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Garth Hill

East-facing site · 196 m takeoff

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Overview

Garth Hill is a flying site in SE Wales / Black Mountains with a recorded launch elevation of 196 m. It works best in easterly winds, and can also work in south-easterly and southerly winds.

  • This site is rarely flown and has limited capacity, a maximum of two gliders soaring at any one time. The site can provide pleasant flying in light evening winds, but in strong winds can be turbulent behind the trees and quarries. Source: ParaglidingEarth

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When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Garth Hill are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.

Local weather notes

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • CWL Cardiff International Airport17 km
  • BRS Bristol Airport43 km
  • EXT Exeter International Airport91 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Garth Hill; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where to stay

The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Garth Hill.

From Wikipedia, text and photos under their own licences on each article.

Flying nearby

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Pilot notes

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Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.

Open site details

Sources

Short extracts from South East Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club and ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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