WoodSpringWings.co.uk
Title
Woodspring Wings
Description
Woodspring Wings MAC is one of the few model-flying clubs in the UK to own its own site. The flying field and the two adjacent fields (also owned by the Club) total about 21 acres of flat land bordered by streams and ditches in a remote part of the North Somerset Levels.
Since purchasing the flying field 13 years ago, the Club has provided a tarmac runway, pits and taxi-ways as well as a club-house and other facilities. Trees planted at the time of purchase are now mature and shield the buildings from the nearby road so that our “footprint” on the landscape is made as unobtrusive as possible. The same thinking has guided the Club with regard to strict noise control measures and we are pleased to state that no complaints have been received since we first occupied the site.
The whole area has been appointed a “Site of Special Scientific Interest”. This has placed an extra burden of responsibility on the Club and we have been pleased to comply with all SSSI requirements concerning land management, in some cases going “the extra mile” providing, for example, wild-life habitats around the borders of our property.
