A hot air balloon flight from Woolhampton in the Royal County of Berkshire launches from behind The Rowbarge Inn pub, convenient for a bite to eat post-flight, and will carry you over the region lying south of Reading and towards Basingstoke.
Look out for Douai Abbey, which is home to a community of monks of the English Benedictine Congregation founded in 1615 in Paris. The Abbey Church, the construction of which began in 1929, was completed in 1993 and the monastery, built in 1966, is undergoing refurbishment.
Depending on the will of the wind you might drift over the magnificent Englefield Estate, home of Sir William and Lady Elizabeth Benyon and named after the battle between the Saxons & Danes in AD 871 there. Thought to mean ‘Englishmen’s (Battle) Field’ or ‘Field of angels’ look out for Englefield’s Ivy House at the top of the estate gardens and the woodland garden designed and planted by Wallace and Barr of Tunbridge Wells. There’s also a children’s garden with surprise fountain to watch out for whilst deer graze outside the boundary fence. Englefield village is a pretty place to relax and enjoy a sandwich lunch and a cuppa at the tearooms there.
Whichever direction your balloon basket majestically drifts you can be sure to be delighted with stunning scenery to surprise and inspire from anything up to 5,000ft. directionsWoolhampton launch site:- The Rowbarge Inn
Station Road
Woolhampton
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 5SH From the M4 exit at junction 12 towards Newbury on the A4.
After about 7 miles in the village of Woolhampton turn left opposite The Angel Pub.
Pass the railway line and the canal, The Rowbarge Inn is then on the right hand side.
Your balloon pilot and crew will meet you in the car park of the pub. flight information linePlease call 0844 576 7530 to confirm the status of your flight. |
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