There are flying clubs and/or flight schools at nearly every airport in the UK, bare in mind however, the cost. 3 years ago I was getting a good deal when I could fly for £100 per hour lesson, and I can only imagine prices rising since then. (Flying was my most joyous hobbie, alas, I had to give it up because I couldnt afford flying AND a mortgage.)

Depending on how intensivly you want to train, you could do it on a holiday over here, but for just your private pilots licence (not a commercial licence) you would have at least £4,500 and another minimum of £500 pound for study materials, medicals, equipment.

I;ve only got experience of one flying club, that being the Teesside flying club at Teesside airport (now Durham Tees Valley Airport). They where very professional and had a wide range of experience between their instructors, (ie, those who had just qualified and where building up hours to get into airlines and where full of enthusiasm, and those who where retired, and already had a wealth of experience.) The instruction was mainly in the air, any groud studies where left to the student to do themselves, however, the staff where always willing to help and would give you classroom time as well if you wanted it.

You could always try to get a work visa, get a job over here and use that to fund flying at a slower pace, but as far as I know, work visas are hard toget if you dont already have a job arranged.

Cost is the biggest problem if you want to learn to fly here. There is big buisness in the UK to fly people to the US, get them an FAA licence and then convert it to a CAA licence back in the UK. That whole process, including a holiday in the US costs less then learning to fly here.

I dont mean to shoot down your ambitions, but thats the reality of flying in the UK.