Hot Air Balloon rides above Essex and Suffolk with Eastern Balloon Rides
The balloon flights launch from either Chelmsford, Earls Colne, Kelvedon, Braintree, Great Leighs or Colchester, but it will depend on the wind direction on the day as to which launch field the balloons can fly from. Ballooning takes place in good, stable weather conditions.
Eastern Balloon Rides has been certificated by the Civil Aviation Authority since 1993 to run a Champagne balloon ride business. This was many years after our first involvement with hot air balloons and it is this great wealth of experience that enables us to give you the superior flight that you deserve.
It has always been our policy that the passengers fly in the best and most up to date equipment available and that is why we are now flying our 5th new hot air balloon fitted with seats, which we know from great experience makes for more comfortable and safer ballooning.
At Eastern Balloon Rides we pride ourselves on the recommendations our passengers pass on to their friends and relatives to come and enjoy Champagne balloon flights in our brightly coloured hot air balloons over Essex and Suffolk.
A hot air balloon ride is a fantastic idea as a birthday gift, wedding present, anniversary treat or if you are one of the many people that just want to come and experience the flight of a lifetime. Your special day out with Eastern Balloon Rides is guaranteed to be unforgettable.
Eastern Balloon Rides is based in Essex, although many passengers travel from all over the South East of England including London, Hertfordshire and Cambridge to come ballooning with us and experience the friendly, professional service we offer.
With Eastern Balloon Rides you will frequently fly with other balloons which adds more interest and photographic opportunities to your hot air ballooning experience. From the flight basket, on many occasions we can look to the East and see the coastline of Essex and Suffolk and then turn to look west and see the London skyline with all its high rise buildings of all shapes and sizes silhouetted against the sun.
The balloon flights launch from either Chelmsford, Earls Colne, Kelvedon, Braintree, Great Leighs or Colchester, but it will depend on the wind direction on the day as to which launch field the balloons can fly from. Ballooning takes place in good, stable weather conditions.
So picture yourself on one of our Champagne balloon flights as you take a look through our website, then get in touch and let us help make your special occasion a reality.
The following towns and villages and many more are regularly
flown over during the summer by Eastern Balloon Rides, or we are regarded
as there local Balloon Flights provider. Aldeburgh Aldham Alresford
Althorne Ardleigh Aveley Basildon Battlesbridge Belchamp Otten Belchamp
St. Paul Bicknacre Billericay Bishops Stortford
Black Notley Blackmore Bocking Boxford Boxted Bradwell Bradwell-on-Sea
Braintree Brantham Brentwood Brightlingsea Broomfield Buckhurst Hill
Bures Burnham-on-Crouch Cambridge Canewdon Castle Camps Castle Hedingham
Canvey Island Capel St. Mary Cavendish Chadwell St Mary Chafford Hundred
Chappel Chelmsford Chigwell Chipping Ongar Clacton-on-Sea Claydon Clavering
Coggeshall Colchester The Colne Valley Colne Engaine Cold Norton Copdock
Copford Corringham Cornish Hall End Clare Danbury Dagenham Debden Dedham
Dovercourt Dunmow Duxford Earls Colne East Hanningfield East London
East Mersea Eastwood Eight Ash Green Elmswell Enfield Epping Great Maplestead
Great Notley Great Saling Great Samford Great Tey Great Totham Great
Waltham Great Waldingfield Great Wigborough Great Yeldham Greenstead
Green Grundisburgh Hadleigh Hadstock HalsteadHarlow Harwich Hartest
Hatfield Peverel Haverhill Heybridge Heybridge Basin Hertford High Easter
Hintlesham Hockley Hoddesdon Holbrook
Holland-on-Sea Hornchurch Horndon-on-the-Hill Hullbridge Hutton Ilford
Ipswich Ingatestone Jaywick Kelvedon Kersey Kelvedon Hatch Laindon Lamarsh
Lambourne Langham Langenhoe
Latchingdon Lavenham Leigh-on-Sea Little Baddow Little Clacton Little
Easton Little Totham Little Waltham London Long Melford Loughton Maldon
Manningtree Manuden Maplesteads, The Margaretting Marks Tey Martlesham
Matching Green Mayland Maylandsea Melton Mersea Island Messing Middleton
Mistley Mount Bures Nacton Nayland NazeingNeedham MarketNewportNoak
BridgeNorth Fambridge North London North Weald Ongar Orford Orsett Pebmarsh
Peldon Pitsea
Pleshey Prittlewell Polstead Purleigh Purfleet Rainham Rayleigh Rettendon
Ridgewell Rivenhall Rochford Romford Roxwell Runwell Saffron Walden
Sawbridgeworth Sible Hedingham Silver End Shenfield Shoeburyness Shotley
South Benfleet South OckendonSouth Woodham Ferrers Southend-on-Sea Southminster
Springfield St Osyth Stanford-le-Hope Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet
Stanway Stanford le Hope Steeple Bumpsted Stebbing
StockStoke by Nayland Stowmarket Sturmer Sudbury The Stour Valley Takeley
Tendring Terling Thaxted The Rodings Theydon Bois Thorpe-le-Soken Thundersley
Thurrock Tilbury Tillingham Tiptree Tollesbury Tolleshunt Knights Tolleshunt
d’Arcy Trimley St.MaryTunstall Twinstead Upminster Wakes Colne
Waltham Abbey Walton-on-the-Naze Weathersfield Wenden Ambo West Bergholt
West Mersea Westcliff-on-Sea White Colne White Notley Wickford Wickham
Bishops Wickham Market Wickham St.Pauls Wimbish Witham Wivenhoe Woodbridge
Woodford Wormingford Writtle Yoxford
Our launch sites:Great Leighs. Essex County Showground.
