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Following a meetup here (https://greyarro.ws/t/meetup-southampton-area-cheesefoot-head-winchester-10am-on-30th-march-2025/93365), popped back and took the 360.

Car park is small - and you need to climb past some barbed wire to get to the field beyond the end of the car park, and there's a trig-point located in that field.

On the day of the meet (a Sunday), there was a coffee van in the car park, too .. but not on the following day.

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Co-ordinates: 51.04611, -1.243719 • what3words: ///segregate.scorpions.geologist

The Stanton Drew stone circles are just outside the village of Stanton Drew in Somerset.

The largest stone circle is the Great Circle, 113 metres in diameter and the second largest stone circle in Britain - it is widely considered to be one of the largest Neolithic monuments to have been built.

The date of construction is not known, but is thought to be between 3000 and 2000 BC, which places it in the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. It was made a scheduled monument in 1982

The Great Circle was surrounded by a ditch and is accompanied by smaller stone circles to the northeast and southwest. There is also a group of three stones, known as The Cove, in the garden of the local pub. The Cove has been shown to be around 1000 years older than the stone circles, and so date from 4000–3000 BC

Parking close by (see icon) - honesty box £1 charge

TOAL from public footpath running parallel to site

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Co-ordinates: 51.36697, -2.576024 • what3words: ///tripling.detection.duck

The Somerset Monument north of the village of Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire, was built in 1846 to commemorate Lord Robert Edward Somerset. It is a Grade II listed building, and on the Heritage at Risk register.

Lord Robert Edward Somerset was a British soldier who fought during the Peninsular War and the War of the Seventh Coalition. From 1830 he sat in the House of Parliament for Gloucestershire and from 1834 to 1837 was MP for Cirencester.

The stone tower is around 100 feet (30 m) high and has a viewing platform at the top. However, the structure is considered unsafe and not open to visitors so the only view from the top is via drone(!).

The structure tapers slightly and has four panelled sides. On the southern panel is the arms of the Somerset family.

TOAL point was from a public footpath running close to the monument (part of the Cotswold Way)

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Co-ordinates: 51.58717, -2.330134 • what3words: ///paint.swoop.most

Worcester Lodge is a Grade I listed building designed by William Kent, with southern facing parkland, leading towards the three-mile avenue to Badminton House.

It was completed in 1746 and served as a banqueting hall, a central feature in the landscape, a gatehouse with accommodation for a gatekeeper and a place to watch the Beaufort Hunt based on the estate of Badminton House . Today the grand room inside can be hired as a private dining space and the park in front for weddings and large outdoor events.

The Badminton estate is perhaps best known as the location for the much televised annual Badminton Horse trials

TOAL is from the grass verge that runs alongside the main road that passes in front of the building

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Co-ordinates: 51.58278, -2.275308 • what3words: ///ducks.altering.reduction

Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton in North Yorkshire, 14 mi (23 km) north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, dedicated to St Mary in 1156. It is a Grade I listed building.
It has been owned by the Burdon family since 1971.
Car parking is over the road and is by honesty box £1
Access to the abbey is 24 hours and is by honesty box £5
There are tearooms adjacent to the car parking.
I gained permission to fly through the owner's daughter, Anna Burdon. ( [email protected] ). It was suggested that I flew before 10.00 a.m or after 4.00 p.m.
I've visited a number of times over the years and have never found it to be very busy.

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Co-ordinates: 54.26713, -1.737342 • what3words: ///than.dumplings.compacts

From this location there are excellent views up Ribble Valley towards Clitheroe & Pendle. A short walk up the creek you come to the remains of a Roman Baths.

Need to be considerate of the school adjacent to the river.

Best to fly here out of season (early spring). To avoid traffic chaos. I parked in pay and display car park in village (about 1/4 mile walk). Some nice benches to sit on near by overlooking river and catch some sun.

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Co-ordinates: 53.81149, -2.530975 • what3words: ///oven.plots.restores

Knowle Park is a new 60-acre country park and nature reserve in the heart of Cranleigh, featuring a lake, outdoor performance spaces, and an adventure park.

Lots of space to fly but can get busy at weekends

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Co-ordinates: 51.13911, -0.495892 • what3words: ///steamed.grins.jetliner

Dalemain is a Grade I listed historic country house located in the Lake District Park approximately five miles southwest of Penrith in Cumbria, England. The estate has a long and rich history, with evidence of a Saxon settlement at the site. The River Eamont, which historically marked the boundary between Cumberland and Westmorland, was fordable here, and the valley provided natural shelter from harsh weather conditions.
During the reign of King Henry II, a pele tower was constructed at Dalemain to defend against Scottish raiders. The old hall, dating back to the 12th century, was later expanded with wings added in the 16th century. The estate underwent significant transformation in 1679 when Sir Edward Hasell, formerly the steward to Lady Anne Clifford, purchased Dalemain. It has remained in the Hasell family ever since. Following his acquisition, Sir Edward made substantial alterations, including the construction of a grand staircase, modernization of the farmyard, and the addition of a retaining wall below the terrace.
The most striking change to Dalemain came in 1744 when Sir Edward’s son completed the impressive Georgian front, enclosing the older sections within a central courtyard. This addition introduced symmetrical, neoclassical features, including a cantilevered staircase in the new front hall. In 1748, the garden façade was also rebuilt to match the Georgian front. Since then, Dalemain has undergone no major structural alterations. The courtyard itself evolved from a medieval hamlet built around the defensive pele tower to a working farmstead, with many original buildings still standing. Above the courtyard, the Deer Park has remained home to a herd of fallow deer for centuries.

Open at selected times throughout the year so check out their website for details. You can park in their carpark and stay for a lovely cream tea or something more substantual in their tearoom.

I took off just outside the property but you still get a clear view from just off the roadside.

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Co-ordinates: 54.63439, -2.81132 • what3words: ///angel.unwraps.closet

Marine Lake is a small cove towards the north of Weston Bay. Refurbished in early 2022, it is an “infinity” pool with its own sandy beach and permanently offers sea-water bathing even when the tide is out.

Weston-super-Mare has the second highest tidal range in the world, so the sea does go a long way out at low tide meaning that Marine Lake's water is replenished every day by the natural high tides and is kept in place by sluices, so there is always water.

The Marine Lake is great for reflections and foreground interest in compositions form the ground, but shooting from the air adds another dimension, particularly as regards reflected sunsets

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Co-ordinates: 51.35257, -2.990212 • what3words: ///demand.works.rider

RAF Yatesbury is a former Royal Air Force airfield near the village of Yatesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of the town of Calne. It was an important training establishment in the First and Second World Wars and until its closure in 1965.

In 1969 the wooden huts were demolished and the land returned again to farming, leaving only a number of brick-built buildings, including the Officers' Mess, the gymnasium and three hangars.

Since 1987 the two groups of hangars built in 1916 have been Grade II* listed. In 1989 the former Officers' Mess and offices, built in 1936, were listed Grade II. In 1998 North Wiltshire District Council designated Yatesbury Aerodrome a Conservation Area.

The airfield is now farmland.

TOAL point is just outside the Yatesbury Microlight Site area

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Co-ordinates: 51.44039, -1.92833 • what3words: ///ticking.reporters.refills