Borough Hill Park - Added to Parks and Recreation in South East

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Land owner permission not required.

Borough Hill is perhaps the smallest of Petersfield's flyable parks, and there is very little of interest to see at ground level past about 3 rather nicely shaped trees !

However, should we climb to a couple of hundred feet we find now we have excellent views of the whole South-East side of town (opposite side from the lake), the railway line and the industrial estate, and possibly the most interestingly-shaped building in the town, the hospital, which is on the opposite side of the field right next door to the park. Also, panning up from the industrial estate we have a clear view all the way to Butser Hill. Hardly any nesting or hunting birds here, which is nice.

We should not hang around at 'house-height' too long here, as there isn't much separation between this park and the houses on 2 sides of it, but if we get above that level fairly quickly it should be fine. Also watch out for potentially strong winds coming from the South, off the downs; this park is particularly exposed to them, and it can be really windy here, even when there isn't much just down the road in town.

You'd be lucky to get a parking space anywhere on Borough Hill Rd itself, (which is a very narrow cul-de-sac ending in a private road and turning round is tricky), so best to park somewhere near the end of Swan Street. Some suggestions shown on map.

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 09/08/2024. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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