Plough Gardens (Magic Roundabout) - Added to Everything Else in East of England

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

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The Plough Roundabout, affectionally known as the Magic Roundabout which is unusual in that traffic flows both clockwise (the standard flow direction of British roundabouts) and anticlockwise. Was voted the UK’s second-worst roundabout in a 2005 poll held by an insurance company. In 2011 the roundabout was voted the best in Britain by motorists in a competition organised by a car leasing service.

Whilst the Plough Gardens is a park, mid-week it is very quiet.
There is a small free car park next to Hemel Hempstead Cricket Club off Station Road and nice walk down to the Grand Union Canal. (You can’t park in the Cricket Club.) You can also generally find parking in Heath Lane near St Johns Church.

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 08/04/2024. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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I want to fly here @snapyou, I’ve added it to the list of places I want to fly :blush:

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I haven’t been there for many years, It was ‘Fun’ when it first opened, I believe I’m right in saying it was the first one in the country. It caused much confusion all round.

It’s simple, just forget the main ‘Big roundabout’ and treat each small one as any other roundabout in the country, of which there are many! Always taking the best/shortest route to where you want to go…

Nice Picture of it BTW! Well done!

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Quite near me, I’ve driven round that '00s of times, it’s easy and actually quite efficient! Will have to pop up there with the drone and give it a go :slight_smile:

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It was lovely to fly. I sat on a bench on the boundary of the cricket club and got some nice shots of the roundabout, the war memorial and the church.

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