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Morfa Beach / Margam Sands added to Beaches and Seaside Resorts in Wales by stubbyd on 14/11/2020

This is a lovely long stretch of beach that is popular with dog walkers, and occasional kite board surfers. But it is usually fairly deserted at start and end of day. There are two shipwrecks depending on tide (and I strongly advise checking otherwise there will be no beach). From my mark, you can go left for one, and right for the other, and I will post a separate location for the HMV Altmark. The attached image shows my drone looking right from the footpath towards the steel works.

There are, as you will have walked through it, a large train yard here. From teh right location you can get good shots of goods wagons, etc..

The point I have marked is where the footpath comes out that you get to by leaving the M4 at Junction 38 and taking an immediate left if heading West. Follow that road all the way down to the train tracks and park up. Then cross the lines, and keep going straight. When the road starts to curve you will see a footpath by a fence and then the beach - approx a mile and 20m good walk.

The beach is also accessible from Kenfig Nature Reserve (see another of my locations) and runs all the way from Nottage to the old docks at Port Talbot - all told, just short of 7 miles of sand.

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Co-ordinates: 51.54665, -3.76992 • what3words: ///bootleg.hiking.marine

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 15/06/2020. 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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Monsal Head and Viaduct, Derbyshire Dales (By robsumm)

Monsal Head and Viaduct, part of the Monsal trail starting at Bakewell, this site has everything, stunning views, big bridge, a tunnel and a pub near the carpark!

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Co-ordinates: 53.24064, -1.727504 • what3words: ///chitchat.foremost.dusty

Priory Gardens, Bromley (By grandad1950)

Very pleasant ornamental park with a large lake at one end and a walled formal garden at the other. Lots of space to fly.

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Co-ordinates: 51.38053, 0.105985 • what3words: ///gent.piano.chimp

St Bartholomew's church, North Wiltshire (By gasbag43)

St Bartholomew’s in Corsham, Wiltshire, is a beautiful Grade I listed building with a rich heritage and architecture dating from its Saxon origins through development by the Normans in the 12th, 15th, and 19th centuries (the current building dates back to the mid-12th century and is actually built onto the original Saxon foundations).

The church and its tall spire stands out in its scenic setting adjacent to Corsham Court, Corsham Park and the surrounding historic listed buildings of the town centre. It is surrounded by a large, peaceful churchyard and has featured in Poldark and other films

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Co-ordinates: 51.43383, -2.18231 • what3words: ///proofs.handbook.proposals

Corsham Court, North Wiltshire (By gasbag43)

Corsham Court is a country house situated in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire. It is currently the home of the present Baron Methuen, James Methuen-Campbell, the eighth generation of the Methuens to live there.

Corsham was a royal manor in the days of the Saxon kings, reputed to have been a seat of Ethelred the Unready. After William the Conqueror, the manor continued to be passed down through the generations in the royal family. It often formed part of the dower of the Queens of England during the late 14th and early 15th centuries. During the 16th century, the manor went to two of Henry VIII's wives, namely Catherine of Aragon until 1536, and Katherine Parr until 1548.

During the reign of Elizabeth I the estate passed out of the royal family; the present house was built in 1582

In 1960, the house was recorded as Grade I listed

Impressive house situated in large park incorporating a big lake

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Co-ordinates: 51.43501, -2.182578 • what3words: ///loaded.affair.comforted

Iford Manor, West Wiltshire (By gasbag43)

Iford Manor is a Grade II listed building in Wiltshire, about 2 miles southwest of the town of Bradford-on-Avon.

It is a Grade II listed building sitting on the steep, south-facing slope of the Frome valley. The Manor House was built in the late 15th or early 16th century, but most of what is visible is from a rebuilding as an early Georgian house c1725-1730.

Iford is best known for its beautiful gardens, which are designated Grade I in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by Historic England

The Manor house and Gardens are the main reason for recommending this as a location to fly your drone, but its setting in one of the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" (Condé Nast Traveler in 2020) strengthens its case as a great place to visit

To cap it all, immediately outside the manor is a very pretty and ornate medieval stone bridge built circa 1400

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Co-ordinates: 51.32901, -2.287597 • what3words: ///vague.leans.healers

Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Mendip (By gasbag43)

Farleigh Hungerford Castle is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset.

The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 on the site of an existing manor house overlooking the River Frome.

A deer park was attached to the castle, requiring the destruction of the nearby village.

Later, the castle was extended with an additional, outer court, enclosing the parish church in the process.

In 1643, the castle was seized by Royalist forces in 1643, but recaptured by Parliament without a fight near the end of the conflict in 1645. As a result, it escaped the destruction of its defensive capabilities following the war, unlike many other castles in the south-west of England.

It is now owned by English Heritage, is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.

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Co-ordinates: 51.31743, -2.286771 • what3words: ///full.worry.both

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow, Bath and North East Somerset (By gasbag43)

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is one of the country’s finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb. Dating from about 3500 BC, it is 30 metres long and has multiple burial chambers open to view.

The barrow is also known as the Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus and is located near the village of Wellow in Somerset. It is an example of the Cotswold-Severn Group and was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1882.

Excavations in the early 19th century uncovered bones from several individuals. The stone structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in length and contains a 12.8-metre (42 ft) long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber.

The central passage and entrance are roughly aligned towards the midwinter sunrise.

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Co-ordinates: 51.31329, -2.381826 • what3words: ///amends.safety.upward

Great Pulteney Street, Bath and North East Somerset (By ColinPeachey)

At over 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, Great Pulteney Street is the widest, grandest thoroughfare in Bath, flanked on either side by beautiful Georgian properties.

One of the longest streets, it is also home to the shortest street in the city. A side street just off Great Pulteney Street, Sunderland Street, has only one address!

This beautiful street, completed in 1789, was commissioned by Sir William Pulteney and designed by Georgian architect Thomas Baldwin.

At one end you will find Laura Place, with its pretty fountain at the centre. At the other end stands the magnificent Holburne Museum, the city's first public art gallery, and Sydney Gardens, the only remaining eighteenth-century pleasure gardens in the country.

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Co-ordinates: 51.38533, -2.351677 • what3words: ///sound.draw.flank

Bayard's Cove Fort (By Grazuncle)

This Tudor fort, built by the borough of Dartmouth between 1522 and 1536, contained heavy guns to protect the prosperous harbour town from attack.

It was the last line of defence against enemy ships that had eluded Dartmouth and Kingswear castles and the iron chain stretched across the Dart estuary between them.

Occupying a terrace cut from the rocky river bank, Bayard’s Cove Fort is picturesquely sited at the entrance to Dartmouth harbour.

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Co-ordinates: 50.34802, -3.577593 • what3words: ///over.degrading.proudest

Charston Rock , Monmouthshire (By gasbag43)

Charston rocks is a mini lighthouse protecting shipping from the rocks it sits upon and the large sandbank upstream of it (Charston Sands).

Great views of the Severn Prince of Wales Bridge and Estuary.

Due to its location and its position in relation to the bridge, this has great potential as a sunset location

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Co-ordinates: 51.5892, -2.694547 • what3words: ///ranges.keyboards.song

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