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Hi im writing an article about skiing in the UK, basically im centering it around Sheffield ski Village, but i'd like a paragraph on similar centres in the UK, whether indoor or outdoor-artificial slopes, the big ones.

E.g. so i can say, "you can also visit the blah blah centre in Manchester" etc

Thanks!

Tom
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
TROD, welcome to snowHeads! snowHead

Who are you writing the article for?

There are 3 indoor snow slopes in the UK, at Tamworth, Milton Keynes and Castleford (near Leeds). I believe there is one under construction in Glasgow. These latter three are all part of the Xscape group, whilst the Tamworth was the first and is separately owned. I've skied at all three, none of them are like ski-ing on a real mountain - the runs are really short and the scenery isn't up to much! When the snow is in good condition the surface is just like the real thing, but reports here suggest that this good condition isn't always acheived. Handy for a first lesson, and a snow fix in the summer.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
your last sentence echoes my sentiments, and this is what the article is aimed at. (for a new website launching).

Thanks though, you've helped a lot Smile
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Ian Hopkinson, where are Tamworth and Milton Keynes near? Twisted Evil
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
marc gledhill, they're both relatively close to Swansea.
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TROD, The indoor slopes can get boring, as they are short blue/green runs. However they can be made more worthwhile if you add an extra ingredient such as coaching, drills or slalom gates.

I am aware of one club, The Lions, who meet at Castleford twice a week for that very purpose. They get discounted rates for slope use and their coaches are free for members. This makes the sessions a little more than just a quick fix and the use of the slopes by intermediates upwards more worthwhile.

I'm not sure if the other indoor slopes have race clubs, but a lot of the dry slopes do and the advantage of these clubs will be the same.

My local dry slope, Halifax, has a good freestyle snowboarding section too. Obviously you don't need a huge drop to be able to put in kickers, half pipes, table tops etc.
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Check out the XScape website which has info on their indoor snowdomes.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
TROD, this link may help:
http://www.natives.co.uk/whatsnew/dryski.htm
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TROD,
And of course you can ski on the real thing at the ski centres in the lakedistrict eg.

http://www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/
http://www.thepriceofcheese.com/

and in scotland
http://ski.visitscotland.com/

Have a look at Cairngorms webcams for conditions at the moment.
http://www.cairngormmountain.com/cams/image2.jpg
http://www.cairngormmountain.com/cams/image.jpg
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The ski village is pretty much only for freestylers at the moment. They've recently made the main run shorter so there's no real downhill! But if the plans to make the new indoor slopes go ahead it will be something special.
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I had heard rumours that they were going to build a "snowdome" in Swindon, but thats gone very quiet.

It would be good if they did as there isn't any"real" snow slopes that cover the south west wich is a massive catchment area. Milton Keynes and Tamworth are both about and hour and 45 minutes from me on a good run. For people in Devon and Cornwall it's not even worth thinking about!
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