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Flying over empty stadiums? (UK)

AzzurroWolf

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Just a quick one, looking for some clarification.

Obviously with the lockdown and fans not being allowed inside stadiums, would it be against the law to fly over a stadium to get some shots?

The law states that you can't be within 50m of a building. And you also can't be within 150m of large gatherings of over 1000 people (i.e. stadiums) therefore, ruling out pictures of inside a stadium as you can't go higher than 120m.

But these stadiums are going to have well under 1000 people for the time being so would it be legal to get a picture of inside the stadium from say 55m?

Hope that all makes sense :)
 
There's also a requirement to stay 150m away from "built up areas". Many stadiums would be part of a larger "built up area" so it could be a bit dubious from a legal point of view.
 

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