Gliding Clubs in the UK
- Andreas
Gliding Club -Isle of Man
- Angus
Gliding Club - Roundyhill, Angus
- Aquila
Gliding Club Based at Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield near
Brackley in Northamptonshire, England.
- Bath Wilts
& North Dorset Gliding Club - Location Kingston Deverill
a few miles south of Warminster.
- Bidford
Gliding Centre - is based at a pretty grass airfield located
between the Midlands & the Cotswolds in the Vale of Evesham.
- Black
Mountains Gliding Club The UK's and Wales premier ridge
and wave soaring site in the beautiful Brecon Beacons National
Park.
- Borders
Gliding Club The Borders Gliding Club is based at Milfield
Airfield, Northumberland.
- Bowland Forest
Gliding Club: We are situated at the Southern tip of the
Forest of Bowland, UK
- Booker
Gliding Centre At Booker GC it's recognised that we need
to offer value for time as well as value for money. Based at
Wycombe Air Park, Bucks, 5 minutes from Junction 4 on the M40,
easily accessible from London, Reading and Oxford. Wide range
of courses available, contact us to find out what's best for
you.
- Buckminster
Gliding Club The Club is located on the Lincolnshire / Leicestershire
border.
- Burn
Gliding Club Situated in the centre of Yorkshire, the airfield
is only 5 miles from the M62, providing access to the A1 and
M1 motorway networks, and only 1 mile from Selby.
- Bristol and
Gloucestershire Gliding Club Information about the club
in Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, UK.
- Buckminster
Gliding Club Information for the club in Saltby Airfield.
- Cambridge
Gliding Club Well run club with BOOKABLE training slots
Nice web site.
- Cambridge
University Gliding Club Club is only for students (undergrads
and postgrads) of Cambridge University.
- Carlton
Moor Gliding Club Small gliding club on the North Yorkshire
Moors, UK.
- Cairngorm
Gliding Club The Cairngorm Gliding Club has been operating
from Feshie Airstrip for over 30 years. It is situated in an
area of outstanding beauty and breathtaking scenery on the edge
of Cairngorm Mountains and the Spey Valley.
- Clevelands
Gliding Club - Dishforth is famed for its wave flying. (Now
closed)
- Cornish
Gliding and Flying Club A soaring club in Cornwall, in the
West of England.
- Cotswold
Gliding Club, UK at Aston Down airfield in Gloucestershire
has around 200 members is one of the UK's larger clubs. (and
a nice web site)
- Crown Service
Gliding Club Our aim is to provide affordable gliding at
Lasham for civil servants and other crown servants (including
the police and fire service).
- Deeside
Gliding Club The foremost wave soaring site in the UK. Situated
near Aberdeen Scotland.
- Denbigh
Gliding Club: Amazing ridge, wave flying and thermals to
soar. Open 7 days a week with professional instructors. Denbigh,
UK.
- Dorset
Gliding Club: Experience the freedom of the sky on Dorset's
south coast.
- Essex &
Suffolk Gliding Club In England, superb winch launching
within the beautiful Essex countryside.
- Herefordshire Gliding
ClubWe are an all aerotow club near Leominster. We have
wave, ridge and thermal soaring. Our hard surface runway allows
year round flying and accommodates motor and large span gliders.
- Kent
Gliding Club You can aerotow or winch launch into thermal
or ridge lift in one of our modern gliders at the home of gliding
in the SE of England.
- Lakes
Gliding Club Based at Walney, Barrow, Cumbria, UK. On the
edge of the English Lake District.
- Lasham
Gliding Society Soaring club in Lasham, UK.
- Lincolnshire
Gliding Club: The club fleet includes two two-seat training
gliders and one single-seat glider. Strubby Airfield, Lincolnshire,
UK.
- London
Gliding Club Just 20 miles from Greater London, the Club
is situated in the beautiful Chilterns on the edge of the town
of Dunstable.
- Midland
Gliding Club Ltd Shropshire, UK. One of the best soaring
sites in England with thermal, ridge and wave lift. All the
details of membership, launch fees, fleet, holiday courses and
training.
- Needwood
Forest Gliding Club Whether you're a newcomer to gliding
or an experienced pilot, you'll find a warm welcome awaits you
at Needwood Forest Gliding Club - a small and friendly Club
in the Heart of the Midlands.
