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Gliding in Warwickshire

Bidford Airfield, near Bidford upon Avon
REF: BGFEXP
Rated Based On 31 Reviews

• Soar away from Bidford Airfield in Warwickshire
• Glide over the stunning Vale of Evesham
• Tug launch up to 3000ft or a mile high (5280ft)
• All flights include 28-day club membership
 
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What's Included

  • Experience the joy of silent gliding with a qualified flight plot
  • Welcome introduction and safety briefing
  • Spectacular view of the Cotswold Hills and surrounding countryside
  • The option to come back within the following 28 days and participate as a member
Gliding Experience
  • Approximately 25 minutes flight duration with a launch height of between 2000-3000ft

Mile High Flight

  • Launch height to 5280ft (one mile) with a flight duration of around 40 minutes

What Can I Expect

This small and friendly members' club offers gliding out of Warwickshire's Bidford Airfield, right in the heart of the Vale of Evesham. With easy access from Birmingham, Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon, it's an excellent choice of airfield for anyone in the Midlands wanting to soar in the skies.

On a clear day your views from the glider can span from the Severn Estuary to the Cotswold Hills. However far you can see when you go up, you will be awestruck by the beauty and silence.

This Evesham club offers a choice of a Mile-high glider experience, where you'll be towed and released at a whopping 5280ft above the ground. Yep, that's a whole mile. For a less vertiginous flight, the club also offers 25-minute introductory flights, where you'll be released somewhere between 2000 and 3000ft.

Of course, what's rather fascinating (no matter what height the tug plane takes you to), is the fact that you can find 'lift' in certain air conditions. That's to say, you end up gaining height above and beyond the level you were released at, so even though you have no motorised power onboard, you can go up.

As with most training gliders, the ones here in Warwickshire have a tandem configuration, which means the student gets to sit in the front cockpit and the pilot instructor behind. Clearly this means you get the best seat in the house, with an unobstructed view of the River Avon, Bidford and Evesham below.

As well as superb flying conditions and great views, you are sure to enjoy the atmosphere of this active member-operated gliding club at Warwickshire's Bidford Airfield.

Availability

  • Saturdays and Sundays
  • Please note this experience is weather dependent

Location

  • Bidford Airfield in Warwickshire

Suitable For

  • No minimum age but there is a minimum height of 4ft 6ins
  • Under 18s must be accompanied on the airfield by an adult
  • Maximum height 6'3"
  • Maximum weight 16 stone

Spectators

  • Spectators are welcome to come and watch

Anything Else

  • All instructors are BGA approved to teach gliding experiences at this airfield
  • Annie's cafe is available on site providing a range of refreshments, snacks and meals
  • There are plenty of local amenities and attractions for you and your family nearby and many local B&B's within easy reach of the airfield
  • With the beautiful Cotswold villages nearby and Stratford upon Avon just minutes away, why not make a weekend of your glider experience?

Reviews

5 out of 5 stars

Average Rating: 5
Total Reviews: 31

Find out what other customers think of the experience

Reviews

  based on 31 reviews

Rating: 5 stars
Peter Roger
Had a fabulous time!
Rating: 5 stars
Craig
The pilot was really good and takes about how to fly and what we were seeing and then allowed me to...
Rating: 5 stars
Sylwester
Just amazing time and feeling that you must try in your life
Rating: 5 stars
Richard Stevens
Purchased this experience for my father’s 70th Birthday. He absolutely loved it and will be back fo...
Rating: 5 stars
Kenneth butler
A great flight
Rating: 5 stars
Rhod Hewitt

Thoroughly enjoyed it would certainly recommend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Lisa
Brought for me as a present - was an easy process to book with the gliding company, they did everyt...
Rating: 5 stars
Brian Bent
This was my 60th Birthday present from my family for April 2020. Had a gliding experience. Absolute...
Rating: 5 stars
Jennie Dobson
After waiting over a year (due to Covid) I finally got my glider flight. It was a fabulous experie...
Rating: 5 stars
Tony Critchley
Avery enjoyable flight experience, with a welcoming group of people who clearly enjoy sharing their...
Rating: 5 stars
Stephen Kennedy
Fantastic experience, couldn't have been made more welcome by the club members. The flight was grea...
Rating: 5 stars
Janet
Wonderful experience. The people at the airfield were very friendly and helpful which made the day ...
Rating: 5 stars
Dianne Jones
A very positive experience. The staff were very friendly and efficient, the airfield easy to find ...
Rating: 5 stars
Elspeth Brimley
A great way to celebrate my 40th Birthday. Having previously gone solo over 20 years ago, it was a...
Rating: 5 stars
Darren Munnerley
Fantastic experience and can't wait to do it again. The nearest you will get to being a bird. The v...
Rating: 5 stars
Ian Petley
Absolutely amazing. Who else can say that they have followed a Buzzard at 3000 feet to find more li...
Rating: 5 stars
S Kumar
Booked the 3000ft Gliding experience at Bidford. Picked the perfect day for it one sunny Saturday. ...
Rating: 5 stars
Pete Lucas
wonderful experience from start to finish, staff lovely, pilot really helpful and pointed out place...
Rating: 5 stars
Trish Mason
A wonderful and exhilarating experience!
Rating: 5 stars
Douglas Millward
It was my first time ever it was fantastic when you got into the air and then released from your to...
Rating: 5 stars
Dennis Twomey
I went on a glider flight from Long Marston airfield. It was given to me as a gift for my 70th birt...
Rating: 5 stars
Nick
Everyone at the club was so helpful and friendly. They made my wife feel at ease (it was her first ...
Rating: 5 stars
ian wilkinson
Had an awesome day, the gliding centre were extremely friendly and motivating. The gliding itself...
Rating: 5 stars
Barry Jackson
Brilliant flight and extremely friendly and helpful pilot :-) Thank you!
Rating: 5 stars
John Wilson
Very good. Very friendly people at the club, both myself and my family who came to watch were all m...
Rating: 5 stars
Dave Long
A fantastic gift from my Sister. The pilot told me all about the plane, very interesting. The fligh...
Rating: 5 stars
Maria McDonald
Sent my Dad into the blue...although he looked a bit grey when he came back !! He said it was an am...
Rating: 5 stars
Jill Huntley
I loved absolutely everything about this! It was something I've always wanted to do. Friends clubbe...
Rating: 5 stars
Alan Cooper
A great flight, weather was just right with fantastic views would do this again
Rating: 5 stars
Rob Fowler
Had a really enjoyable day. All staff very friendly. The instructor was really good and I got to t...
Rating: 5 stars
Ray Carpenter
Original experience of Silverstone driving had to be exchanged as could not find a suitable date. S...