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Cromford Mills — nestled in the Derwent Valley of Derbyshire is a peaceful and relatively quiet place today, but it was once the beating heart of an industrial revolution that helped change the world. It all began in 1771, when a man named Richard Arkwright built the world’s first water-powered cotton spinning mill right here in Crompton, which laid the foundation for his fortune. Using his revolutionary patented Water Frame, Arkwright pioneered a new system of production — one that brought together power, machinery, and labour under a single roof. This wasn’t just a mill — it was the blueprint for the modern factory, and Cromford became the prototype for industrial towns across the globe.

I parked in the museum itself which cost £1 for an hour at the time of my visit. TOAL was near the church on the site, but there are a number of places about to choose from.

There is a cafe and toilets on site and the place itself is free to access.

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Co-ordinates: 53.10927, -1.555188 • what3words: ///trains.overlooks.jiggle

Interesting set of linked ponds fed by a natural spring right in the centre of Old Carshalton

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Co-ordinates: 51.36552, -0.163411 • what3words: ///punk.claims.looked

Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. The hill itself is a chalk outcrop, on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour. It is owned by the National Trust.

Its earliest occupation was in the Neolithic period when a pair of causewayed enclosures were dug at the top of the hill. They were linked by a bank and ditch running northwest–southeast. Two long barrows also stood within the complex.

Overall size is 1,350,000 sq ft with radiocarbon analysis showing the site dates back to circa 3000BC

TOAL was from the public footpaths that cross its summit. Parking was in a layby (4 car spaces) in the village below

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Co-ordinates: 50.91304, -2.222071 • what3words: ///pinch.automatic.mice

Swanage Pier is a Victorian pier which extends into the southern end of Swanage Bay in the south-east of Dorset. It was built in 1895 for passenger ship services.

An older pier, 750 feet long, opened 1860, was used by local quarries to ship stone, but it fell into decline with only its timber piles remaining today (the posts are much photographed, particularly for moody long exposure shots) and can clearly be seen in this aerial shot of the old and new piers.

The restored “new” pier was awarded Pier of the Year in 2012 and is a Grade II listed building.

Parking was free for an hour on the seafront next to the pier and TOAL was from the park opposite the entrance.

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Co-ordinates: 50.60878, -1.950567 • what3words: ///dime.nags.hostels

Crawford Bridge, so called because it carries the road from Spetisbury to Tarrant Crawford, is probably the best known of the many bridges that cross the River Stour.

it is a Grade 1 Listed building. It was built in the 15th century and widened in 1819, and has nine arches

Be wary of 2 low-strung cables crossing the river 10 metres from the bridge whose supporting poles are hidden in the trees which line the river banks

It’s a picturesque setting I’ve shot several times before from the ground – best timed for early morning misty conditions.

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Co-ordinates: 50.81754, -2.116327 • what3words: ///pines.alpha.activates

The Spetisbury Rings (aka Crawford Castle) are Iron Age fortifications, the third in a series of Iron Age earthworks after Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill, before Buzbury Rings, Badbury Rings, and Dudsbury Camp.

In the 1850s, during the construction of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, two mass graves were found that contained over 80 skeletons leading to speculation that the site includes an Iton Age war cemetery similar to the one found at Maiden Castle with the dead arising from a large scale Roman attack.

The hillfort is a scheduled monument and being overgrown, is best viewed from the air

Easily accessible via a footpath up from the village below

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Co-ordinates: 50.8169, -2.122035 • what3words: ///orbited.newsprint.suspends

Willie Howe (or Willy Howe), is a massive Neolithic round mound or barrow that stands on the northern edge of a small low spur of land that juts out into the Great Wolds Valley just 200 metres from the Gypsey Race, an intermittent or 'winterbourne' stream that threads its way eastwards through the valley before reaching the sea at Bridlington.

Please be aware there is a model aircraft flying club adjacent to this site. There maybe others flying at the same time you arrive. Be respectful and communicate with others so you have a clear understanding.

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Co-ordinates: 54.13602, -0.376641 • what3words: ///happen.muted.stems

Colmer’s Hil overlooks the village of Symondsbury, west of Bridport. It’s the main landmark in the area, is clearly visible from some distance away, and therefore a good location to gain fine drone’s eye views of the beautiful countryside which surrounds it.

The hill itself is a worthy subject as a location with a distinctive conical shape topped with pine trees planted there during WW1.

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Co-ordinates: 50.7399, -2.794626 • what3words: ///sponge.magnitude.professes

Eggardon Hill is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport. It has panoramic views as far as the coast, and is an Iron Age hill fort dating back more than 2500 years. It also has 2 Bronze Age burial mounds on its summit.

The smuggler Isaac Gulliver (1745-1822) (who owned Eggardon Hill Farm) is reputed to have planted a stand of pine trees on Eggardon Hill, to provide an aid to navigation for his ships as they approached the Dorset coast. Although the trees were later felled on government orders, the octagonal earthworks used to protect them from the elements is still visible today and marked on Ordnance Survey maps of the area

The southern half of the hill is National Trust land

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Co-ordinates: 50.7491, -2.643692 • what3words: ///switch.snail.firepower

Old Trafford is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1857 as the home of Manchester Cricket Club and has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864. From 2013 onwards it has been known as Emirates Old Trafford due to a sponsorship deal with the Emirates airline.

Old Trafford is England's second oldest Test venue after The Oval and hosted the first Ashes Test in England in 1884.

Plenty of local roads to TOAL. However I flew from Brian Statham Way and let the security guy know on the car park gate, just in case.

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Co-ordinates: 53.45631, -2.286862 • what3words: ///never.mason.trim