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Olton Mere Sailing Club

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Olton Mere Sailing Club is a Solihull dinghy sailing, racing, training, youth and Sailability club on Olton Mere.

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Can a beginner start here?

Dinghy sailing, Dinghy racing, Cruising, RYA courses, Junior sailing, Youth sailing, Sailability, Taster sessions

Beginner
Olton Mere explicitly welcomes complete novices and says its RYA Level 1/2 course is designed to turn complete beginners into competent sailors.
Training
The club says it is an RYA Recognised Training Centre and offers combined RYA Level 1/2 courses over four full days, arranged around instructor and participant availability.
Taster
The training page advertises Discover Sailing taster sessions, using single- and double-handed access dinghies with instructor support from a powerboat. The Sailability page also mentions one-hour taster sessions for people with additional needs.

Activity tags

Cruising· ActivityDinghy racing· ActivityDinghy sailing· ActivityJunior sailing· AudienceRYA courses· TrainingSailability· AccessTaster sessions· ServiceYouth sailing· Audience

Suitability

Juniors, families, and accessibility

Juniors
The club has youth, junior and pre-sailor activity, defines groups from under-7 pre-sailors through juniors and youths, and says training can take novices from age 7 upwards. The youth page emphasises family support and social activity.
Access
Olton Mere runs Sailability in partnership with the RYA, with adapted boats, a wheelchair-accessible pontoon ramp, hoist support, and accessible toilet and shower on the clubhouse ground floor. The site says needs are discussed before booking.

Costs

Costs, membership, and boats

Prices

No current membership, course, taster, boat hire, or session prices were found on the reviewed official pages. The membership page says to get in contact for more information about access types.

Membership

Official site describes sailing for novices through racers, RYA training from age 7 upwards, youth/community activity, Sailability, taster sessions and member-supported racing.

Boat hire· Unclear
The site says club boats are available for training, taster sessions, and Sailability sessions, but I found no explicit current statement that members or visitors can hire boats or use club boats outside supervised training/session contexts.

Facilities

Facilities and equipment

Club bar· ClubhouseAccess dinghies· Other39 acre mere· OtherClub grounds· OtherCoaching programme· OtherRacing marks· OtherTraining boats· Other

Location

Olton / Solihull · 6 nearby clubs mapped

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13 Jun 2026
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