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Site Name: Wareham Rec.

County: Dorset

Nearest Place: Wareham

Also Near: Wool, Stoborough

OS Grid Ref: SY 918 874 - Landranger: 195 -  Multimap Link

Height ASL: 10 metres - CAA Limit: 60 metres

Location: N.W. of town centre, by Middle School & Lady St Mary School

Directions: From Wareham centre (traffic lights) turn up West Street, look for signs to Streche Rd Car Park, enter car park & drive through it, turning left at ambulance station.

Parking: In road (unrestricted) adjacent to playing field, opposite Wareham Hospital.

Facilities: Games pavillion with toilets open when matches playing.

Accessibility: Narrow gate from road.

Flying Area: Grassy smooth level rectangle 100 by 200 yards, maybe goal-posts or cricket pitch, with occasional matches.
If you buggy and chew up the ground, your ass is grass

Comments: DO NOT try to fly on nearby Wareham Common - electricity lines...

Local Clubs/Contacts: Poole K.F. / R.Nourse (my home town)

Nearest Retailer: James Hartley or Airstream, Poole

Report By: Richard Nourse 01.05.96

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