Where can I fly my drone in the UK?
[DISCLAIMER]
It is your own responsibility to work out where you can fly your drone.... Here are some ideas.
Things change all of the time, please follow the drone code.
Uncover stunning drone photography locations across the UK with our comprehensive guide.
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Skipsea Sands Holiday park – Coastal erosion at Ulrome
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Skelton Services and Skelton Lake: A Tapestry of History and Natural Splendour
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Sir Tatton Sykes Monument: A Towering Tribute to a Yorkshire Gentleman
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Sharlston Dam: A Legacy of Industry, Nature, and Community
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Sharlston Dam
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Some of my favourite Yorkshire Drone flying Locations here
Including the Healy Mills photo at the top of this page where I found some derelict carriages
My Drone Adventure Map
I keep getting asked by people, "Where can i fly my drone in the UK", so decided to put a list together of my Drone Adventures ... Hence this website and my YouTube channel.
Click on the location marker to see interesting information about each of the locations.
My Drone Adventures in the UK
Here are some places that I have flown my drone to help give you some inspiration about some interesting places that you can fly / photograph.
| Type of Adventure | Where | County | More info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature / Water | Wakefield Hydroelectrical Power station | West Yorkshire | Very Easy Access |
| Nature / Water | A Cloud Surfing Drone Adventure in Filey | East Yorkshire | Very Easy access |
| Architecture - Windmill | Howden Brick works | East Yorkshire | Easy access, quiet |
| Water / Nature | Colliford Lake | Cornwall | Guest writer |
| Architecture - Tower | Blackpool Sunrise Drone Adventure | Lancs | Early mornings and later are best |
| Water / Nature | New Sharlston Drone Adventure | West Yorkshire | Easy access, quiet |
| Village life | Featherstone Drone Adventure | West Yorkshire | A little walk and muddy, quiet |
| Architecture - Tower | Hoober Stand Drone Adventure | West Yorkshire | Easy access, best out of hours, spooky and quiet |
| Train | Healey Mills – Derelict train lines with train carriages | West Yorkshire | Difficult access |
| Coastal | Drone Adventure in Whitby | West Yorkshire | Easy access, needs to be out of season |
| Architecture - House | Temple Newsam House in Leeds | West Yorkshire | Beware - Check it is okay to fly here |
| Architecture - Folly | Little Temple – Temple Newsam | West Yorkshire | Beware - Check it is okay to fly here |
| Water / Nature | Malham Tarn | North Yorkshire | East access but National Trust land around - CHECK |
| Architecture - Viaduct | Ribblehead Viaduct | North Yorkshire | Easy access, Brilliant place for photos |
| Coastal - Harbour | Drone Adventure in Mevagissey | Cornwall | Must be out of season really |
| Architecture - Water Tower | Drone adventure to find Dame Mary Bolle’s water tower – Heath Common Near Wakefield | West Yorkshire | Easy access |
| Coastal | Drone Adventure in Hythe — Don’t get shot | Kent | Careful not to get shot |
| Coastal | Drone Adventures in Cornwall | Cornwall | Various including Newquay |
| Architecture - Water Tower | Drone adventure to find Dame Mary Bolle’s water tower – Heath Common Near Wakefield | West Yorkshire | Easy access |
| Architecture - Viaduct | A Drone Adventure to find Castleford Viaduct | West Yorkshire | Easy(ish) access, Someone could probably find a better takeoff point. |
| Architecture - Plughole | A Drone adventure to over Ladybower plughole | Derbyshire | Easy access but need to be lucky to get permission |
| Architecture - Derelict Farm | A Drone Adventure to Derelict Old Park Farm, Wakefield | West Yorkshire | Easy access |
| Water / Nature /Holiday | A Drone Adventure in America | Florida USA | Easy Access |
| Architecture | Willington Power Station | Derby | Easy Access |
| Architecture | Coldstone Cut | Yorkshire | Easy access (Small walk) |
My list
This is a list of places that I have had Drone Adventures. Some have links, which means that I have written more details about the location (Just click the link). The rest of the list is just to remind me to write up more details about the Drone Adventure sometime and add it to the map and list above.
