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Milk Hill

South-west-facing ridge site · 262 m takeoff

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Overview

Milk Hill is a hill site in Wiltshire / Berkshire / Oxfordshire Downs with a recorded launch elevation of 262 m. It works best in south-westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.

  • A few hundred yards onto the gravel road, pay £1.50 in the letterbox next to the road (sign posted). Only 5 cars allowed to park at the top. If it is full, drop your kit and park the car at the bottom. Source: ParaglidingEarth

Local clubs

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Milk 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

  • Flyable wind: S-W Source: Thames Valley Hang Gliding Club site guide
  • When the wind turns more southerly, the hill in front messes things up and you better stay out of the bowl. Currently, if you are a Pilot rated full club member of TVHGC, that hill is also open for take-off and called \ Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • SOU Southampton Airport59 km
  • BRS Bristol Airport60 km
  • BOH Bournemouth Airport67 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Milk 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 Milk 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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Flying Milk Hill?

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 Thames Valley Hang Gliding Club and ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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