Free-flying at Westbury has historically been operated by, and agreements with landowners maintained by the Avon Club. Free flying began here by the Avon Hang-Gliding Club in the early 1970s. While the site is a public place it is recognised by other clubs and by the BHPA as an Avon Club site. (Please do check out the site rules before you first fly here as the site has a sensitive bottom field landing agreement and one slope is an SSSI site.
The club will be found there on any possible flying day so if you have any questions about flying at Westbury,where you can land, and where to avoid, DO come and ask one of us. The hill has a mix of Avon, TVHGC and Wessex club members on an average day so the atmosphere is welcoming and cosmopolitain.
The Club's main concern at Westbury is to keep the site open and to avoid losing the only bottom field to which we have landing access. These priveliges could easily be threatened if a pilot flies back into the danger area behind the site or abuses the out-landing agreements we have with landowners. While we have reciprocal agreements with TVHGC and Wessex I am sure the club would welcome visitors as long as the site's rules are followed and members of the public are not put at risk.
Westbury has never been used for training because of the lack of a regular-use bottom field, and because it is a busy flying site and has hundreds of members of the public on a good day. So the club's rule is No Training, please! I agree with that policy for the safety of everyone concerned.
For the latest club site information on Westbury and Avon Club's other sites visit the official club website (below). You will also be able to download a Sites Guide in PDF format there.