- Nene Valley
Gliding Club Information about the club in Upwood, Cambridgeshire,
UK.
- Norfolk
Gliding Club Soaring in Norfolk U.K.
- Northumbria
Gliding Club Information for Northumbria gliding club, UK.
- The
Oxford Gliding Club Civilian club with about 120 members,
based near Oxford, UK. We operate every weekend throughout the
year.
- Oxford
University Gliding Club General info about gliding and the
Oxford University Gliding Club, including photos - both at home
and on expedition.
- Peterborough
and Spalding Gliding Club A small friendly aerotow only
club based in Crowland in Lincolnshire.
- The Royal Air
Force Gliding & Soaring Association (RAFGSA) - a full
time organisation within the Royal Air Force.
- Shenington
gliding Club The airfield is close to Banbury, approx. 45
minutes from Birmingham or Oxford and about an hour from West
London. Visitors welcome.
- The
Soaring Centre: A gliding club at Coventry, UK.
- Trent Valley
Gliding Club Based on a large grassairfield at Kirton Lindsey
in North Lincolnshire.
- Staffordshire
Gliding Club Information about Staffordshire gliding club,
UK.
- South Wales
Gliding Club We are a small friendly club enjoying some
of the best conditions and scenery in the country. Although
small, we are a well established club.
- Vale
of White horse Gliding Centre Shrivenham, Oxfordshire
- Welland
Gliding Club Situated in Northamptonshire the club offers
high quality training.
- Windrushers
Gliding Club Based at Bicester Airfield, just north of Oxford,
the Windrushers is the premier gliding centre in Oxfordshire.
We are open to anyone interested in learning to glide. We fly
seven days a week during the summer.
- Wolds
Gliding Club A Gliding Club In Yorkshire 12 miles
from York. The one I belonge to and one of the 5 largest in
the UK.
- The
York Gliding Centre Information about the York Gliding Centre.
- Yorkshire
Gliding Club One of the best sites in the country. Nestles
on the edge of the North York Moors, Good wave and ridge.
Other Gliding Links
- EGU
The EGU is the association of European Gliding Federations or
Gliding Sections of National Aero Clubs.
- Vintage
Glider Club, UK Promoting the international preservation,
restoration and flying of historical and vintage gliders.
- Span is for
wimps A site dedicated to low performance gliders. Very
funny in parts - Web master sold out in the end!
- Learning
to fly: Gliding and Soaring Personal experiences of a student
based in the Highlands of Scotland, U.K.
- British
Gliding Association Gliding in the UK is not controlled
directly by the usual governing body (The Civil Aviation Authority),
but by its own administration the BGA.
University Gliding Clubs
ENGLAND
Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade,
Sandy)
Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham,
Abingdon)
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham,
High Wycombe)
Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris,
Linton)
Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield,
Crewe)
Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth,
Penzance, Newquay)
Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick,
Brampton)
Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton,
Matlock, Ashbourne)
Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton,
Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster,
Shaftesbury)
Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool,
Gateshead, Washington)
Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colcheter, Harlow,
Brentwood, West Ham)
Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester,
Tewkesbury)
Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke,
Newport)
Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard,
Kington)
Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead,
Stevenage, Hatfield)
Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone,
Dover, Greenwich)
Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton,
Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray,
Coalville, Lutterworth)
Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham,
Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters
Bar, Westminster )
Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer,
Hunstanton)
Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering,
Wellingborough)
Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham,
Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford,
Southwell)
Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames,
Carterton, Thame)
Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch,
Market Drayton, Ludlow)
Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater,
Wells, Glastonbury)
Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall,
Cannock, Lichfield)
Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury,
Haverhill, Bungay)
Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames,
Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne,
Bognor Regis, Horsham)
Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby,
Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes,
Marlborough, Warminster)
Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge,
Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Yorkshire North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough,
Whitby)
East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea,
Filey)
West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
York (within the Walls)
WALES (including Monmouthshire)
Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai
Bridge)
Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye,
Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno,
Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford,
Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New
Quay, Tregaron)
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele,
Llangollen)
Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's
Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry,
Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog,
Barmouth, Harlech)
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran,
Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool,
Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest,
Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton,
Rhayader, New Radnor)
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