Also Near: Steeple, Kimmeridge, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Swanage
OS Grid Ref: SY 888 811 - Landranger: 195 -
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Height ASL: 191 metres - CAA Limit: 60 metres (watch out for low-flying military aircraft)
Location: Povington Hill, South of minor East-West road
Directions: From Wareham = from r/about on West edge of town, A351 South for nearly a mile, turn right onto minor road to Steeple.
Follow this road for 2 miles (last 1/2 mile getting steeper). Past Steeple 1 site by red flag, along ridge for another mile.
N.B. Minor roads also from E.Lulworth and Corfe Castle
Parking: Free on site
Facilities: Picnic tables - occasional ice-cream van. Footpaths to Tyneham Village etc (Range Walks)
Accessibility: Immediately North of parking & picnic areas.
Flying Area: 100 by 100 feet - two usable areas - not for buggies. Grassy, sloping gently down to North
Comments: Northerly winds and short lines best = 75ft max. Road runs alongside North edge of flying area
Cars park in S.W. quarter - sometimes in flying area! Bovington tank training area visible North of road
CAUTION - Line of short wooden stakes divides area in half N-S
CAUTION - Fixed large picnic tables in S.E. quarter
Local Clubs/Contacts: Poole K.F. / Richard Nourse (01929) 554690
Nearest Retailer: Flying Circus, Weymouth or James Hartley