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The directory has been compiled by sending a questionnaire to all the kite groups that we know of and those that responded this year are marked. The information is as supplied (subject to typos) - and as details can change it is best to contact the group before sending any money for membership or travelling to events. All groups would appreciate a stamped self addressed envelope when you write. Italics are used to show the geographical area covered by the group. If you know of a group which is not listed then please use the questionnaire to inform us of the details.
National organisations also exist for Sports Kites, Power, Traction and Surf Kiting.
| The geographical split used is based upon the UK Met Office division of the country. |
| Scotland |
| Wales |
| Northern England |
| North West England |
| Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
| The Midlands |
| Eastern Counties |
| The West Country |
| South East England |
| Central Southern England |
The Kite Club of Scotland (KCOS)
Gavin Morrice (Secretary)
Hillview
Thornton Road
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY1 3NP
01592 770056
gavin.a.morrice@btopenworld.com
Updated: 26/04/07
Irvine Flyers
Tom Arlott
122 Vere Rd
Kirkmuirhill
ML11 9QF
Tel: 01555 893089
Traction Kiting
Owain Williams
11 Boreland Road
Inverkeithing
Fife
KY11 1NH
07732 060459
Forum: forum.tractionkiting.co.uk
Northern Kite Group
John Welborn (Secretary)
27 Cedar Glade
Dunnington
York
YO19 5PL
Tel: 01904 489771
Subscription £7 p.a. Joint members £1 p.a. Members insured against third party claims for accidental damage sustained at Group organised events. Magazine published quarterly and distributed F.O.C. Group fly in held on third Sunday of each month.
Anywhere North of Watford.
The group celebrated the Silver Anniversary of continuous existence in 2003
Updated: 24/04/07
Fleetwood Kite Club
c/o Hangtime Kitesports
The Power Kite Shop
The Espanade
Fleetwood
FY7 6QE
01253 870 000
Forum: www.fleetwoodkiteclub.com
FLEETWOOD KITE CLUB is an independent power kite club. We are affiliated to the British Power Kite Association (BPKA). We charge £5.00 per adult and £2.50 per junior member for membership but make no profit. Family membership is available for up to 4 members of the family for £12.50. All applicants must hold the appropriate BPKA membership. Applicants who are awaiting confirmation of membership will have their application put on hold until membership can be confirmed. There is no need to send a copy of your BPKA confirmation. All information held will be protected in accordance with the current Data Protection Act. A membership form can be accessed on our website
Fylde Coast and North West England
Updated: 05/04/2007
Ainsdale-on-Sea Power Kite Club
The Secretary
8 Mackenzie Street
Bolton
BL1 6QW
aospkc.secretary@btinternet.com
Ponty Airborne Kite and Buggy Club
Chris Bowen
3 Sandford Road
South Elmsall
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF9 2XL
07812 340845
Sheffield Kite Fliers
Paul Herrett or Jonathon Smith
5 Deanhead Court
Owlthorpe
Sheffield, S20 6SX
Membership is free although members who wish to participate in traction activities do require BPKA insurance. Currently in the process of affiliating to the BPKA.
The S.K.F's main membership base comes from the Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Rotherham areas. The Sheffield Kite Fliers regularly meet on a Thursday evening within British Summer time and organise weekly beach trips as well as yearly expeditions further afield!
Updated: 24/04/07
Alcester and Worcester Kite Fliers
Malcolm Print
32 St Peters Close
Evesham
WR11 1EW
Tel: 01386 443230
malcolmprint@aol.com
Shropshire Power Kite Club
John Hall
info@shropshirepowerkiteclub.co.uk
www.shropshirepowerkiteclub.co.uk
Shropshire and surrounding area.
Updated: 05/04/07
Shropshire Kite Group
Tony Slater
128 Meadow Farm Drive
Harlescott
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 4JY
Tel: 01743 235068
No fees. A friendly group of enthusiasts who get together to enjoy kites and each other's company.
Shropshire, and Wales
Formed in 1977. Annual Kite and Boomerang festival since 1984. Great flying field! Come and share it with us. We meet every weekend.
