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Pride Park Stadium, Derby added to Sporting Venues and Arenas in East Midlands by D0c.Col on 23/04/2025

THE EVER CHANGING FORTUNES OF DERBY COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB

Derby County Football Club is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system (At the time this video which was published during the 2024/25 season).
One of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888, Derby County is one of only nine clubs to have competed in every season of the English football league system (126 seasons up to the end of the 2024–25 season), with all but six of those being in the top two divisions.
The club was founded in 1884 by William Morley as an offshoot of Derbyshire Coun-ty Cricket Club. Its competitive peak came in the 1970s when it twice won the First Division and competed in major European competitions on four occasions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals as well as winning several minor trophies. Additionally, the club was a strong force in the interwar years – finishing league runner-up twice in the 1930s – and winning the first post-war FA Cup in 1946.
The club's home colours have been black and white since the 1890s. The team's nick-name, The Rams, honours its links with the First Regiment of Derby Militia, its mas-cot being a ram, and its regimental song. They have a long-standing rivalry with Not-tingham Forest, with whom they contest the East Midlands derby.
The best era for the club was in the 1970s when Brian Clough and Peter Taylor took over and led Derby to its greatest glory. Starting at 18th in the Second Division in 1968, Clough and Taylor acquired Alan Hinton, Roy McFarland, and John O'Hare, then clinched the influential signing of Dave Mackay to lead the club to 1st place in 1969, and promotion to the First Division. Derby went on to finish fourth in 1970. Due to financial issues the club were banned from competing in Europe but went on to win their first ever Football League Championship in 1972. Though Derby did not retain their title the following season, they did reach the semi-finals of the European Cup, where they lost to Juventus. Clough's frequent outspoken comments against football's establishment eventually led to him falling out with the board of directors at the club, and Clough and Taylor left in October 1973. Such was their impact on the club that, 37 years later, a 9 ft (2.75 metres) bronze statue of the pair was erected out-side Pride Park in commemoration of their legacy.
After finishing in 12th place in their first season back in the top flight league, the club left the Baseball Ground, its home of 102 years, to move into the new 33,597-seat Pride Park Stadium for the 1997–98 season. The Baseball Ground was demolished six years later and a memorial was eventually erected in memory of its role in Derby city history.
A sudden decline at the turn of the millennium saw three years of struggle for the club and in April 2006, a consortium of local businessmen led by former vice-chairman Peter Gadsby purchased the club, reducing its debt and returning Pride Park Stadium to the club's ownership in the process.
Over the next decade, or so, the club had mixed fortunes, various owners, and a change in it’s stadium name, only for it to return to it’s original name of ‘Pride Park Stadium’ some years later, and is currently on its longest spell outside of the top tier.
Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd purchased Pride Park from Mel Morris on 17 June 2022 and remains the current owner, as the club competes in the second tier in the 2024–25 season.

Park right in front of the stadium for free (non match day). In the heart of Derby City so plenty to see if your in the locality.

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Co-ordinates: 52.91492, -1.44729 • what3words: ///worker.united.learn
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 20/03/2025. 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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St Quintins Castle, Vale of Glamorgan (By gasbag43)

Llanblethian Castle, also known as St Quentin's or St. Quintin's Castle, was likely built by Gilbert de Clare in the early 14th century. Its key remains include a twin-towered gatehouse and a northern curtain wall. At its centre is an earthen mound with remnants of what may have been an earlier keep.


The site features ruins such as a rectangular keep stump, a semi-octagonal tower at the southeast corner, traces of a similar southwest tower, and an ivy-covered gatehouse flanked by polygonal towers.


Features include cross-shaped arrow loops, a spiral stairway leading to now-ruined rooms, and parts of the bailey walls, though much of these walls have collapsed or are buried.

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Co-ordinates: 51.45748, -3.456552 • what3words: ///richly.decks.cabbages
Candleston Castle, Bridgend (By gasbag43)

Candleston Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century.

It comprises a D-shaped courtyard about 30m across with a very ruined wall 1.1m thick rising 2m to the wall walk from the inside but rather more above the ground outside, plus a two storey hall block and tower on the east side

Candleston's original long and narrow rectangular structure lay across the western end of a low narrow promontory, suggesting a defensive position.

