Warleigh Weir - Added to Rivers and Canals in South West

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

Land owner permission not required.

Parking: 51.375371, -2.303995
TOAL: 51.377186, -2.300256

The road down to the weir is very narrow, and this is only just enough room at the bottom to turn the car round. I ended up parking on the side of the A36 at the top of the hill and walked down. You need to cross the railway crossing at the bottom, then turn right in front of the old pumping station.

Warleigh Weir is a river structure located on the River Avon in Somerset, near Bath. The weir was originally built to supply a head of water to a grist mill in Claverton. The weir was subsequently raised by a height of 12 inches between 1809 and 1813 as part of the construction program for the Claverton Pumping Station, which sits on the site of the old grist mill.

The weir is accessed from the adjacent island which is created from the bifurcation of the river running to the Claverton Pumping station and the main flow of the River Avon. The weir and the bridge to the island are both owned by the Canal and River Trust.

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 13/11/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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