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==Other Spotting Locations== | ==Other Spotting Locations== | ||
A disadvantage of the official Aviation Viewing Park (AVP) is that it faces the sun all day. This is a problem that can be avoided by going to the | A disadvantage of the official Aviation Viewing Park (AVP) is that it faces the sun all day. This is a problem that can be avoided by going to the South side of the airport. Going there is easy by car. By public transport is possible too, but a bit of a handful. | ||
To get there by bus you should first go to the AVP. Once there walk away towards the local pub, go to the left into the road in front of the pub (Sunbank Lane). Follow the street to the end. On your left you will see a bus stop. At this stop get onto the 288 to the Moat House Hotel (2 stops). If the bus driver is unfamiliar with the hotel tell him you want to go the the Holiday Inn. The bus leaves every hour at 30 past the hour. | To get there by bus you should first go to the AVP. Once there walk away towards the local pub, go to the left into the road in front of the pub (Sunbank Lane). Follow the street to the end. On your left you will see a bus stop. At this stop get onto the 288 to the Moat House Hotel (2 stops). If the bus driver is unfamiliar with the hotel tell him you want to go the the Holiday Inn. The bus leaves every hour at 30 past the hour. | ||
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The hotel has a shuttle bus, but I do not know if they will accept people that do not stay in the hotel. | The hotel has a shuttle bus, but I do not know if they will accept people that do not stay in the hotel. | ||
By car, from the Junction 6 Roundabout off the M56, follow signs for Wilmslow along the A538. Approximately 1 mile along this road you will drive under the 2 runway tunnels. As you exit the 2nd tunnel you will come to a roundabout. Turn left at this roundabout and then turn immediatley right before the gate - Then park up on the left before the bridge, as this road becomes the Moat House hotel car park beyond the bridge. Do try to tuck your car into the hedge, as the hotel mini-bus screams up and down here every half-hour or so and its a narrow road!! | |||
*** DO NOT park anywhere between the roundabout and the gate - you WILL get a ticket or a tow - even on the grass verge. *** | |||
At the hotel you have two options. The Mounds and a spot near the new fire station. | At the hotel you have two options. The Mounds and a spot near the new fire station. | ||
===The Mounds=== | ===The Mounds=== | ||
From the Hotel entrance, turn left and walk through the car park, over the small stone bridge and up to the top of this road. On the right is a black cattle gate. Walk through the gate and follow this footpath for approx half-a-mile. The path finishes at the runway security fence and you will see long earth mounds either side of you which offer superb elevated views of runway 2. | |||
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===Near the new fire station=== | ===Near the new fire station=== | ||
The second option | The second option is to walk from the hotel back to the rounabout. On the other side of the road you just came in on, you will see a footpath of steep steps rising to the top of the hill. Follow this path for roughly 15 minutes past the side of the new fire station and up to the runway security fence. | ||
From here, you can go left and follow the path parallel to runway 2 down into a vally and then back up again to raised mounds which offer superb views of aircraft rotating on runway 2 for take-off. | |||
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Please note that | As an alternative, turn left after the fire station and at the lowest point of the valley, turn right and follow the river through the tunnel under runway2. As you exit the tunnel turn right up the hill for a viewing spot half way between runway 1 and runway 2 | ||
Please note that runway 2 is usually closed 1200 and 1500 hours. Also check before making any journey which way the aircraft are flying!. For approx 20% of the year, the wind shifts and the flying changes direction. | |||
===Food Court=== | ===Food Court=== | ||