North West Parachute Centre
Set in the beautiful Lake District, easily accessed and with a friendly atmosphere.

Weekends & Bank Holidays, Fridays from April – September, mid week special events check out our website

Tel 015395 58672 – (airfield). 01772 774188 or 01229 889516 (midweek)

Fax 01772 787106

e-mail:skydive-northwest@totalise.co.uk

www.skydive-northwest.com

General Aviation Information

DZ name: Cark
 

Longitude & latitude:
540946N    0025737   

VHF Frequency:129.90

CCI
Dennis Buchanan

First Jump Courses
RAPS (Square parachutes)
Tandem skydives
AFF

Aircraft
PAC XL750 Turbine (18 skydivers)

Altitude Restrictions
14,500 ft

Coaching
WARP, FS, Freeflying & Accuracy

Load Organising
FS, FF, CF


Jump Prices
Please see
North West Parachute Centre's own website

multi map link here

Food & Drink - on DZ
Canteen, Full Breakfast, Sandwiches, Burgers, Chips (Specials) . Evening Meals served.
BBQ Facilities
Canteen hours 8.00 till 18.00 November to March
8.00 till 21.00 April to October

Local food and drink
T5 / 6 Pubs, 3 Fish & Chips, two Chinese takeaways

Accomodation on DZ
Bunk House - £2.50 per night
Tents/Caravans allowed - £5.00 per night
Hot Showers no extra charge.

Local accomodation

Name Type Phone Web
South Lakes Cottages 4-6 person cottage 01229 889601 www.southlakes-cottages.com
Hope & Anchor Pub/B&B 015395 58733 n/a
Engine Inn Pub/B&B 015395 58341 n/a
Eeabank Lodge guest house 015395 58156 n/a
Netherwood Hotel ****Hotel 015395 32552
www.netherwood-hotel.co.uk

Special DZ Attractions
18 place Turbine Aircraft, only type operating in UK. Quickly reaching altitude in comfort, CD player.
Cracking views of Lake District and Morecambe bay peninsula

Other Information

Pool of camera flyers available every weekend to record tandems, solo and team jumps.

Local attractions

Lake Windermere (approx 30 mins drive)
Aquarium of the Lakes (approx 15 mins drive)
Haverthwaite Steam Trains
Laurel & Hardy Museum (approx 30 mins drive)
Cumbria Tourist Board www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk
Cumbria Tourist Board Guide of Things to do & B&B’s etc – www.golakes.co.uk
Petting Zoo and horseriding adjacent to airfield.
18 Hole Golf course 10 minutes away (6 miles)

Local pubs

Engine Inn – Cark
Hope & Anchor – Flookburgh
Rose & Crown – Cark
The Pheasant - Allithwaite
Guide over Sands Allithwaite

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Directions

multi map link here

Travel North/South on the M6 heading for juntion36. Leave motorway @ J36 onto A590 heading west (dual carriageway) signpost Kendal/South Lakes.
Approx 3 miles take slip road, passing pubs garages on the right hand side, little chef on your left hand side until you arrive at a large roundabout.
At this roundabout take the 1st left following the sign for Grange.
You will pass a BMW & VW /Audi dealerships on your right hand side and arrive at yet another roundabout.Turn left again signpost Grange.
Continue on the road passing the golf course on your left and numerous hotels also on your left until you reach another small roundabout.
Turn left and follow the road through Grange and up the hill approaching another roundabout.Again turn left and follow the signposts for Allithwaite/Flookburgh.
Pass pubs called the Guide over Sands and the Peasant and continue onto Flookburgh.
As you enter the village you pass two pubs The Crown & the Hope & Anchor. Turn immediately left opposite/ just after the Hope & Anchor.
This is the final road to the centre. Continue down the road for approx 1 mile until you pass two small garages on your left. Take the 2nd left after garages which does have a signpost North West Parachute Centre.

Photographs by Peter Hughes
Background Image Credit Peter Hughes
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