The Showground is situated on the A131, Great Leighs by-pass between
Braintree and Chelmsford. From the Chelmsford direction, at the roundabout
half way along the by-pass turn left into Moulsham Hall Lane. After
500m turn right into Gate 11 and follow the road round to the Pavillion
Car Park.
Coming from the Braintree direction, travel past the Showground on your
right and at roundabout turn right into Moulsham Hall Lane, in 500m
turn right into Gate 11, and follow the road to the Pavillion Car Park.
GPS Co-ordinates:51 50 24 N 0 30 37 E
Kelvedon. Prested Hall, Feering
Prested Hall is situated just off the southbound carriageway of the
A12, north-east of Kelvedon.
Coming from Ipswich and Colchester direction, leave the A12 at the Kelvedon
exit and immediately on your left is Prested Hall. Go down the long
drive and just before you get to the houses at the bottom of the drive
turn right into the launch field and travel up the field, parking on
the right well away from the houses and gateway to minimise disturbance
to the residents.
Coming from Witham and London direction on A12, take the Kelvedon exit
and drive through the village, as if you were going to rejoin the A12
and follow the sign over the A12 to Prested Hall, and follow directions
as above.
GPS Co-ordinates:51 54 43 N 0 41 38 E
Earls Colne Airfield
The Airfield is situated on the B1024, two and a half miles north of
Coggeshall,(A120) on the left, direction Earls Colne. Well sign posted
for Essex Golf & Country Club and Earls Colne Business Park. On
entering the Airfield drive for 300m to the security buildings and turn
right. Continue for 200m and turn right again into redundant road and
park either side of this road. Pleae do not park on field or on other
roads.
GPS Co-ordinates:51 54 43 N 0 41 38 E
Colchester. Tollgate
The Tollgate Centre is a shopping complex, close to Stanway, east of
Colchester, where we meet and travel a short distance to the launch
field. Coming from the London or Ipswich directions, leave the A12 at
the junction for the A1124, and turn south crossing over the roundabout
of the B1408 and into the Tollgate Centre. Turn left in front of McDonalds
and park in the Car Park on the left.
GPS Co-ordinates: 51 53 02 N 0 50 10 E
Chelmsford, Boreham interchange.
The launch field is behind the farm buildings off the roundabout, at
the junction of the southbound A12 and the B1137.
Coming from the London direction travel right round the Chelmsford by-pass
on the A12, and leave at the Boreham exit for the services., turn right
at the first roundabout, right at the second roundabout, over the A12
and straight over the next roundabout and into the farmyard and go round
the buildings on the left and into the car park behind.
From the Colchester and Ipswich direction, leave the A12 at the first
Chelmsford exit. At the roundabout travel straight over and into the
farmyard and follow directions as above.
GPS Co-ordinates: 51 45 18 N 0 31 31 E
Braintree, Blake House Craft Centre
Blake House Craft Centre is situated at Blake End , approximately 3
miles Stansted side of Braintree, well sign posted off of the A120 with
brown tourist signs. As well as Craft outlets there is the original
great maze, a licensed restaurant and tea room. (reservations tel: 01376
552553) If gates are closed please wait in small un-gated car park .
Otherwise proceed straight through the gates, straight through the farmyard,
and the launch field will be found on your left, and park against the
fence.
The new A120 Braintree by-pass is now fully open.
Coming from the Braintree direction using the new A120 Take the Felsted
B1417 and Stebbing (B1256)exit approximately 2.5 miles from the A131
interchange. Then follow the brown tourist signs to Blake House Craft
Centre.
Coming from Gt. Dunmow direction on the old A120 turn left at Palm Trees
restaurant (previously known as The Saling Oak)
direction Gt Saling. Half a mile on the right you will find Blake House
Craft Centre.
GPS Co-ordinates: 51 52 51 N 0 28 25 E