Landkite spot · United Kingdom

Greatstone

Name: Greatstone
Address: GB

Riders have kited it in NE, E.

Show on the map50.9676, 0.9644

Works in: NE, E
Nearest airport: SENLondon Southend Airport, 70 km

Forecast and webcams

Before you go

Forecasts often disagree. When Windguru, ALADIN and Windy agree, it is worth going.

Tips for this spot

Always a helmet; on a mountainboard also wrist and knee guards.
A mown meadow or firm beach is best. Walk the area for molehills, stones and fences before you launch.
There is no water to fall into: start with a smaller kite than you would take on water.

On site

Wind and riding area

bestworksno reports

Direction the wind blows from. Based on riders' experience, not a forecast.

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From riders

What you need to know

Size of the area: Approx. 2 miles of sand, a larger buggy beach than neighboring Camber Sands

Watch out for

Extensive mudflats closest to the sea, unsuitable for buggyingcommunity map

Parking

Car park “Greatstone Primary School Visitor Parking” about 650 m from the spot.capacity: 60 · OpenStreetMap

Conditions

Sandy beach used for buggying, landboarding, and blokarts, with extensive mudflats by the seacommunity map

In riders' own words

„best suited to Easterly and North-Easterly winds.“
„This is a bigger beach for buggying than the nearby Camber Sands ... With about 2 miles of sands“
„OpenStreetMap way/101510806“
„OpenStreetMap way/837242626“
„There are extensive mudflats nearest the sea which are not really suitable for buggying.“
„With about 2 miles of sands the beach is used by buggiers, land boarders and sand yachts. There are extensive mudflats nearest the sea“

Photos from the area

Greatstone-on-Sea beach - geograph.org.uk - 6724285 · 44 m from the spot
Matthew Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Beach at Greatstone on Sea - geograph.org.uk - 7340041 · 46 m from the spot
N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Beach, Greatstone on Sea - geograph.org.uk - 7340043 · 63 m from the spot
N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Wind by month

When it blows

Average wind speed 10 m above ground from NASA POWER (MERRA-2, 2001–2025). The model works on a grid of roughly 50 km; on hills and by the water the wind is often stronger and gustier.

15.8Jan8.1

15.1Feb7.8

13.4Mar6.9

11.1Apr5.7

11.2May5.8

10.5Jun5.4

10.5Jul5.4

10.8Aug5.6

12.0Sep6.2

13.9Oct7.2

14.7Nov7.6

15.5Dec8.0

windiest monthsaverage wind in knots, NASA POWER; below the month in m/s

Values by month

January	15.8 knots · 8.1 m/s
February	15.1 knots · 7.8 m/s
March	13.4 knots · 6.9 m/s
April	11.1 knots · 5.7 m/s
May	11.2 knots · 5.8 m/s
June	10.5 knots · 5.4 m/s
July	10.5 knots · 5.4 m/s
August	10.8 knots · 5.6 m/s
September	12.0 knots · 6.2 m/s
October	13.9 knots · 7.2 m/s
November	14.7 knots · 7.6 m/s
December	15.5 knots · 8.0 m/s

Nearby

More spots within 60 km

Camber SandsLandkite · 12 km

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Sources: Community map “Kite Buggying Locations” (Google My Maps). Wind NASA POWER, airports OurAirports, photos Wikimedia Commons (author and licence with each photo). As of 17 October 2026. These are riders' reports; local rules change, so look around before you ride and follow local signs.