The take off location is on a long distance footpath
Park near the church, being careful to leave the farmyard access clear for large vehicles. Walk into the cemetery and head toward the southwest corner where you will find a kiss-gate
opening onto the footpath.
The church and the remains of Warblington Castle along with the farm are what remains of the settlement, the population drifted toward the village of Emsworth two miles eastward.
South lies the water of Chichester Harbour and Hayling Island, to the west is the village of Langstone, now a suburb of Havant which lies to the north.
Rhe footpath continues along the coast ih directions. The two Langstone pubs are in walking distance and also photogenic.
An alternative access to the footpath is to park in the large car park of the Ship at Langstone, walk eastward and, after your flight walk back toward your car - but drink in the Royal Oak, it's a nicer pub!
Warblington Castle
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 16/09/2020. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.
Iflew there over four years ago. It may not have changed much but I suggest that, if you go there, you make up your own mind about where to park and fly. The marks I have added to the map are purely suggestions based on my September 2020 experience
(The reason I failed to put TOAL and parking markers on the map wasn’t secrecy nor was it bloody-mindedness; the facility to add such markers has only been introduced relatively recently, some time in 2023 I believe. Until that time we veterans had to make do with reading the description of parking and TOAL that someone had laboriously written.)
