Take-off – Westbury White Horse
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 51.2624, -2.1477
- Altitude
- 210 m
- Region
- Wiltshire, GB
- Landing
- 0.5 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Easy take off with a couple of benches and a trig point to avoid. Hangies often park directly behind takeoff. Takeoff for PG and HG is into the Northwest from the White Horse bowl (opposite the hill carving). In a NW or West wind turn right and fly the white horse side of the bowl. In a NW wind you may also turn left after departure and fly the long northwest facing ridge to the west.
Getting there
Take the A350 to Westbury town and then the B3098 to Bratton Village. In the village take the turn up the hill to the top car park area.
Weather
In an West to Northwest we often get out-of-phase wave gusts at takeoff but once airborne it's ok.
Rules / airspace
Site rules: don't land anywhere along the sides of the ridges except in front of the White Horse hill carving. Don't land in any bottom field except the emergency landing field. Do not enter the Salisbury Danger Area directly behind (to the south) the site. There are lots of military traffic around the site so keep a good lookout if you get high.
Comments
The White Horse is an excellent XC site when the wind is West or WNW as thermals come off Westbury Town. You can fly east along the Danger Area and along the Pewsey Vale.