Best Grass Airstrips with pubs nearby!
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Today we went to Oaksey Park..........very very friendly welcome.A lovely little strip. And a great pub in the village. 5* for both. Home
The Wheatsheaf at Oaksey - Sophisticated Pub Dining
The Wheatsheaf at Oaksey - Sophisticated Pub Dining
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Not really a farm strip, we went to Old Buckenham today, good food and a very warm welcome.
We even got a guided tour of the hangers and got to look at some of the stuff being rebuilt by Touchdown Engineering.
Worth a visit............
We even got a guided tour of the hangers and got to look at some of the stuff being rebuilt by Touchdown Engineering.
Worth a visit............
Bembridge, new chef in the cafe there, v enthusiastic, and good grub. Dont know about the pub next to the gliding site though. Alderney...walk down the zigzag, overlooking fort clonque, then allong the beach path to st annes harbour. either the pub there or even better is the hotel 10 mins away, not the one next to said pub!
Good grub and excellent beer at roserrow , polzeath, n cornwall, especially roast on a sunday lunchtime.Its a golf course but you get ripped off , £20 for landing, 5 mins to the bar.
Good grub and excellent beer at roserrow , polzeath, n cornwall, especially roast on a sunday lunchtime.Its a golf course but you get ripped off , £20 for landing, 5 mins to the bar.
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We have not been anywhere new for a while....but today we went to Hanley Hanley (William) Airfield today.....and what a great strip. I rang for PPR and I was asked for my ETA, and I told her that we would be there around 12(ish) the reply was i will put the kettle on.......a very good start.
I got a good brief, which was very helpful.
When we got there there was a nice welcome..and a nice cupper.
We went the closet pub "The Fox" but this was not so good....!!! one star! But there is another pub half a mile up the road so we will try that next time we go!
This strip is very much PPR as they only fly on the 28 day rule. But is well worth a visit.
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Hanley farmstrip....... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
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The view from Hanley strip... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
I got a good brief, which was very helpful.
When we got there there was a nice welcome..and a nice cupper.
We went the closet pub "The Fox" but this was not so good....!!! one star! But there is another pub half a mile up the road so we will try that next time we go!
This strip is very much PPR as they only fly on the 28 day rule. But is well worth a visit.
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Hanley farmstrip....... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG][IMG]
The view from Hanley strip... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Them thar hills
For enlightened pilots who have a northern 1/2 mill map, there's Crosland Moor, which does have a partly grass strip.
Just a short 10 minute walk from the airfield is the Sands House pub. Never heard any complaints from that one apart from it's uphill back to the airfield...
Just a short 10 minute walk from the airfield is the Sands House pub. Never heard any complaints from that one apart from it's uphill back to the airfield...
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Pitsford
Try Pitsford (3 miles west of Sywell, next to the reservoir, 52°18'54.97"N 0°52'20.54"W). PPR not required. 470 mt grass strip. It's a super little strip with no facilities whatsoever. Sign in at the dustbin by the windsock 
Griffin Inn in the village (20 minutes walk) griffinpitsford.co.uk
Griffin Inn in the village (20 minutes walk) griffinpitsford.co.uk
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charlton park
land at charlton - a beautifully kept long strip on nw edge of lynham zone (and marked on CAA 1:500), enjoy the beautiful grounds and walk down to the horse and groom pub about 1.5miles away (in the village)
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land at charlton - a beautifully kept long strip on nw edge of lynham zone (and marked on CAA 1:500), enjoy the beautiful grounds and walk down to the horse and groom pub about 1.5miles away (in the village)
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Went to Sackville farm today....a nice warm welcome. And when we rang for PPR we got the same warm welcome.
great pub in Riseley village. The Fox and Hounds, they do a good steak, a proper old English pub. And only a 10 minute walk.
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Sackville farm... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
great pub in Riseley village. The Fox and Hounds, they do a good steak, a proper old English pub. And only a 10 minute walk.
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Sackville farm... by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Here's a few more....
