Should mention Shenington Gliding Club!
There are a raft of gliding clubs in the midlands. Windrushers (Bicester) is one, we are the other one! We both have a seven day a week operation, with professional staff during the week and club members running the show at weekends.
We do, however have a ridge! and we are definitely on the top of a hill, and we have hard runways as well as grass, and winch as well as airtow, and we have a bar, and a lot of fun, and do a lot of training, from beginners to improvers, and cross country. Our airspace is wide open, our weather is the best, beware of the northwest, it does rain a lot there, you know!
By all means, check us out! You would be very welcome.