Updated: 27/04/07
Sutton Park Flyers
Steve Hedge
5 Delmore Way
Walmley
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B76 1XD
Tel: 07930 982730
Team RIKOK
David Montague-Smith
9 James Road
Kidderminster
Worstershire
DY10 2TR
01562 66102
Updated: 15/05/07
The Midlands Kite Fliers
Mick Burls (General Secretary)
86 Holmesdale Road
Dronfield
Derbyshire
S18 2FB
Tel: 01246 419910
mkf@mkf.org.uk
www.mkf.org.uk
Essex Kite Group
Mr Peter Jones
Secretary
102 The Avenue
Hornchurch
Essex RM12 4JG
Membership £5 p.a., Children (under 16) £2 p.a. Magazine twice a year. Public Liability insurance
Essex
Updated: 26/04/07
Great Ouse Kite Flyers
Jill Ferrer (Secretary)
80 Welland Road
Peterborough
PE1 3SG
£10.00/annum to include quarterly newsletter, free insurance at club events, flying up to 1500 ft and a friendly/family atmosphere. GOKF organise the Annual Peterborough Kite Festival (2nd Sunday June).
East Anglia
We hold demonstrations/talks/childrens kite making workshops/teddy bear parachuting. We meet for fly-ins in Peterborough and Bedford.
Updated 26/04/07
Suffolk Kite Fliers
Martin Corrie (Chairman)
Wynot
3 White Horse Road
East Bergholt
Colchester
Essex CO7 6TU
Tel 01206 299560
Mobile: 07775 744377
Forum via web site.
Family £17.50, Adults £12.50, Junior/Concessions £7.50. Regular flying meetings, quarterly newsletter. Directory of members, public liability insurance. Discount of up to 10% at Force Nine Kites of Clacton. Participation at kite displays for local charities, schools, fetes etc including kite workshops. Indoor meetings and talks on kite related topics.
Suffolk and surrounding counties
Fantastic annual International Kite Festival in May at Rougham Airfield near Bury St Edmunds. Host to STACK UK Championships for 5 years. Host for the third time to an International Fighter Competition. One of the best club web sites and kite related forums in the UK. Established 13 years and awarded in 2002 'Awards for all' lottery grant. Club kites, new club tent/workshop, club trailer and banners. Fully qualified Power and Buggy trainer, Club T shirts, pin badges, etc.
Updated: 28/04/07
Thorpe Kite Flyers
John Arnott
210 St Faiths Road
Old Catton
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 7AG
Annual Subscription: Individual £10,Family £15.
Insurance cover (£5m)for displays and organised events. Quarterly Newsletter and
a comprehensive library. The Club flies every Sunday morning throughout the year
with 1000feet clearance on the first Sunday in each month and at Yarmouth North
Beach on 3rd Sunday in each month. Our flying field is Thorpe rec. on Laundry
Lane, Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich. The Club does not cater for powerkiting or
buggying as there are restrictions on our flying field. The Club is able to give
demonstrations throughout Norfolk on single, dual and four line kites as well as
teddie parachuting and sweet dropping. We can also run kite workshops and static
displays.
About 25 mile radius of Norwich for membership but provide displays throughout Norfolk
Updated: 26/04/07
www.KiteboardingUK.com
Trevor Sergeant
301 London Road South
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0DX
01502 512768
Fax: 01493 733798
Avon Kite Fliers
Stuart Lafferty (Secretary) 46 The DeansPortisheadSomerset
BS20 6EQ Tel: 01275 843813
AKF@subzero.plus.com
www.avonkiteflyers.org.uk
Membership £10.00 (individual or family group). Quarterly Newsletter. Public Liability Insurance. Club clothing and goodies available. Discount at nominated Kite Stores
Old county of Avon, Bristol, Somerset and South Glos
AKF are a large and friendly club open to people of all ages and abilities. Monthly fly-ins at Ashton Court (Bristol Festival site) on the first Sunday of each month. Club social evenings every month all year round and evening fly-ins during the summer. Involved in the Bristol Kite Festival including the children's kite workshop.
Updated:28/04/07
Golden Valley Kite Fliers
Peter Whitaker
12 Littlefield
Quedgeley
Gloucester
GL2 6GZ
Tel: 01452 728521 (after 6pm)
A single fixed rate of £10 per household. This includes all family members at the same address and runs from March to next February. Fee includes a regular club newsletter and insurance. The club meets every 4th Sunday in the month at the Tewkesbury School from about 10:30am onwards.
Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury area.
The club also holds Kite workshops during the year. We hold our own Kite Festival in July and assist at another festival over the May bank holiday, both held at Tewkesbury. The club is twinned with a French Kite Club, just south of Paris and meet up with them once a year.
