United Kingdom
14 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
Ayrshire – Troon & Barassie
Scotland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
The Firth of Clyde coast half an hour from Glasgow, sheltered from ocean swell by Arran and Kintyre. Barassie at the south end of the 15 km Irvine Bay has huge…
Camber Sands
East Sussex
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Apr–Oct
A long, wide beach backed by the only sand dunes in south-east England, with shallow water for the first 200 m and flat lagoons behind the sandbars at some…
2 centers · Lessons
Cornwall – Perran Sands
Cornwall
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
One of Cornwall's longest golden beaches, on the Atlantic north coast near Newquay, with hollow, powerful beach-break waves from about 3 ft to over 6 ft and…
Fife – St Andrews & Pettycur Bay
Scotland
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Scotland's east coast north of Edinburgh. West Sands at St Andrews is a long, hard-packed beach beside the golf course, where sandbars create flat water on the…
Hayling Island Hampshire- Water
- Flat and waves
Long known as the windsurfing capital of England's south coast, with conditions from flat water in the harbour to waves off the beach. There is wing foil…
1 center · Lessons
Hunstanton
Norfolk
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
A seaside town on the Wash, one of the few west-facing beaches on England's east coast. At low tide a sandbar emerges offshore and the lagoons inside it are…
Poole Harbour
Dorset
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- All year
A huge natural harbour on England's south coast where you can wade out almost 200 m and still stand, giving flat water with only a little chop and a safe place…
5 centers · Lessons
Southport – Ainsdale
Merseyside
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Apr–May · Sep–Nov
A huge soft-sand beach north of Liverpool with big tides: at mid tide a flat-water lagoon forms that is ideal for learning, while the sea side has chop and real…
Sussex – Lancing & Goring
West Sussex
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Jun–Sep
Pebble-topped beaches between Worthing and Brighton on England's south coast. In summer a south-westerly sea breeze builds on about four days out of seven…
2 centers · Lessons
Swansea Bay – Aberavon
Wales
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Sep–May
South Wales' most popular kite beach, 3 miles of sand on Swansea Bay with hard sand at mid to low tide. There is nearly always wind with passing depressions…
Tiree
Scotland
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Sep–May
A low, sandy island in the Inner Hebrides and one of the windiest places in the British Isles, home of the Tiree Wave Classic. Bays facing every direction, from…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Westward Ho!
Devon
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Sep–May
A two-mile sandy beach on the north Devon coast open to the Atlantic, with small waves and flat patches between them. At the northern end you can ride into the…
Weymouth – Portland Harbour
Dorset
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- All year
The sheltered harbour that hosted the 2012 Olympic sailing, reached from the grassy bank halfway along the Chesil Beach road. South-westerlies and westerlies…
Whitstable
Kent
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Sep–May
A pebble beach on the Kent side of the Thames estuary. At low tide in easterly or westerly winds a sandbar called The Street, running straight out from the…
Schools and rental
11 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
BKSA school established in 2007 with permission to teach at Lancing beach and on the river Adur.
CBK Hayling Island Hayling IslandCBK runs private wing foil courses and three-hour two-to-one groups on Hayling Island.
Easyriders Poole HarbourEasyriders teaches from a harbourside base and a seafront base at Sandbanks, taking foilers out onto the sea.
Flow Watersports Poole HarbourWing foil and kite lessons in Poole with BKSA-qualified instructors.
Lancing Kitesurf School Sussex – Lancing & GoringIKO kite school at Lancing, near Worthing and Brighton, with beginner-friendly lessons.
Poole Harbour Watersports Poole HarbourWing foil tuition for every level in the shallow water of Whitley Lake in Poole Harbour.
Rye Watersports Camber SandsBKSA kitesurf lessons at Camber Sands, from two-day beginner courses to private tuition.
S2AS Poole HarbourS2AS runs wing and kite courses in Poole from beginner groups to advanced coaching.
The Kitesurf Centre Camber SandsCamber Sands school and shop with kitesurf, wing foil, parawing, kite buggy and SUP lessons, group or private, beginner to advanced.
The Watersports Academy Poole HarbourA watersports school at Sandbanks teaching winging in the harbour's waist-deep water.
Wild Diamond Watersports TireeTiree water sports centre teaching windsurf, kite and wing foil, with SUP, surf, kayak hire and a surf shop.