Hi everyone: I like to get some aerial photos of Winchester cathedral in Hampshire … check on drone assist and airspace seems ok . But where to take -off safely ?? Looking on O/S map seems St Giles hill best spot, but not sure it public ? or it on N.T land ? As there NT City Mill nearby …
Using DJI 249g Mavic Mini pro 3
Any suggestions on this be well appreciated
Thank you. Steve .
Trees on the town side seriously limit a view to maintain VLOS, but after take-off you can move to a lower position with a view between the trees, with only brief loss of VLOS.
I’ve used for TOAL s few years ago … but, like so many places these days, there may now be signs around it saying no drones.
One thing I did suffer from there was connection issues - probably a high density of WiFi shit in the town.
Thank you for that At this time of year I presume that some of the trees now be leafless hoping to get VLOS as am only just to get photo or two of the whole cathedral
Thanks … hoping to go few days time as the weather nice and calm… as I be high up what the best hight for RTH , as I may lower my drone for pics I mostly have 80m RTH …
In October I took a walk up St Catherines Hill in Winchester, there’s a free (but small) car park at the bottom, it’s a nice open public space, no sign of any restrictions, it gives some good views over the city.
This might suit your purpose, but you will enjoy the walk anyway. I walked up in the rain, so the views were not brilliant that day !
I was at St Catherine Hill about this last year .
Took a oribit around the hill I was just outside the CRZ of Southampton airport and nearby aerodrome but it was bit to far for Winchester cathedral. (Per Mavic Air 2s. )
As I mentioned previously I’m certain the grounds around the cathedral are owned by the diocese therefore you’re going to attract unwanted attention pretty quickly.