# Let's get more meetup sites checked out - Group-Southeast

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**Created:** [25 May 2026 13:36 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/lets-get-more-meetup-sites-checked-out-group-southeast/110901 "2026-05-25T13:36:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [27 May 2026 10:42 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/lets-get-more-meetup-sites-checked-out-group-southeast/110901/17 "2026-05-27T10:42:10Z")

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> [@narecardoso](#):
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> There’s [a viaduct] near Winchester as well. It’s in a SSSI though

> **[Hockley Railway Viaduct](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockley_Railway_Viaduct)**
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> The Hockley Railway Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct to the south of Winchester in Hampshire, England.
> The viaduct, originally called the Shawford Viaduct, was built in the late 1880s by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It provided a link over the River Itchen and water meadows, from the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR), to the LSWR's main line. The DN&SR was originally intended to continue down the east side of the Itchen to Southampton, but had stalled at Winc...

There is a long layby on the parallel road which would also provide TOAL for sub 250 gram aircraft - at the edge of a busy road. No decent parking / TOAL that I can see anywhere close

Others may have better knowledge

Shawford Down is nearby

> [@Shawford Down - Added to Monuments in South East](https://greyarro.ws/t/shawford-down-added-to-monuments-in-south-east/9345):
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> I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at [Drone Scene - Location # 500](https://dronescene.co.uk/?place=500) Great place to get the bird up in the air, shawford down consists of a hillside with some woods at the top. Parking from main road up at the top (a minutes walk will get you through the woods and into the clear

This also has potential:

> **[St Catherine's Hill Nature Reserve | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust](https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/st-catherines-hill-nature-reserve)**
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> A beautiful chalk downland hill offering fantastic views over Winchester

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