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Walsall, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Aldridge Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

19Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 9: 5 kn gusting 10

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 7 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 35 out of 100

Wind
ESE 4 knF2
Gusts
13kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 3 knF1
Gusts
6kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 1 knF0
Gusts
5kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
8°C

Mon 9 · 61 out of 100

Wind
ESE 6 knF2
Gusts
15kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
7°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 276, good
  2. Tue 346, fair
  3. Wed 445, fair
  4. Thu 561, good
  5. Fri 653, fair
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 990, good
  9. Tue 1046, fair
  10. Wed 1135, poor

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Aldridge Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov76, goodwind from the north-north-east, 7 knotsF315kn––10°C
Tue 3Nov46, fairwind from the north-north-east, 7 knotsF316kn––10°C
Wed 4Nov45, fairwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF316kn––10°C
Thu 5Nov61, goodwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF318kn––9°C
Fri 6Nov53, fairwind from the east-south-east, 4 knotsF213kn––9°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 3 knotsF16kn––8°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the west, 1 knotF05kn––8°C
Mon 9Nov90, goodwind from the east-south-east, 6 knotsF215kn––7°C
Tue 10Nov46, fairwind from the east-south-east, 5 knotsF216kn––11°C
Wed 11Nov35, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knotsF212kn––10°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Aldridge Sailing Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. We don't know which way the shore faces here, so we can't warn of offshore wind: kite and windsurf aren't scored.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it. 2 sailing schools or clubs and 1 boat hire place within 10 km. The town to stay in is Walsall.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,210 each

about US$1,190–US$2,210 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$450–US$926
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,210

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Walsall

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Closest

Walsall

about 10 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Walsall · Booking.com

About Walsall its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 15h 30m

About 15h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LHR, direct, then 3h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.