Do all of you use the Standard Overhead Join?

When flying into xxx I arrive from the Dead Side which has high ground so circuits are always carried out going away from that. I fly down to circuit height and fly the deadside to take up the extended centre line and start my approach.

Is this wrong? Should I approach using the Standard Overhead Join? I always call out positions etc and keep a lookout for traffic.

DME

From what I’ve read it varies as some airfields actually forbid overhead joins, some have dead side joins and others havestright in approaches. Various things can dictate what the particular airfield uses. Things like good neighbour policies to keep the noise over non residential areas as much as possible, having gliders/helicopters and fixed wing powered aircraft using opposite handed circuits meaning there is no dead side.