Updated 26/04/07
South West Association of Traction Kiting (SWATK)
Membership Secretary
c/o 137 St Georges Rd
Hotwells
Bristol
BS1 5UW
0117 908 7153
Forum on main web site.
Currently only £10 - includes insurance, free training days, race series,lots and lots of meets and events.
Midlands down to South Coast and South Wales
Probably the largest power kite club in the UK with
dedicated local clubs in South Wales, Hereford, Oxford and Plymouth.
Updated: 26/04/07
White Horse Kite Flyers
Arthur Dibble
P O Box 585
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 4YR
Tel: 01635 865976
Fax: 01635 827642
Forum: www.whkf.org.uk/forum
£12pa rising to £14pa November 2008, includes 3rd party liabiliy insurance, quarterly magazine, discount at most events and traders.
Mainly central southern England but members world wide
We run 2 kite making workshops each year and attend most of the large festivals in the south plus numberous local events, having the facilities for children's workshops. Updated 26/04/07
Loddon Valley Kite Fliers
Alan Cosgrove
Single £10 Joint £15 Family £20
South of England
Updated: 15/05/07
Kent Kite Flyers
Malcolm Ford
136 All Saints Avenue
Margate
Kent
CT9 5TQ
Tel: 01843 224593
malcolmf@kentkiteflyers.org.uk
www.kentkiteflyers.org.uk
Membership fees 2007 single member £10 family membership £15. Insurance cover, magazine, on line discussion and a members forum, events calendar, official monthly club flying days. All levels of kite flyers are welcome, due to insurance guidelines any member kiteboarding, kite bugging kite surfing has to have their own seperate insurance cover. Membership allows discounts at Kite Traders, on production of valid membership
Kent
Small friendly club, where everyone is welcome. Experienced members prepared to give advice and assistance.
Updated: 26/04/07
SEKA
Martin Phenix (Chairman)
P O Box 37
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 8YL
Forum: www.seka.org.uk/forum.html
Updated: 24/04/07
Brighton Kite Flyers
Simon Hennessey 11 The Sheepfold Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8EG,
01273 582309
Poole Kite Fliers
John Higgins
See web site for email addresses.
No Fees. P.K.F. is not a formal club, we are friends who get together occasionally to fly Kites over Poole - you are welcome to join us.
See the News Page on our web site for dates of the Poole Kite Picnic and our informal Fly-ins at Baiter Park in Poole.
Dorset and most of the Southern Counties
Database of UK flying sites on website - is yours listed?
Updated: 26/04/07
Solent Kite Flyers
Michael Lowe
44 Bellemoor Road
Shirley
Southampton
Hampshire
SO15 7QU
Tel: 023 8077 0788
secretary@solentkiteflyers.org.uk
Individual £10.00. Family £15.00. Public Liability
Insurance cover. Newsletter Info. Club participation at local events with Kite
Workshop. Southampton Kite Festival Organisers
Solent Coast
A small but very active club promoting kite flying
and making in the Solent area
Updated: 24/04/07
British Power Kitesports Association
P.O. Box 4015
Smethwick
Warley
West Midlands
B67 6HJ
Forum: www.forum.bpka.co.uk
Individual members £15 per year. Family members £40 which covers 2 adults and children who are under 18 and live at the same address. As part of the membership you gain insurance cover which is effective worldwide. Other clubs can affiliate and gain additional cover for no extra cost.
British Isles
Membership is available to resident of the UK only. We cover Power Kiting, Kite Buggying, Land Boarding and Kite Surfing.
Updated: 10/01/2007
Parakart Association
Troy Vinson
11 Theresa Avenue
Bishopston
Bristol
BS7 9ER
0117 3770366
Mobileb: 07939 021205
troy@buggymania.co.uk
www.pka-online.org.uk
STACK UK
Keith Griffiths (National Director)
9 St Peters Street
Roath
Cardiff
CF24 3BA
029 2025 8522
keith.griffiths@physics.org
www.stackuk.org
STACK is a pan-european organisation that seeks to promote Sport Kite competition. In the UK it is responsible for coordination of Sport Kite events with local groups and clubs nationwide. It also organises the UK National Championship series in the summer season and the Winter League Championship series in the winter.
All UK
Updated: 26/04/07
British Kite Surfing Association
P.O. Box 101
Keynsham
Bristol
BS31 1TZ
info@kitesurfing.org
www.kitesurfing.org