Latrigg

Location

N Lakes - N of Keswick

Details

A grassy hill which rises up from the north of Keswick. Access same as Jenkin Hill/Skiddaw.

The site is limited to a maximum of 10 gliders.

The SW slope is small and limited, Works best in a NW

Site Officer

Rick Livingstone : 07761187016

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

CA12 4PH - This is the closest mail delivery point to the flying site and is positioned at:

Underscar Manor (Underscar hotel on map). The postcode centre is on the access road to the car park about 1km to the west.

Getting There

From the roundabout north of Keswick on the A66, take the northern exit A591 to Carlisle. Immediately on leaving the rundabout, take the side toad on the right (a caravan park entrance is on the right). Follow this road for around one and a half miles, where you will see another minor road trailing in sharply from the right. Takes this road which takes you up to the main car park for walkers climbing Skiddaw. On a busy day, parking can be difficult. Do not park on the fell side of the gate at the end of the car park. This is reserved for flying schools. You can drive through to drop gear off but do not leave your car here.

Getting to takeoff

From the top of the car park go through the gate and turn right. Latrigg is the rise in front. Go to the south or western side to find the best site for takeoff for the conditions.

Permission to use site

Negotiated by Northern Sites Officer

Hazards

Can be turbulent if the wind turns N of NW, when it comes over Skiddaw/Little Man

Take Off

large grassy, easy take off areas

Landing Areas

- Good top landing or slope landing area on the fell.

- Bottom landing options are those fields near the roundabout across the road from the caravan park (see Map)

- Beware of the big trees and sloping land in the field nearest the roundabout.

- The site may be closed during the lambing period, take care not to land near lambs or disturb livestock.

- DO NOT LAND IN THE FIELDS on the Latrigg side of the road.

Flying

A pleasant and attractive site with an easy walk to take off.

Most time however it does not work particularly well without an appreciable breeze.

Sea breeze usually kills it

Other local sites offer much better soaring possibilities.

XC potential

O.K. until it seabreezes then it is often poor.

Photos

Click on the photo for a full size image.

A view of the Latrigg summit plateau from the North West. Clough Head and Helvellyn are in the background. Photo by Mike Harper

Local Information - Pubs/Food etc

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

No pub details are available for this site. Send your recommendations to the webmaster.

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 Street View - Parking	An unusual picture of the car park at the foot of Jenkin Hill - it's normally much more busy than this.