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Castle Roy is an 12th century fortress built by the Clan Comyn on a small glacial mound to the north of the modern village of Nethy Bridge. In 1420 the whole area came under the stewardship of the Clan Grant who are still the clan of this area today. The castle is a simple, irregular 4 sided stronghold which has been largely unaltered over the centuries and is one of the oldest unchanged castles of its type in Scotland.

For more info head to
https://castleroy.org.uk/

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https://castleroy.org.uk/adopt-a-heilan-coo/

There is plenty of parking but it can be busy at times. The site is now owned by a local trust who have carried substantial works to preserve the Castle, as it stands for future generations and to maintain it as a free, all abilities, visitor and education centre. As such, if you visit please feel free to take some change and make a wee donation for their efforts. Although permission was not needed I asked anyway, it meant I could fly from the site instead of the car park. The steward on site was very helpful and enthusiastic, I was told to go ahead and fill my boots, sometimes it pays to ask.

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Co-ordinates: 57.27697, -3.649242 • what3words: ///legroom.spoil.headed

A fine park just a couple of minutes from Bexhill On Sea beach. Good facilities including a lake, tennis club, bowls club, play areas for kids and a good cup of coffee at the Cafe.

Lots of space and plenty to photograph but I expect it could get busy on a sunny weekend

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Co-ordinates: 50.83766, 0.464158 • what3words: ///loses.play.ruins

A casual request to the Church Warden, a neighbour, confirmed the church has no problems with drone flights outside of service times.
All the green area shown is church land.

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Co-ordinates: 53.89189, -0.31769 • what3words: ///bravo.succumbs.radar

Night flight in South Queensferry prior to Balfour Beaty very oblidgingly allowing us to walk across the Rail Bridge and back from 0030 hrs to 0330 hours.
For drone footage advise parking in the main street of South Queensferry and walking down Gote Lane to access the small harbour there - use this as take off/land - usually "drone police" free (I use a hi-viz coat and a lanyard to ward off the "karens")

Be very aware that your are very close to the Ed Airport FRZ area so fly accordingly.
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Co-ordinates: 56.00714, -3.39175 • what3words: ///foresight.cupboards.sing

This is a gorgeous site, hidden from the road and most people don't even know it exists. Parking is at either at the Chalet Cafe, just North of the site, or Jeremy's Two, slightly further on. Plenty of public footpaths around the area to fly from with good lines of sight.

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Co-ordinates: 50.97288, -0.281998 • what3words: ///octagonal.shadows.composed

I understand that Fareham BC allows drones to be flown from recreation areas controlled by them providing due care is taken. This location is a good place to fly over Forton Lake being very cautious of wildlife as the 'lake' is covered by an SSSI controlled by Natural England.

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Co-ordinates: 50.80491, -1.136547 • what3words: ///badly.office.twice

Kings Head Mill, sometimes called Hoads Mill, is a refurbished smock mill now converted to residential use.

Located next to Kingsmead Fields with good views of the surrounding area. Lots of space to fly and TOAL. About a 10 minute walk from where I parked .

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Co-ordinates: 50.92245, 0.48462 • what3words: ///sake.novels.rapport

Cobstone windmill in between Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire but is more under Oxfordshire, situated out in the middle of nowhere, lots of fields, woodland with public access in & around, a few public & dog walkers around so be mindful of that, I was approached by 2 public who were very very friendly & was fascinated by the drone looking over my shoulder at the screen on the remote, really nice place was minus 2 when I visited quite cold but that didn’t put me off I can imagine this is nice all year round & well worth a visit even just for a country stroll … fantastic

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Co-ordinates: 51.61714, -0.889592 • what3words: ///clean.shapeless.pony

Just a few minutes walk from Battle Abbey. Good car park and lots of space to fly. Might be busy at weekends.

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Co-ordinates: 50.91792, 0.476741 • what3words: ///keepers.developer.whisker

I believe this is the only site with the ruins of a church in Oxfordshire. The church was abandoned in 1875 and quickly fell into disrepair. The site has also been a location used in a couple of horror films from 50 or 60 years ago.

There is a parking verge just opposite the entrance to the field with the church. Just up the road is the Warburg Nature Reserve - worth a visit in its own right, but something to be mindful of when flying here.

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Co-ordinates: 51.5768, -0.953407 • what3words: ///tangent.musically.conveying

About a mile uphill walk - a moderate climb in a couple of places - from the car park / layby (layby is free parking - and you find yourself at the bottom of this series of waterfalls, that drain into Lake Vrynwy.

It is not overly popular but there are a few folks coming and going - they don't tend to hang around more than 10 mins though.

Great cinematic views and some lovely twisty and tight FPV flying up the falls themselves, although not vertical enough for any real 'diving'... AVATA2 coped well, but do watch out for the branches...

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Co-ordinates: 52.8089, -3.554131 • what3words: ///jingles.entire.hoops