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ClubInlandCofton Hackett / Barnt Green, West Midlands / Worcestershire fringeUpper Bittell Reservoir

Barnt Green Sailing Club

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Barnt Green Sailing Club is an RYA-affiliated dinghy sailing, windsurfing, racing and training club on Upper Bittell Reservoir near Birmingham.

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Can a beginner start here?

Dinghy sailing, Dinghy racing, Windsurfing, RYA courses, Junior training, Youth coaching, Social sailing

Beginner
The homepage and training page say Barnt Green is an RYA training centre that turns complete beginners into safe sailors and runs adult and junior beginner training. The membership page welcomes all sailing abilities.
Training
Barnt Green provides RYA dinghy sailing courses for adults to Level 2, adult and junior beginner/improver training, junior race training, and powerboat training.
Taster· Unclear
The club hosted RYA Discover Sailing/Open Day taster activity on 16 May 2026 and later thanked volunteers for giving taster sessions, but that date has passed and no current future taster date was found on the checked official pages.

Activity tags

Dinghy racing· ActivityDinghy sailing· ActivityJunior training· TrainingRYA courses· TrainingSocial sailing· ActivityWindsurfing· ActivityYouth coaching· Training

Suitability

Juniors, families, and accessibility

Juniors
The club says dinghy sailing is for the whole family, provides courses for children over 7, has an active junior training programme, and offers family and junior membership categories.
Access· Unclear
No accessibility, Sailability, adaptive sailing, disabled access, or access-support details were found on the checked official pages.

Costs

Costs, membership, and boats

Prices

The 2026 associate membership fees page lists family subscription GBP 395, individual GBP 340, non-sailing GBP 120, crewing-only GBP 145, student GBP 145, individual SUP GBP 125, junior first child GBP 105, each additional junior GBP 75, winter series GBP 105, temporary training membership from GBP 42, and boat storage GBP 55 per boat per year up to two boats.

Membership

Official site describes membership open to all sailing abilities, RYA training for juniors and adults, club boats and regular racing/social sailing.

Boat hire
The membership and about pages say members can use the club fleet, including Laser Vago, Laser Pico, Lark, Optimist and Cadet dinghies. This is member club-boat use, not public hire.

Facilities

Facilities and equipment

Reservoir sailing area· OtherClubhouse· ClubhouseBar· ClubhouseParking· AccessClub boats· OtherWiFi· OtherToilets· ChangingHot showers· ChangingChanging rooms· Changing

Location

Cofton Hackett / Barnt Green · 6 nearby clubs mapped

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Sources and data quality

Data status
Verified
Find Watersports check
12 Jun 2026
Club verification
Not listed
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