Virgin Balloon Flights UK : Hot Air Balloons Rides & Hot Air Ballooning

Turn off from the A1 by Stamford on the A606 towards,
Rutland Water Oakham, and Melton. After about 3 miles,
turn left towards Rutland Water South Shore, Edith Weston,
and Normanton. In Edith Weston at the T-junction, turn
right towards Manton and the Sailing Club. Pass the Sailing
Club and the Golf Club and opposite the turning to
Lyndon, turn right down a single track road towards Lyndon
Hill Nature Reserve and Visitors Center Rutland Water.
TURN IN FIRST RIGHT where it is sign posted Lakeland
Estates Lyndon Top, these gates are alarmed! Continue
until you see a five bar gate on your right hand side
just where the road starts to turn left, this is our launch
site where the pilot and crew will meet you.

If you are on site before the balloon crew, please drive
in and park on the field, the gate is unlocked.

Flight information:

If your pilot is Martin Collinson please call - 0871 6630028.

If your pilot is Alan Lusty Please call - 0870 9990420

Balloon Rides In Hot Air Balloons From Virgin Balloon Flights.

Balloons Over - Rutland Water

Leicestershire lying right in the very heart of England and covering an area of almost 1000 square miles includes what was once England's smallest county - Rutland, home to our Virgin Hot Air Balloon launch site.

Rutland Water, home to our launch site is a vast body of water, the largest man-made lake in Western Europe in fact, covering a staggering 3,100 acres.

A visually stunning landmark, the lake and nature reserve offer an outstanding variety of wildlife, sports and places of interest to visit, including the nearby Normanton Church Museum, which dates from 1826.

A pretty little museum dedicated to the history and the making of the reservoir and reached by its own causeway, there is much to intrigue and inform within its walls.

Widely recognized as great walking country, Leicestershire's grassy uplands, Charnwood Forest and Vale of Belvoirs are an all year round magnet for earth bound explorers and consequently an equal treat for our breed of air-borne adventurers.

A few minutes into your flight and you might be glancing down on the splendid Great Hall of Oakham Castle, all that remains of this 12th Century fortress, perhaps an inspiration for Shakespeare's Leicestershire based tragedy King Lear.

This is the very heart of England, embodying all that is typical of beautiful midlands countryside, making the county worthy of taking a balloon basket view of one summer's day.

Satellites: Belton Woods - (Grantham) Grantham (Stoke Rochford Hall) Grimsthorpe Castle - (Bourne) Stamford Meadows