Thurnham Castle Hill

near Maidstone, Kent

This slope does not have any ownership or flying permission details stored. If you are visiting the slope, please make yourself known to local pilots and exercise caution.
Suitable for Winds: SW
Near: Maidstone, Kent

A very popular slope soaring hill in Kent that faces England's most common wind direction - produces reasonable lift although not as much as the South Downs slopes - when the wind is low paragliders use the lower slope below the fence. A video of Thurnham can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/17796559"




More information on flying at this site, and how to get to it can be found on Slopehunter

5 Day Weather Forecast

Thursday28th Mar

Friday29th Mar

Saturday30th Mar

Sunday31st Mar

Monday1st Apr

00:00

16mph SE

Rain: 36%

16mph SSW

Rain: 43%

7mph S

Rain: 4%

4mph ESE

Rain: 4%

9mph ENE

Rain: 14%

03:00

13mph SE

Rain: 98%

13mph SSW

Rain: 46%

7mph S

Rain: 3%

4mph SE

Rain: 4%

9mph NE

Rain: 17%

06:00

2mph S

Rain: 14%

13mph S

Rain: 18%

4mph S

Rain: 4%

4mph ESE

Rain: 4%

9mph NE

Rain: 25%

09:00

16mph SSW

Rain: 12%

16mph SSW

Rain: 36%

7mph SSW

Rain: 6%

7mph E

Rain: 6%

9mph WSW

Rain: 25%

12:00

18mph S

Rain: 53%

18mph SSW

Rain: 31%

9mph SSW

Rain: 7%

9mph ESE

Rain: 10%

9mph W

Rain: 52%

15:00

22mph S

Rain: 38%

18mph SSW

Rain: 10%

9mph S

Rain: 5%

11mph E

Rain: 7%

9mph W

Rain: 18%

18:00

22mph SSW

Rain: 75%

11mph SSW

Rain: 1%

7mph SSE

Rain: 2%

9mph ENE

Rain: 6%

9mph WSW

Rain: 15%

21:00

20mph SSW

Rain: 16%

9mph SSW

Rain: 5%

4mph SE

Rain: 1%

9mph ENE

Rain: 7%

7mph SW

Rain: 10%