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Managing club: Northumbria Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · Access: open sensitive
Site briefing
After parking the vehicles continue up the track until you reach a gate on the right hand side (north side. The path up the hill is through the gate and well-defined. Follow the path to the top of the hill, there is a large circular cairn and remnants of an old hill fort. There are grass sections just below the hill fort mounds before the heather and bracken sections, use these areas to take off.
Top landing and side landing are safe options, though beware the lower you get, the deeper the bracken. The bottom landing is a large area near the wall just before the rough track, land anywhere on the fell side here. Bottom landing at 55.548135, -2.044984.
Getting there: From the south follow the A697 through Wooler, approximately 2km from Wooler there are some houses on a bend in the road with a left hand turn, signposted to Humbleton, this is just after the back road turn off to Wooler. This is a single track road, please drive with consideration. Follow the track up the hill to a junction with a telephone box. ****Parking here is sensitive*** Do not drive up the track past the 'No Through Road' sign unless you need help to get yourself and your gear up the hill. This is at the request of the farmer. Park in Humbleton village, (see the map) opposite the phone box. Parking here is limited so car share whenever possible.
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