Friends of Streatham Common

The 11th annual Streatham Common Kite Day will be held on Sunday the 13th of April 2008. Let's hope that it will be as big a success last year.

There will be kite flying demonstrations by:

This is London's only kite festival*, so make sure you come next year to see some of the best kite demonstrators in the UK.

Everyone is welcome to attend, there is no charge for attending. You do not need to bring along a kite or have ever even tried to fly a kite before you can simple watch the demonstrations by the professional kite flyers.

This year we will be having our first ever altitude sprint. We will have CAA clearance to fly to 1,000 feet.

The Brighton Kite Flyers will be along for the day performing teddy bear parachute drops, so bring along your teddy bear if you want it dropped. They will also hopefully be bringing along some very big kites again.

If you want to buy a kite, the Highwaymen will have a stall selling all kinds of kites including single line, dual line and multi-line for beginners and above, as well as other kite related stuff.

If you get hungry or thirsty in between the demonstrations then there will be food and drink for sale from a number of catering vendors (including a beer tent) on the common.

*There are rumours that Blackheath might be having a kite festival again for the first time in many years on 14-15 June.