Yorkshire Gliding Club

Yorkshire Gliding Club Offering full-time professional instruction in a fleet of modern gliders. Few airspace restrictions mean we can fly for miles around without hindrance.

Our site is situated on top of an escarpment at the edge of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors National Park, and benefits from superb ridge lift, thermals, and cracking wave from the Pennines. We fly 7 days a week, 364 days a year (weather permitting), in what can only be described as one of the most perfect settings for gliding.

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 21st September 2026.
21/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 21st September 2026.

Monday 21st. A much quieter day at Sutton as a cloudy but bright am gave way to a sunnier pm, the light to moderate SE'ly slowly veering into the WSW. The 4 ATs in the morning and 5 in the afternoon were all flown in K21 KLW with Andreas Rieder as instructor. All but one […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 20th September 2026
21/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 20th September 2026

Sunday 20th. The wind had become a moderate to fresh WNW'ly, the day's sunny intervals accompanying hill, thermal and wave lift with 24 flights of over 30 minutes, of which 16 were over an hour, the launch total of 29 comprising 23 winch, 5 ATs and 1 self launch off runway 24. Thermal soaring was [....

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 19th September 2026
20/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 19th September 2026

Saturday 19th. A moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, with the 19 winch launches off runway 24 encountering hill, thermal and, for some, wave lift, resulting in 15 flights exceeding 30 minutes, with 7 of these over an hour, The longest, in terms of duration and distance, and also in altitude reach...

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 18th September 2026
19/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 18th September 2026

Friday 18th. Bright, early conditions soon became duller as low cloud and rain edged in from the W, the rain mainly falling in the early afternoon and then being replaced by periods of light drizzle. The weather limited flying to just 3 winch launches off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh....

Read the latest post on our blog: Thursday 17th September 2026.
17/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Thursday 17th September 2026.

Thursday 17th. A cold front brought rain in the early morning, but its passage left the site in a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW/W'ly wind and a day of sunny intervals and some scattered showers. With hill, thermal and perhaps wave in prospect, 1 self and 10 winch launches off runway 24 were the ord...

Read the latest post on our blog: Wednesday 16th September 2026
16/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Wednesday 16th September 2026

Wednesday 16th. A light to moderate/moderate WNW'ly blew all day, as a sunny start gave way to Cumulus before cloud thickened and spread out later in the day. The launch total was 12 ATs off runway 24 with landings on 20 or 02, comprised 2 for private owners and 10 for club gliders of which […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Tuesday 15th September 2026
15/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Tuesday 15th September 2026

Tuesday 15th. A cold front brought some rain to the area from 0600-0900 hrs,, but the skies soon cleared allowing flying to commence around 1030 hrs with the first of the day's 24 winch launches off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh W'ly. The day provided hill, thermal and wave lift, allow...

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 14th September 2026
15/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 14th September 2026

Monday 14th. A light to moderate SSW that veered into the SW brought a warm air mass with the maximum temperature locally reaching 23.8C. As well as warmth, the air flow also brought wave, although it proved tricky to contact with only 2 of the day's 11 ATs off runway 24 doing so, with 1-2 […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 13th September 2026
14/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 13th September 2026

Sunday 13th. Early morning cloudy skies quickly cleared to leave of warm day of sunny intervals, as a light to moderate NNW'ly veered into the S by early afternoon. The brighter skies did not produce much in the way of lift with only 3 of the day's 20 ATs off runway 24 exceeding 30 minutes; […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 12th September 2026
13/09/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 12th September 2026

Saturday 12th. A weak cold front travelling slowly S'wards brought rain and low cloud from mid to late morning and delayed the start of flying until midday when Toby Wilson and Sam Batchelor took an AT in the DG500 off runway 24 into a moderate/moderate to fresh WSW'ly. Their flight encountered lift...

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Sutton Bank
Thirsk
YO72EY

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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01845 597237

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