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Site Name: Muscliff Park

County: Dorset

Nearest Place: Bournemouth

Also Near: Poole

OS Grid Ref: SZ 103 958 - Landranger: 195 -  Multimap Link

Height ASL: metres - CAA Limit: 60 metres

Location:

Directions: Off Wessex Way at Cooper Dean Roundabout, go West along Castle Lane East to r/about by Seat garage and Broadway pub.
Turn down Broadway Lane, then left into Shillingstone Drive. Muscliff Park sign-posted on RHS

Parking: small free car park adjacent to flying area.

Facilities: Pavillion & toilet block closed unless matches on.

Accessibility:

Flying Area: About 150 by 50 yards, smooth well-cut grass. Watch out for dog poo. Cricket pitch in middle.

Comments: Buggying is prohibited as far as I can tell.
There are 2 flying areas. Opposite the cricket pitch, beyond the kiddies play area, there is a football pitch 75m x 125m (approx).
Trees and houses all around making for "interesting" conditions, particularly for soft kites (gusts will lift you off the ground before you have time to think!).

Local Clubs/Contacts: Poole K.F. / Roy Menage lives adjacent.

Nearest Retailer: Jim Hartley, Bournemouth

Report By: Richard Nourse P.K.F. 9.11.96

Updates By: Roy Menage P.K.F. 12.08.02
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