I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:
St Catherine’s Chapel is a small chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury, Dorset. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage and became a Grade I listed building in 1956. The chapel is also scheduled together with the field systems and quarries on the hill.
It was built as a place of pilgrimage and retreat by the monks of the nearby Benedictine monastery in the 14th century. Its position on the top of a hill about 80 m high, overlooking the coast from Portland Bill to Bridport, meant that it was a prominent feature for seafarers and now a great vantage point for drone flying.
In the 16th century the main abbey buildings were destroyed in the dissolution of the monasteries, but the chapel survived, most likely due to its usefulness as a coastal beacon and seamark. In later times a navigation light used to be lit at the top of the stair turret.
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 02/06/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.
