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Harting Down added to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in South East by AeroJ on 29/07/2024

Beautiful Harting Down is one of the most picturesque landscapes in South Hampshire. The National Trust have made it VERY difficult to fly here without TOAL from their land, which they forbid. But there is a chink in their armour we can all exploit ;)

If we look at the NT borders North of my location point you will find one small field that is at the base of the central hill along the downs. This is accessible from Hill Road (turn left just before the hill climb to NT car park) and has a handy layby directly opposite a big chalk track that leads directly into the field, which normally has an open gate. If we go into that field, setup roughly in the middle of it on the raised section we are nicely hidden from the road (and the farm behind it, to whom this land belongs) by a thick bank of trees behind us but a relatively clear view up and over the downs.

You will need to set your vertical limit to at least 750 ft to get 400 ft above the hilltop, but you can fly the whole ridge with perfect visibility of the UAV so long as you don't ever drop low enough to lose LOS behind the thin row of trees separating this land from NTs.

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Co-ordinates: 50.9631, -0.871239 • what3words: ///talkative.inhaler.decreased

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 29/07/2024. 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.

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Bordon Village Park, Swale (By grandad1950)

A lovely little village with a multi use park right in the centre. Loads of room to fly.

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Co-ordinates: 51.33477, 0.703702 • what3words: ///watch.compliant.rehearsed

Kingswood Canal Junction, Warwick (By t0mroche)

Plenty to take in, lots of canal barges, bridges & countryside views. There is also a railway line running through if you’re lucky enough to spot a train like I was!

Walked from their car park through to the T junction and took off from the bridge at the end. Not many people around but do be mindful of potential inhabitants of the barges.

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Co-ordinates: 52.33617, -1.727498 • what3words: ///skylights.twinkled.joystick

St. Mary The Virgin Church, Warwick (By t0mroche)

A lesser known gem of the Warwickshire country side. Quite an impressive building with barely anybody around (visited on a Tuesday lunch time).

Parked their car park to the rear & walked through the church yard & took off from the road. Not the easiest place to fly due to the height of surroundings & houses nearby but can be done with care

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Co-ordinates: 52.33775, -1.762012 • what3words: ///decent.alas.inserting

Umberslade Obelisk, Stratford-on-Avon (By t0mroche)

Visible from the M40 northbound. Flying from the shown TOAL point provides good views of the M40 in both directions as well as countryside.

Parked & took off from the section of Nuthurst Rd that overpasses the M40, the obelisk is visible & provides good VLOS for flying

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Co-ordinates: 52.3423, -1.78795 • what3words: ///excusing.handwriting.next

St Mary Church, Mid Sussex (By grandad1950)

St Marys is a grade 1 listed church in Balcome West Sussex. There has been a place of worship on this site since pagan times

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Co-ordinates: 51.06262, -0.13621 • what3words: ///reflect.chap.swung

Swale Marina, Swale (By grandad1950)

Tucked away at the end of Conyer creek off the river Swale is the small tidal marina of Swale Marina near Sittingbourne in Kent. There is a good footpath down to the coast

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Co-ordinates: 51.34703, 0.81217 • what3words: ///browser.factoring.unzipped

Padstow Harbour, North Cornwall (By akey_uk)

Lovely harbour on the North Cornwall Coast, worth a visit to the National Lobster Hatchery while you are there. Lots of opportunities for TOAL outside of the main Harbour. Lots of choice for food and drink while around the harbour.

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Co-ordinates: 50.54114, -4.937013 • what3words: ///clotting.appointed.brilliant

Charlestown Harbour (By akey_uk)

Beautiful old harbour with 2 beaches. Parts of Poldark were filmed here.

Easy parking at the top of the town, some great places to grab a drink and a bite, its also worth taking in the Shipwreck museum while you are here. Can get busy, but there is usually somewhere quiet to TOAL.

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Co-ordinates: 50.33153, -4.756629 • what3words: ///rejoins.guideline.handfuls

St Peter's Church, Mid Sussex (By grandad1950)

St Peter's church in the West Sussex Village of Ardingly is a Grade 1 listed building dating from the 14th century.

An interesting village to explore with a great artisan bakery. Nearby is the South of England Show Ground and Ardingly Reservoir.

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Co-ordinates: 51.05215, -0.089996 • what3words: ///bearings.untruth.topical

Grove Park, Swale (By grandad1950)

On the edge of Sittingbourne, Grove Park has lots of space to fly providing there is no cricket match on.

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Co-ordinates: 51.3458, 0.706061 • what3words: ///adopters.exclaim.series

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