Site Details
Address
Husbands Bosworth Airfield, Sibbertoft Road, Husbands Bosworth, Lutterworth, Leicestershire

Grid Reference
465364 - 282848

Local authority
Harborough DC

Sport England region
East Midlands

Competitions and events
The site has held international or national competitions or events and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of competition.

• Club class nationals - June 2001
• European Women's championships 1991;
• Midland Regionals July/August 2001
  

Heritage
A heritiage site is one which has been used continually or a for a long time by that sport and which cannot be recreated in a different location.

• Established as Coventry GC in 1956.
• Former WW2 bomber base

Non-competitive users
The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.

• Well located for cross-country gliding in corridor of free airspace, giving access to S England & Midlands
• All year-round availability.

Number of users
The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport

• Home of the Soaring Centre with 315 members and visitors and BGA courses.
• 11,300 launches (3% UK);
• 31,000 Km cross country (2% UK).

Facilities strategy
The site has been identified as of international or national importance in that sport’s strategic planning documents.

• BGA Strategic Plan 2001 - 2006.

Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.

• Inland site with excellent soaring conditions in summer
• No serious airspace restrictions (base is 7000ft above site)
• Large airfield; adequate hangers and parking; excellent launching facilities;

Additional information
Excellent clubhouse, catering and on-site accommodation, inc campsite and caravan park.