Where can I fly my drone in the UK and get £5,000,000 Public Liability Insurance cover? Welcome to Drone Scene!

Wondering where you can legally fly your drone? Looking for great places to fly? Looking for £5m Public Liability Insurance cover? Well look no further!

Welcome to Drone Scene, the place to find great drone flying locations in the UK, view images and videos posted by other pilots and share your flying locations in order to help other UK hobbyists find great locations where they can fly safely too.

Click on a marker pin to view details of that location. You can also add comments and discuss the location in our forum.

×You must login to see Airspace Restrictions, National Trust boundaries and other interactive map layers.

Bruton Dovecote added to National Trust in South West by clinkadink on 21/02/2023

Parking/TOAL: 51.107361, -2.453377

Managed by the National Trust, but there the Bruton Football Club carpark is free to park and makes a good TOAL (outside of the NT boundary).

A historic 16th-century dovecote and watchtower high above the town of Bruton, situated on the Leland walking trail. Managed by the Stourhead Estate (National Trust).

No one knows for certain when the dovecote was built, but it may have served as a watchtower for nearby Bruton Abbey as well as supplying the monks with food. The interior has 200 nesting boxes for pigeons, which gives rise to its alternative name 'The Pigeon Tower'.

The dovecote is made of local stone dressed with stronger Doulton stone. It is square in plan, standing three storeys high, though all the interior flooring and the roof have disappeared. There are gables on all four sides and an arched doorway on the north-east face.

You can see the remains of a fireplace inside - very unusual if it was only a dovecote, for the pigeons wouldn't need a fire! The most likely explanation is that there was a late medieval building here and it was later converted into a dovecote, possibly by the Berkeley family who bought Bruton Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Evidence for use as a watchtower is scanty; an 18th-century sketch shows the dovecote with a chimney on the roof, so it was definitely used for some kind of habitation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruton_Dovecote


View and discuss this location in more detail on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 51.10821, -2.452892 • what3words: ///earlobe.views.dissolves

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 19/02/2023. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

Where to fly your drone

Filter ()
Victoria Falls, Loch Maree, Ross and Cromarty South West (By AlbionDrones)

A short and easy walk to the viewing platform from the free car park, and a series of 3 main falls in a tight gorge, great view from the platform, but best filmed with an AVATA type drone to fly up the gorge - with care...

Watch out for the wires towards the road...

Also watch out for the midges, they were fierce and ots of them in late June at about 4pm...

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.68057, -5.533145 • what3words: ///curry.available.repeating

Inverewe Viewpoint, Ross and Cromarty South West (By AlbionDrones)

A roadside parking lot, and 360 degree views of Inverewe, Poolewe, Aultbea and he surrounding mountains, landscape, sea and in the distance the Outer Hebrides.

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.80293, -5.58309 • what3words: ///lordship.awards.varieties

Ardessie Falls, Ross and Cromarty North West (By AlbionDrones)

Short walk from car parking to the path, which is steep, muddy and difficult to ascend - use sticks and wear boots.

Several possible sites to fly from and to film, however much of the falls are within tight gorges, so well suited for AVATA / Neo...

Within EGR610, so check whether being used and fly accordingly...

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.85138, -5.283979 • what3words: ///elections.assist.revived

Dundonnell River Falls, Ross and Cromarty North West (By AlbionDrones)

Roadside parking in a scenic spot, with a waterfall about 150m away from the TOAL spot... A decent enough waterfall to fly enroute to other sites in the area...

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.79097, -5.161638 • what3words: ///shimmered.front.elephant

Corrieshalloch Gorge, Ross and Cromarty North West (By AlbionDrones)

NTS Corrieshalloch Gorge, a large gorge filled with flowers, trees and a wonderful waterfall - plus a bridge and viewing platform...

Permission to fly from the NT land must be sought in advance - even though the website just says ask the Site Manager, however there is a car park about 600m away and you can fly there and film the gorge from a distance - rcommend using a zoom lens such as the x3 on the AIR3 that I used...

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.75602, -5.021428 • what3words: ///senders.moats.overhead

Carbisdale Castle, Sutherland South (By AlbionDrones)

The enigmatic and picturesque Carbisdale Castle, located on a craggy outcrop above the Kyle of Sutherland...

Park in one of 2 layby, and watch out for the electiricty pyons and wires, and then fly to you hearts content...

The castle is currently for sale, a snip at £3.5M down from its original price of £5M...

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.92547, -4.408704 • what3words: ///bedrooms.move.static

Rogie Falls, Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty Central (By AlbionDrones)

Just outside Contin on the Ullapool road, you come to the signs and car park - on the right-hand side of the road.

Car Parking is £2 for 2 hrs £3 for 4 hrs, the walk down to the falls is about 3/4 of a mile, and a fairly steep descent, on a good path. Viewpoint above the falls, of descend the steps to the bridge and see the falls from a lower angle.

We visited in late June, and it was changeable weather, with lots of midges, so do use some midge spray...

Toilet in Car Park.

Late summer, you can often see Salmon leaping if the water flow is just right, on the day we visited it was full on force, so no salmon seen.

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 57.58915, -4.602499 • what3words: ///dairies.terminal.reference

Coldharbour Leisure Centre, Greenwich (By grandad1950)

A major sports and leisure centre in South London. 9 grass football pitches, a 3g all weather pitch. Numerous netball and pitches and lots of other facilities, plus loads of room to fly.

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 51.43592, 0.055093 • what3words: ///little.hooked.empty

Leatherhead Pond, Mole Valley (By grandad1950)

It was very green and full of algae when I went but hopefully it looks much better now

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 51.2938, -0.339074 • what3words: ///sums.sorters.royal

Rylstone Cross, Rylstone, North Yorkshire, Craven (By markas)

Originally a wooden cross, erected to celebrate 50 years of Queen Victoria’s reign, it has been repaired and replaced on a couple of occasions, the most recent was in 1995, by all accounts there is a time capsule within the structure containing all the local newspapers from the week it was erected.

You can also get some great views of the dales from up here.

This is only a 15 minute cycle ride for me, if you are driving, you can park on street for free adjacent to Rylstone duck pond, from there it would be a 30 to 45 minute walk along the bridleway.

View and discuss this location on Grey Arrows.

Co-ordinates: 54.01437, -2.028168 • what3words: ///toothpick.quest.impulse


Show All Locations

Service provided by