The bylaw linked below for Peak District land states…
“No person shall on the access land release and power-driven model aircraft for flight or control the flight of such an aircraft.”
How does that affect flight from a publicly maintainable highway within the Peak District? Can I stand on the public footpath to fly a drone legally or does this bylaw prevent that in any land within the designated Peak District boundary?
honestly just fly,
It’s a huge place and chances of being approached not great
yea tbh itts like most places . fly or cant fly and just common sense where and when etc most of it can get a way with flying asround it, i have flown many areas of it and never had any issues had a few intrests though ha!
The Peak District National Park own only a very small part if the Peak District. Dont confuse the Park with Peak District. Two completley different things. So plenty of places to flyb in the National Park that the Patk authority dont own. Therep is a list of what they do own on their website.
Just see how many pics/vids of the Peak District there are on GADC … then relax and go fly!
Hi all,
I Bought a dji mini 4 this month and obtained both flyer ID and Operator ID.
However, when I looked for places to fly - mostly in the areas I do walk and hike - I realized its really complicated and so many restrictions.
Specially in Peak district.
I dont see any issue with FRZ but ‘peak district national park’ says cant take off or land there. Which makes it very impractical.
Other area I usually do hiking is Lake district but its fully covered in Red on FRZ map 
Honestly I am very disappointed and thinking of returning the drone. So basically this is my last hope…
Can someone please help to find a way? Atleast to capture few hikes and walks ?
Hi @Pabindu_lakshitha, it looks as though you’re quite new here 
Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself. 
Both the Peaks and the Lakes are huuuuuge areas, finding somewhere to fly outside of an FRZ isn’t usually a problem.
Check out Drone Scene for some recommendations of places to fly in both districts.
This might help too:
A landowner/manager, in this case Peak District National Park, can legally prevent you taking off from or landing on their land, but have no power over the airspace above it. You can therefore TOAL from outside the boundary or from any public highway, bridleway, or footpath within it. You can then overfly within the CAA’s rules and the Drone Code.
Stay fairly high to reduce the chance of annoying people on the ground (over about 30m they won’t even be aware you’re there) and to be clear of trees, telegraph poles, &c. And enjoy!
Many bodies (National Trust, National Parks Authorities, English Heritage, etc) try to give the impression that you can’t fly over their land. This is seldom true, unless a CAA mandated restriction is in force. They can deny permission for taking off and landing (TOAL), so to follow the rules you may need to launch and recover from a public highway, etc… …but, de facto, is anyone really going to stop you? Follow the drone code, be discrete, be courteous and considerate, but don’t worry too much about what they say. And remember the maxim:
“Always better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
Agreed.
The odds of bumping in to a council employee in either the peaks or the lakes @Pabindu_lakshitha is probably a million to one 
Agreed, but the odds of encountering a park ranger at a busy tourist car park are more likeva few hundred to one. Then it becomes a matter of luck as to how well he knows the laws regarding drones.
So you avoid flying from a busy car park. Rangers have better things to do than pursue the odd drone pilot, especially if you are not conspicuous.
As @Pabindu_lakshitha said above, he’s looking to use the drone while out hiking in the districts, I doubt he’ll be taking off from a car park.
I think he’ll be fine