| Date of Adventure | Place | County | Click link for details |
| 2019 | Kirkthorpe Hydro | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 2019 | Howden Brickworks windmill | East Yorkshire | Link |
| 2018 | Colliford Lake | Cornwall | Link |
| 06/10/2018 | Blackpool | Lancs | Link |
| 06/10/2018 | New Sharlstone | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 06/10/2018 | Featherstone | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 27/09/2018 | Hoober Stand, Wentworth | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 22/09/2018 | Healey Mills, Ossett | West Yorkshire | |
| 15/09/2018 | Whitby | North Yorkshire | Link |
| 03/09/2018 | Temple Newsam house | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 03/09/2018 | Little Temple, Temple Newsam | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 25/08/2018 | Malham Tarn | North Yorkshire | Link |
| 25/08/2018 | Ribblehead Viaduct | North Yorkshire | Link |
| 07/08/2018 | Wheal Coates | Cornwall | |
| 03/08/2018 | Fistral - Newquay | Cornwall | |
| 02/08/2018 | Looe Island | Cornwall | |
| 01/08/2018 | Huers Hut - Newquay | Cornwall | |
| 30/07/2018 | Mevagissey | Cornwall | Link |
| 22/07/2018 | Dame Mary Bolle - Water Tower | West Yorkshire | Link |
| 15/07/2018 | Ladybower Reservoir | Derbyshire | |
| 14/07/2018 | Harry Potter Studios | Hertfordshire | |
| 08/07/2018 | Castle Hill Hudds | West Yorkshire | |
| 07/07/2018 | Featherstone Gala | West Yorkshire | |
| 04/07/2018 | Lilleshall Hall | Shropshire | |
| 01/07/2018 | York | North Yorkshire | |
| 24/06/2018 | Skegness | Lincolnshire | |
| 22/06/2018 | Old Park Fram - Wakefield | West Yorkshire | |
| 17/06/2018 | Castleford Viaduct | West Yorkshire | |
| 13/06/2018 | Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | |
| 10/06/2018 | Doncaster Lakeside | South Yorkshire | |
| 01/06/2018 | Staithes and Scarborough Castle | North Yorkshire | |
| 28/05/2018 | Old Butlins Filey | North Yorkshire | |
| 20/05/2018 | Scarborough | North Yorkshire | |
| 15/05/2018 | Featherstone War Horse | West Yorkshire | |
| 06/05/2018 | Scarborough | North Yorkshire | |
| 08/04/2018 | Herne bay | Kent | |
| 07/04/2018 | Hythe | Kent | Link |
| 06/04/2018 | Richborough | Kent | |
| 05/04/2018 | Folkstone | Kent | |
| 05/04/2018 | Ramsgate Evening | Kent | |
| 01/04/2018 | Margate | Kent | |
| 31/03/2018 | Ramsgate | Kent | |
| 25/03/2018 | Hemsworth water park | West Yorkshire | |
| 22/03/2018 | Oxford football ground | Oxfordshire | |
| 11/03/2018 | Selby Abbey | West Yorkshire | |
| 06/03/2018 | Southport | Mersyside | |
| 19/02/2018 | Bridlington Harbour | East Yorkshire | |
| 19/02/2018 | Dacre Holiday lodges | East Yorkshire | |
| 02/02/2018 | Walton Country Park | West Yorkshire | |
| 20/12/2017 | St Michael's Church, East Ardsley | West Yorkshire | |
| 18/12/2017 | Conisbrough viaduct | South Yorkshire | |
| 12/12/2017 | St Lukes - Sharlstone | West Yorkshire | |
| 03/12/2017 | Angel of the north | Tyne and Wear | |
| 01/12/2017 | Riccall | North Yorkshire | |
| 28/11/2017 | Crigglestone viaduct | West Yorkshire | |
| 17/11/2017 | White cross farm | West Yorkshire | |
| 15/11/2017 | Emley moor | West Yorkshire | |
| 08/11/2017 | Sharlston | West Yorkshire | |
| 06/11/2017 | Sharlston and warmfield | West Yorkshire | |
| 02/11/2017 | Purston Park | West Yorkshire | |
| 01/11/2017 | Sharlston Dam | West Yorkshire | |
| 27/10/2017 | Another place - liverpool | Mersyside | |
| 26/10/2017 | Fleetwood and Blackpool | Lancashire | |
| 26/10/2017 | Blackpool | Lancashire | |
| 18/10/2017 | Towton | West Yorkshire | |
| 15/10/2017 | Millenium bridge york | North Yorkshire | |
| 10/10/2017 | Gawthorpe and Headings viaduct | West Yorkshire | |
| 08/10/2017 | Batings dam | West Yorkshire | |
| 06/10/2017 | Mann Dam | West Yorkshire | |
| 29/09/2017 | Weir caravan park | West Yorkshire | |
| 28/09/2017 | Stanley ferry | West Yorkshire | |
| 27/09/2017 | Stanley ferry | West Yorkshire | |
| 22/09/2017 | Ardsley Reservoir | West Yorkshire | |
| 20/09/2017 | Power station | West Yorkshire | |
| 18/09/2017 | Ackworth water tower | West Yorkshire | |
| 15/09/2017 | Heath Common | West Yorkshire | |
| 14/09/2017 | Marina | West Yorkshire | |
| 12/09/2017 | Newlands estate | West Yorkshire | |
| 10/09/2017 | Home | West Yorkshire | |
| 08/09/2017 | Featherstone lake | West Yorkshire | |
| 07/09/2017 | Pontefract Park | West Yorkshire | |
| 04/09/2017 | Batley Park | West Yorkshire | |
| 01/09/2017 | Mums house | West Yorkshire | |
| 30/08/2017 | Sandal Castle | West Yorkshire | |
| 28/08/2017 | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | |
| 17/08/2017 | Haw Hill Park | West Yorkshire | |
| 14/08/2017 | Thornes Park | West Yorkshire |