Burney Fell

Location

S Lakes - NE of Ulverston

Details

Consists of one large west facing bowl and a short north west ridge. This site can be inter-flown with Burlington when the wind is WNW to NW. The best wind direction is WNW and, given thermal help (rare), a wider area can be explored and the relative small size of the site becomes of little consequence. The landing area is shared with the Burlington site.

Local Sites Contact - John Westall 07884 037144

Site Officer

John Westall : 07884 037144

Postcode for Sat Nav Systems (read the Health Warning!)

LA17 7XS - This is the closest mail delivery point to the flying site and is positioned at:

Riggwell, to the west of take off on the other side of the road

Getting There

From the A5092(T) turn right (if approaching from the east) on to a minor road heading for Woodland. Park on the left after 150m.

Getting to takeoff

From the parking area, head NNW making for the summit area of Burney.

Permission to use site

Ashlack Estates (Ashlack Hall).

Additional Safety Notes

Be aware of the wind turbines behind the ridge/quarry at Burlington. Public telephone at Grizebeck (800m west) and at Gawthwaite (400m east). Adjacent to the busy A5092(T). Power lines cross the fields below the site.

Paragliding

The site is fine for paragliders but it may be difficult to cross to Burlington.

Hang Gliding

This is an easy site but care should be taken on top landing. It is best to inspect beforehand and then plan to approach from the north. If below take-off height then go for the bottom landing area. Don't sratch as you can get trapped in the bowl and are left with sloping fields out front.

XC potential

Occasionally a thermal can be found here but they tend to be illusive and short lived.

Photos

Click on the photo for a full size image.

A general picture of Burney Fell taken from the A5092. Photo by Mike Mason

Looking to the left from Burney Fell take off with Burlington visible

Looking slightly right from Burney Fell take off. The Duddon estuary and Black Combe in the distance

Local Information - Pubs/Food etc

Nearest pubs to the site - for post flying debriefing only! You may find details of other facilities here

This page shows records for this site. Some of the older records are not very detailed. More recent records may have an igc file available You can right click and download this to your PC. You can then use IGC Flight replay to view the flight.

Data Resources

Follow the links to see the site in Google Earth and Google Street view. To access the former, you will need to have Google Earth installed on your PC. You can also upload your flights to GE - use GPS Dump (Links Page) to convert a variety of GPS file formats to a GE kml file.

Link	Resource Type	Notes
	Google Earth - Car Park
	Google Street View - Parking	Park on the left