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POLHAWN
FIELDS
WEST
Sheet
201
Grid
SX 422 497
Site
Officer
Karl Sweeney
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Suitability
Hang
Glider
No
Suitability Paraglider
Club Pilot
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Dimensions
250
metres by 800 metres
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Do
not fly over the red flags at Tregantle Fort as this a military firing
range, and as such may only be flown over after checking with the MOD
Firing Ranges Information.
Do not handle anything that could be a Shell or Ammunition
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This
site is part of Whitsand Bay on the South East end where the road forks
with Rame Head / Cawsand.
No landing fields have been negotiated in this Rame Head area,
except the take off field.
The farmer in the other area has been approached but does not want us
interfering with his farming activities.
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Rigging
On
grass slope behind take off.
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Bottom
landing
None,
plenty of slope landings with no problem
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Hazards
No
bottom landing field, even at low tide the beach is covered in rocks.
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Local
Flying
Restricted
to very local area with wind from West.
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XC
Flying
Not
if Westerly with Plymouth Sound downwind.
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Nearest
Hospital
Plymouth
Derriford Hospital
Telephone:
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Directions
Take
Torpoint ferry from Plymouth and join A374 to Anthony for 3 miles, fork
left on the B3247 for a mile. Turn left at the "T" junction and
then next right to join the Rame Head coast road marked "Whitsands".
Follow this road past Freathy to the fork of Rame Head and Cawsand. Follow
the track to the take off field.
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Parking
Near
the road junction, inland of the road on the grass verge.
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