Bruntingthorpe, The Joiners Arms
Bute, The Kingarth Hotel
Cottered, Bull Pub
Fowlmere, Chequers Restaurant
Parham, Crown inn
Lane Farm, Roast ox Pub
Mount Airy, Fox & Coney pub
Shotteswell, Moon & Sixpence Restaurant
Sutton Bank, Hambleton Inn
Upavon, Ship Inn
Bruntingthorpe, The Joiners Arms
Bute, The Kingarth Hotel
Cottered, Bull Pub
Fowlmere, Chequers Restaurant
Parham, Crown inn
Lane Farm, Roast ox Pub
Mount Airy, Fox & Coney pub
Shotteswell, Moon & Sixpence Restaurant
Sutton Bank, Hambleton Inn
Upavon, Ship Inn
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Thankfully spring is just around the corner.......so we got to fly today.
Did need to rush back for the rugby...(turns out it was not worth it!)
But anyway went to Garston Farm.
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Garston Farm............. by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
A great little friendly farm strip, thanks to the guy who gave us a lift to the pub. The Lord Nelson Inn - Marshfield
Had a very nice lunch there.
Very friendly airfield and good pub.......got to be worth a visit.
Make sure you get PPR first and check there website out.
Garston Farm Airstrip Information
Did need to rush back for the rugby...(turns out it was not worth it!)
But anyway went to Garston Farm.
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Garston Farm............. by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]A great little friendly farm strip, thanks to the guy who gave us a lift to the pub. The Lord Nelson Inn - Marshfield
Had a very nice lunch there.
Very friendly airfield and good pub.......got to be worth a visit.
Make sure you get PPR first and check there website out.
Garston Farm Airstrip Information
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Add Charlton Park to the list......dropped in there today. getting PPR was easy, the numbers in Poolys.
Well kept grass, even the modellers stop flying to let us land.
great pub in the village (10 min walk), Horse and Groom Inn - Home - Bespoke Hotels
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Well kept grass, even the modellers stop flying to let us land.
great pub in the village (10 min walk), Horse and Groom Inn - Home - Bespoke Hotels
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G-CUBW.. by Air Frame Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Rosemarket Pembs West Wales,
Land on the Golf Course having PPR and overflown once to warn the golfers! Park amongst the cars! Excellent Food and scenery! Not tried to book a round of golf yet though!
Land on the Golf Course having PPR and overflown once to warn the golfers! Park amongst the cars! Excellent Food and scenery! Not tried to book a round of golf yet though!
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For those going farther out
Lots of airfields in Czech Republic have a small restaurant right on the property. When ordering, keep in mind that portions may come twice as big as you expect.
And if anyone goes to Thailand, do yourself a favour and check out the Thai Flying Club at Bang Phra (about halfway from Bangkok to Pattaya). The place looks like it's still 1950s (or maybe 1930s?).
You can have lunch right at the club, sipping a coke from a classic glass bottle, sitting on a veranda with a backup TWR radio on one of the tables (and a squawk box hanging on a pillar, of course), a hammock in the corner with the chief mechanic dozing in it, and dozens of thin cats swarming around.
Their airfcraft rental rates are fairly low, too. In September 2009 I rented a Beech Musketeer for an equivalent of £100 per hour (wet). You can stay overnight at the club, too; the rooms are quite rustic but extremely cheap.
And if anyone goes to Thailand, do yourself a favour and check out the Thai Flying Club at Bang Phra (about halfway from Bangkok to Pattaya). The place looks like it's still 1950s (or maybe 1930s?).
You can have lunch right at the club, sipping a coke from a classic glass bottle, sitting on a veranda with a backup TWR radio on one of the tables (and a squawk box hanging on a pillar, of course), a hammock in the corner with the chief mechanic dozing in it, and dozens of thin cats swarming around.
Their airfcraft rental rates are fairly low, too. In September 2009 I rented a Beech Musketeer for an equivalent of £100 per hour (wet). You can stay overnight at the club, too; the rooms are quite rustic but extremely cheap.