Map

GRID REF:                            SD 903 200  sheet 109

ABILITY                                 Beginner up

WIND DIRECTION                W, SW and East

ALTITUDE                             Middle Hill 400m & Hades 432m ASL

AIRSPACE                            3500’ ASL

NEAREST TELEPHONE       Red Lion

DIRECTIONS                        

From Rochdale take the A671 for Bacup and Burnley. For Hades Hill continue through Whitworth to Shawforth. Turn right by the Red Lion. West face of hill is facing you.  For Middle Hill, East and SW faces, continue past Cray Farm at the base of Hades Hill.

COMMENTS

This site is used extensively for training due to the abundance of slopes facing all wind directions in one location. Please allow room for beginners. If the school is using the hill, you should liaise with the CI and be on permanent radio contact. Most faces are soarable with plenty of bottom landings. Do not land in any cultivated fields, avoid livestock, which is free ranging on the moor and give way to horses that frequent the moor. Avoid moving your gliders when horses are passing. Do not drive more than 20 meters off any track. Do not park on any track.

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