The castle is believed to be named after the Norman family of Cantilupe, thought to be its first feudal tenants.

As you can see from my photos, its pretty overgrown, but beautifully located in a heavily wooded area with lovely views to be had of the surrounding area from the air

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Co-ordinates: 51.48285, -3.626754 • what3words: ///meanders.exams.unscathed
Newton Beach, Bridgend (By gasbag43)

Newton is the most easterly beach at Porthcawl and is a ten minute walk from the picturesque village of Newton (several nice pubs!).

It is a long sand and rock beach backed by the very extensive and scientifically interesting Newton Burrows and Merthyr Mawr sand dunes. It is popular with windsurfers, jet skiers and power boat users so best to time any flight away from peak periods

There is a pay car park, but off season, I’ve always found it possible to park on the road no more than 100 metres from the beach

To the top right of the image in the distance you can see Dunraven, Monknash and Nash Point along the coast – all great drone locations

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Co-ordinates: 51.47914, -3.662567 • what3words: ///sweetly.inefficient.secondly
St Wolfram ovingdean, Brighton and Hove (By grandad1950)

While walking on the South Downs I found this church in Ovingdean East Sussex by chance. St Wulfram parish church dates from around 1100 and is a grade 1 listed building. I spotted it because a farmer had blocked the road so he could move is cows form one field to another and I went to see what was going on. Church right next to the farm.

Note I was walking and not driving so parking marker is just a guess

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Co-ordinates: 50.8157, -0.077372 • what3words: ///brisk.delivers.purifier
Wheatsheaf Pub, Coombe Hay., Bath and North East Somerset (By notnowcato)

A really lovely and interesting area with some remanants of the Coal Canal visible in the video.

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Co-ordinates: 51.33911, -2.379892 • what3words: ///wishes.wiring.prom
St John the Evangelist, Chichester (By grandad1950)

The 12th century St Johns The Evangelist parish church is a grade 1 listed building sitting on the banks of the river Adur in West Sussex. Not a lot of parking places but an interesting church and good views of the river

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Co-ordinates: 50.90821, -0.55555 • what3words: ///undertook.abundance.superbly
Faraidh Head and Sea Stacks (By AlbionDrones)

A short flight on an exceptionally windy and grey day, within the Cape Wrath Range - permission obtained by phone from the range before we made the walk in and flew.

Faraidh Head is a good mile walk from the Balkaniel Beach car park, along the beach and then up through the dunes. The Sea Staks are offshore, and if the wind is not too rough can be flown, however on this day - 25 to 35mph winds and limited to flying my MINI3 Pro due to an accident earlier in the week damaging my AIR3 - I decided that capturing it from afar was the safer option.

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Co-ordinates: 58.59808, -4.762101 • what3words: ///premiums.boardroom.solves
Thornham Harbour, King's Lynn and West Norfolk (By Martin54)

Fascinating salt marshes offering stunning panoramas and vertical shots

Easy free parking and TOAL spots. Heading east, turn off the A149 just before Thornham village. Follow the road down to the harbour area or free parking. Fascinating views looking vertically down over the marshes and harbour.

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Co-ordinates: 52.9665, 0.573311 • what3words: ///initiated.embraced.juggles
Shalford Common, Guildford (By grandad1950)

Another large common in Surrey with lots of room to fly. Interesting pond and the locals were very friendly

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Co-ordinates: 51.21252, -0.564986 • what3words: ///pages.basis.swung
Tiny Farm Bando, Milton Keynes (By DaveJaVu)

Tucked in the middle of fields to the west of Milton Keynes. Sadly now surrounded by ever encroaching new build housing so... enjoy this one whilst it's still here.

Is *just* on the edge of a red zone on the Dronescene maps. This is for HMP Woodhill and the restriction is for helicopters, not drones.

Park in the lay by in front of the gates. You can literallty stand there and fly, there is also a footpath that runs down the side of the fields. Easily accessible should you need to recover from a mishap

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Co-ordinates: 52.03099, -0.829146 • what3words: ///sharpened.contents.thudded

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