club information and photo gallery. On-line members newsletter. europe Currock, North clubs and locations East England.
Southdown Gliding Club - Gliding club based in West Sussex which provides flying lessons, clubs and locations and gliding in the UK. Operated full time from April clubs and locations to October and weekends in winter.
Wolds Gliding Club - Located at Pocklington in the Yorkshire Wolds, 10 miles East of York. Details of flying, holidays, photos and competitions. Operates mid-week and weekends.
Staffordshire Gliding Club - Seighford Airfield, Stafford. Details of fleet, costs, cadet united kingdom scheme, clubs and locations member information and pictures.
Wrekin Gliding Club - An RAFGSA club based at RAF Cosford near clubs and locations europe Wolverhampton, with winch and aerotow launching. Site features clubs and locations europe video clips, members area, latest news and online clubs and locations europe booking.
Herefordshire Gliding Club - A small and friendly club located at Shobdon united kingdom airfield europe near Leominster. Membership numbers are restricted and united kingdom launching is europe by aerotow.
Carlton Moor Gliding Club - A small club based above the village of Carlton on the North Yorkshire Moors, close to Stokesley. Operates at weekends.
Cambridge Gliding Centre - Based at Gransden Lodge airfield near Cambridge. Aircraft, clubs and locations united kingdom airfield and weather status are shown, with airfield clubs and locations united kingdom webcams. Aerotow and winch launching. Operates weekends in clubs and locations united kingdom Winter and full time from Spring to Autumn.
Lincolnshire Gliding Club - Based at Strubby airfield near Alford, the club united kingdom operates clubs and locations mainly on Wednesdays and weekends. Launching is united kingdom by winch clubs and locations and there is a members area united kingdom on the website.
Fenland Gliding Club - An RAFGSA club based at Marham in Norfolk, clubs and locations europe also open to civilian members. Operates at weekends clubs and locations europe and public holidays, with launching by winch.
Bristol and Gloucestershire Gliding Club - Located at Nympsfield near Stroud, the site is clubs and locations clubs and locations renowned for thermal, ridge and wave soaring. Equipment clubs and locations clubs and locations status, weather and latest news and events are clubs and locations clubs and locations displayed.
Highland Gliding Club - Gliding for pilots of all experience levels in clubs and locations europe the N.E. of Scotland. New members and visitors clubs and locations europe welcome. Located at Easterton Airfield, Birnie, near Elgin, clubs and locations europe Moray, Scotland.
East Sussex Gliding Club - Also known as Ringmer, the club provides aerotow and winch launches. The airfield is located a few miles from Lewes. Operates at weekends, Wednesdays and Bank Holidays.
Rattlesden Gliding Club - The club operates from Rattlesden airfield, near Bury clubs and locations clubs and locations St Edmunds, which has a tarmac runway. Launching clubs and locations clubs and locations is by aerotow and winch. Events, rostas and clubs and locations clubs and locations evening flying times are displayed.
Burn Gliding Club - Situated a mile from Selby in Yorkshire, the club offers europe winch and aerotow launches. Flying is on weekends and Thursdays, europe with regular wave soaring opportunities.
North Wales Gliding Club - North Wales (Llantysilio) Gliding Club is just north europe of Llangollen united kingdom in North Wales.
Lasham Gliding Society - The UK\\'s largest gliding club located near Alton, united kingdom Hampshire. clubs and locations Operates full time with professional instructors united kingdom providing holiday clubs and locations courses, gliding lessons and trial flights.
York Gliding Centre - Located at Rufforth Airfield, 4 miles west of united kingdom York. Aero-tow and winch launching. Operate mainly at united kingdom weekends with some mid-week flying.
Vale of White Horse Gliding Club - Based at Sandhill Farm around 2.5 miles north europe east of Swindon. Operates mainly at the weekends.
Vale of Neath Gliding Club - Operates from an all grass airfield at Rhigos, South Wales on weekends, Public Holidays and Wednesdays. Aerotow and winch launching is available.
Darlton Gliding Club - Formerly Newark & Notts GC & Dukeries GC. clubs and locations clubs and locations Club news, events, duty rota and calendar shown. clubs and locations clubs and locations Operates from Darlton in Notts every Wed, Sat clubs and locations clubs and locations and Sun. Launching is by winch.

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