I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:
Land owner permission not required.
JCB Lake Park is open to the public and the 1.9km circular walk around the lake will take approximately 30 mins for an able bodied person and is wheelchair friendly. I was not staying long so I parked just off New Road (exactly where I placed the location pin) in the entrance to the Anglers Club gate. Carrying on a short distance up New Rd and you’ll come across twin roundabouts. Take the left turn on both and after the second left there is a large carpark. My son-in-law visited the lake recently and he assured me it was free and available! A bit further on from the twin roundabouts up New Rd is Denstone Farm Shop and Cafe , which is a 2.5mile round trip by foot to the lake.
There are no restrictions with regard to FRZ and East Staffordshire Council do not have a conflicting bylaw.
Great open place to fly with areas where you can quietly TOAL at your leisure.
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 13/04/2023. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.
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Replicated your edits on DS … so that they agree. 
Cheers. Any idea why the photo isn’t showing?
Yes - there’s a Discourse bug. We’re awaiting a fix. 
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JCB huge site always reminds me of going to Alton Towers.
Just down the road. Took the missus and 3 kids there 20 odd yrs ago. Got free tickets for us all. Shame my daughter left them behind! Cost me a weeks wages and I spent all day with a mard on. 
I want to fly here @D0c.Col, but there are no parking or take off and landing markers. Would you be able to add some to the map please?
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@djmorris There are a few parking places, and from what I can gather you can take off wherever you like, but I’ve put where I did for you in DS. There is also a yellow warning for the Rocester Airport that I assume is for helicopters, but they are easy to hear and spot and you can check for NOTAMs.
My son-in-law told me, after his recent visit, that you can park in the JCB Carpark and walk around the lake no problem. As, I wrote in the DS entry, I was only there for a short time but if memory serves me well you can get a car in just before the entrance to the Angling Club gate entrance. There is a walk signposted to the Cafe up the road and I believe it’s a nice walk, and not too far for a dinnertime snack!
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Yes that’s where I’m going today. I know it very well, I work there lol so I’ll park where I do for work and walk down. I’ve got a few other spots in mind but it’s just knowing where to park and take off from.
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Please do add some more to the map!
To be fair I didn’t ask anything. I only clicked about wanting to go, must automatically add the question to it 
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I’ve flown here too @D0c.Col 
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@djmorris I was in Hilton today. Nearly went down there on way back to Stafford at 3ish. Could have run into each other… literally!
