VTskydiver 0 #1 May 30, 2006 Are there any London area jumpers on here? I'll be heading to London for work, staying near Heathrow airport for most of June. Are there any dropzones around? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle7 0 #2 May 30, 2006 There are lots of dropzones in the UK. Try looking here http://www.bpa.org.uk/ I am not from London (I am an U.S. citizen) but I lived there at one point and I go there 3-4 times a year. I jumped at Hinton Skydiving Centre about three weeks ago. It is not too far from Oxford. It was my second time there and it is a good place to jump. The instructors are first class and you can ask them anything. If you are by yourself there will be no problem finding someone to jump with. They have a nice Pac that takes you to 13,000 feet. There are plenty of outs (think Kansas but greener). Plus it is a nice ride up the M40. Having said that, there are plenty of other dropzones in the area to check out too. Good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrickyDicky 0 #3 May 30, 2006 As a warning, to jump in the UK, you have to buy BPA membership, reguardless of whether you have your own insurnace. This comes in at around £110. You might be able to get away with temporary membership, but Im not sure if you can anymore. As for DZs, ignore london parachute school (its just a field thats open a max of 30 days/year afaik) as they only have an piston islander and no on site facilities (manifest is done out the back of a landrover). Hinton is a nice place, as said before. Pac 750. Friendly people. Opened 6 days a week (not mondays) Sibson (near Peterborough) is also good. Dornier (15 place rocket). I think its opened most days (could be wrong) and very friendly. If you ask nice they may pick you up from the nearest train station. If you fancy a wind tunnel, the Bodyflight Bedford tunnel is 35 mins + 5 mins taxi ride from St Pancras Station. Otherwise theres chatteris which is open most days, but mostly a Tandem DZ. Then theres Headcorn, but that might be a long journey from london. For all other DZs, Use the www.bpa.org.uk website. For a distance/time reference, it take my friend about 3 hours to drive to hibaldstow (target skysports) from essex (just north of london). Id really recommend that DZ (its now my home) but quite a trek. UK Skydiver for all your UK skydiving needs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
