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Hednesford Hills Raceway, Staffordshire added to Parks and Recreation in West Midlands by D0c.Col on 22/04/2023

The Scott House Reservoir was built in 1879 to hold water from nearby pumping stations but was abandoned in 1925 due to subsidence from local mining. The circuit was built inside the dis-used reservoir in 1952 utilizing the site of a former reservoir, before opening for the first time in 1954 but closed down a year later. The defunct Hednesford circuit was aquired by Bill Morris who ran a handful of practice meetings' in 1962. The circuit was fully re-opened in April 1963 and from that point onwards the promotion of Stock Car and Hot Rod racing has been uninterrupted at the popular Staffordshire speed-bowl for over half a century. The shale oval was eventually resurfaced with asphalt in 1966, enabling lap times to fall drastically and track records to tumble. It is said that four times World Hot Rod champion Carl Boardley got the quarter mile down to almost 12 seconds in unofficial practice, making Hednesford Europe's fastest quarter-mile oval.

The circuit has been featured on BBC's Top Gear programme in the past, in a feature on banger racing. In addition, a number of satellite TV channels feature both banger and stock car races from the circuit and the 100th edition of Tiswas was broadcast live from Hednesford Raceway back in the Seventies.

It was the first time I had visited the site for the best part of 40 years and I recalled having had some great times working at the race track in the early 80s as a member of the track crew.

PARKING & TOAL

Coming off the A460 from Rugeley I followed the signs for Beaudesert Golf Course at the traffic lights and headed up the hill on Rawnsley Rd. Ignoring the turn off left for the Golf Course I carried on until I reached House No 179 (or thereabouts) on the righthand side of the road. There is a gap between the houses with a trail that leads steeply up to the Raceway. I parked in the gap but you can park on the side of the road further up where there aren't any double yellow lines.

My TOAL was right outside the Raceway Gates so would be amazed if I was impinging on the SSSi (I doubt the local inhabitants, 4 legged or 2, would be worried about a small drone when they have to contend with armageddon every other weekend)!

The flight was not in a FRZ and Cannock Council do not have a bylaw or policy against drones. There is an SSSi but see my comment above!

Land owner permission not required.

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Co-ordinates: 52.70749, -1.980279 • what3words: ///town.solved.rivers

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 20/04/2023. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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Between 1974 and 2023 the village was part of the district of Ryedale.

The Shirehorse Inn, is an excellent place to call in during a circular walk along the Tabular Hills, and Skelton Tower and the Hole of Horcum beckons in the distance.

The Horseshoe Inn, does a great Sunday Lunch and parking is easy anywhere down it's main street.

Land owner permission not required.

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Co-ordinates: 54.30445, -0.721143 • what3words: ///private.maddening.posts

Egerton Park Bexhill, Rother (By grandad1950)

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

Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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

Holy Trinity Church, Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire (By CutThroatJake)

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.

Land owner permission obtained.

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

The Forth Rail Bridge (By ndarby61)

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.
https://youtube.com/shorts/wZ_jbX-7YYA?feature=share

Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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Co-ordinates: 56.00714, -3.39175 • what3words: ///foresight.cupboards.sing

St Hugh's Charterhouse, Horsham (By muzungu)

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Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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

Grove Road Rec, Gosport (By CaptainTweaky)

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.

Land owner permission not required.

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

Kings Head Mill Battle, Rother (By grandad1950)

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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 .

Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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

Cobstone Windmill Buckinghamshire (By Kirky)

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Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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

Battle Recreation Ground East Sussex (By grandad1950)

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

Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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

St James Church Ruins, Oxon (By Howard)

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.

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Land owner permission requirements unknown.

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


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