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Suitability
Hang Glider Club Pilot
with assistance
Suitability Paraglider
Club Pilot
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Dimensions
100 meters by 2 miles, with 200 meters above take off.
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With the wind in the right direction it is possible to jump the gap at
Hallsands and use the cliffs at Start Point.
ENE can help you across,
but makes getting back difficult.
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Take Off
Easterly Take off will not give you sight of the
beach.
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Top Landing
The Trig point field, but has claimed a few uprights.
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Bottom landing
Best landing is on the grass behind the beach. loose height at the
back of this field before landing.
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Hazards
Landing in the sea is a real danger as
the beach shelves steeply. There is no bottom landing to the south. Don't land behind
the terrace of houses, due to rotor.
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Nearest Telephone
Where the road turns away from the
beach.
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Nearest Hospital
Telephone:
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Directions
Approach via
the A379 Kingsbridge to Dartmouth road, turn off at the mini-roundabout at
Stokenham. For bottom access unload cars at the southern end of the beach and
then go and park near to the grassy area where the road turns away from the
beach. Follow the coastal path for a short distance to metal steps [ suitable
for Paraglider only ] . The path runs straight up the hill to the take
off area which is in sight of the beach. Hang gliders will find this path
difficult without help, so continue for about 400 meters until you are in a
bowl. Scale the bank into the adjacent field without causing any damage to
the bank. Providing it is not in seed or crop, climb to the top of this field
for an easterly take off, [ not in sight of the beach ].
There is top access from
the road leading to Middlecombe Farm.
From Beesands travel a mile west to a
T-junction, turn sharp left for a short distance to the top of the hill and
then check the notice on the gate to a track leading across the top of the
hill to the coast. Usually cars can drive across the edge of the first couple
of fields to a gate on the left hand side, into a field with a concrete Trig
point in the centre. Turn into this field, keeping to one track
through the grass to minimise damage to the grass, and drive parallel to the
hedge and park by the gate. you then have to walk through another field, roll
the large stone aside to open the gate and then walk around the edge of the
last field to a gap in the hedge behind take off. Remove the corrugated tin
to get past, but replace to prevent sheep getting back into the crops. The
gap is marked by a black PVC tape cross on the concrete post.
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Parking
On the road, without blocking the access for the farmer, or the bottom
landing field.
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Nearest Toilet
Where the road turns away from the beach.
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