Sad to say when compared with the midlands, south and southeast, flying sites are pretty scarce on the ground up north. Even full time farm-strips can be counted on the fingers of less than one hand in Lancashire. As part of a group who attempted to open a strip in Lancashire the amount of flack from the RSPB and similar environmental groups, including Lancashire County Council Environment Section, the Ramblers and of course the local Nimbys including a local Group A pilot saw the project spin into the ground. If you can find a school to teach you will probably will find that there is no hangar space for you’re a/c so renting will be your only option. There is demand up here for sites but the local councils / planning authorities seem to be ‘brow beaten’ by the afore mentioned groups into turning applications down.