THE GLIDING CENTRE

After 2022's very successful Womens' World Gliding Championships held at The Gliding Centre, we are once again holding some major gliding competitions. The very popular Husbands Bosworth Challenge Cup 2023 will take place from 12th August to 20th August 2023. And the..... Founded in 1953 as the Coventry Gliding Club flying at Baginton, two pieces of the old wartime airfield at Husbands Bosworth were bought at auction in 1963. This disused airfield had been developed in 1943 and served as home to 85 Operational Training Unit. Wellington bomber aircraft were used to train new pilots who would then move on to serve with Bomber Command. After the war, the airfield became home to a Polish refugee camp. Some of the old buildings from that time, including the Tower, can still be seen on the southern side of the site... We are a very active airfield with gliders, powered aircraft, microlights and gyrocopters operating from the field. Please exercise appropriate caution around the airfield..

Primary location: Husbands Bosworth United Kingdom