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Site Name: Swanage

County: Dorset

Nearest Place: Swanage

Also Near: Weymouth & Corfe Castle sites.

OS Grid Ref: SZ 033 783 - Landranger: 195 -  Multimap Link

Height ASL: 75 metres - CAA Limit: 60 metres

Location: Between Swanage, Peveril Point and Durlston Country Park

Directions: Follow brown signs to Durlston Country Park through town centre, when road turns sharp right away from sea-front, site is on left, 50 metres from sea-front.

Parking: Broad Road Car Park - Pay & Display.

Facilities: Good shops (cheapo kites only), pubs and cafes. Toilets by the two fish-n-chip shops on the sea-front.

Accessibility: Flying site adjoins car park, but steep walk to the top. Not for buggies

Flying Area: Medium size site, short grass, but hardly any level parts. Look out for bench seats, picnic tables and a telescope!

Comments: Watch out for unfenced cliff edge.

Local Clubs/Contacts: Poole Kite Fliers

Nearest Retailer: Flying Circus, Weymouth or James Hartley + Airstream, Poole

Report By: Richard Nourse PKF 02.02.97

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