Drones to be banned from flying near prisons in England and Wales from 25 January 2024

It’s miles out (well, lots of metres):

And good luck with Liverpool :man_facepalming:t2:

Will see what Altitude Angel say.

We should insist that it’s accurate to the mm … :rofl:

I’d be happy with 100m :smiley:

Save the tax payer money … re-establish transportation and flatten all prisons.

:rofl:

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Who am I kidding :roll_eyes:

It’s all digital, they have the perimeter of the prison. You’re right, there’s absolutely no reason they couldn’t make it millimetre accurate.

It allows for GPS inaccuracy?

Lancaster is about 422m

Next years treasure hunt ?

We can no longer fly over one :wink:

Altitude
This piece of airspace is in effect between Surface and 600ft MSL

Man… How are we supposed to make a living now? :pensive:

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This might be for sale at a good price …

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Has the buyer got to collect it from Birmingham? :thinking:

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Underground delivery. #PunIntended :wink:

The legislation doesnt actually say 400m … it sets out for each prison a series of co-ordinates joined by straight lines which form the restricted area … I guess the CAA have simply plotted them out.

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Thanks @ximi I must have missed that :slight_smile:

Got a link you can share please?

Sure … nje posted it earlier

Thanks :smiley:

(and sorry @nje )

Why are they now quoting MSL :man_shrugging: and wasn’t it 164ft AGL before

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So we got one more set of challenges before the 25th?!

  • A point for every gram of coke dropped into a prison
  • 10 points for air dropping an old candy bar style phone into a prison, and seen working (i.e. making a call after)
  • 20 points for a smart phone as above
  • 50 points to air lifting a petty theif out?

I’ve not checked using the elevation tool on Drone Scene but I’m assuming those prisons listed with a higher MSL number are simply sitting on higher ground:

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Prisons and Young Offender Institutions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023.pdf (124.6 KB)