Safe fly zone in/around London

Goldentravelller · Sep 6, 2017

Does anyone know a good place to fly a drone in London?
I live in south West London which is a non fly area.

Bite BayKon · Sep 6, 2017

I think you'll find that London is a NFZ totally.
See here for a guide: Home
There are also other maps available on the web that may define the area more clearly.
There are other members on this Forum living in London who will, I expect, join your post and guide you better than I can.
As an aside, You could always fly in your 'living room' !

Goldentravelller · Sep 6, 2017

Bite BayKon said:
I think you'll find that London is a NFZ totally.
See here for a guide: Home
There are also other maps available on the web that may define the area more clearly.
There are other members on this Forum living in London who will, I expect, join your post and guide you better than I can.
As an aside, You could always fly in your 'living room' !

Well it seems Croydon area is fine to fly.
Thanks for that[emoji106]

Sunny · Sep 16, 2017

I also live in SW London and Richmond park has a drone fly area which is pretty good !

ThebritUK · Sep 17, 2017

If you google these for locations. Also google park bylaws for your borough?

Cannon Hill Common
Monday to Saturdays Sundays
10:00 - 21:0010:00 - 21:30

Figges Marsh (Mitcham)
Mondays, Wednesday and Friday
18:00 - 21:30

Morden Park
Monday to Saturday Sunday
10:00- 21:0010:00 - 13:00

Three Kings Piece
Tuesdays and Thursdays Sundays Except on the days when the ground is occupied for the purpose of the "Mitcham Fair". Local children's football is played here at weekends, but there are two fields.

I think you can use the fields at the old Croydon Airport as well?

Regards
Rob

Dapper · Oct 25, 2017

wormwood scrubs is a very good place

Ping^Spike · Oct 25, 2017

ThebritUK said:
Figges Marsh

Small world man... I lived on Streatham Road for ten years, went to school in Mitcham back in the 80's and used to drink in the Three Kings pub in the 90s

Bite BayKon · Oct 25, 2017

Dapper said:
wormwood scrubs is a very good place

That surprises me as Wormwood Scrubs prison is awfully close and is definitely a NFZ !!

Dapper · Oct 25, 2017

i fly there every week with other rc enthusiasts

Bite BayKon said:
That surprises me as Wormwood Scrubs prison is awfully close and is definitely a NFZ !!

i fly there every week with other rc enthusiasts

Wormwood Scrubs permitted flying hours for RC Models

Bite BayKon · Oct 26, 2017

Wow, I'm surprised and stand corrected.
How do you deal with the proximity of the prison? Doesn't your MP suffer with DJI's NFZ programming of your UAV?

Dapper · Oct 26, 2017

Scrubs is a massive place and the designated area is near the football pitches so when you fire up your quad the nfz does show up but no where near your permitted to fly

TitoK · Oct 28, 2017

Dapper said:
Scrubs is a massive place and the designated area is near the football pitches so when you fire up your quad the nfz does show up but no where near your permitted to fly

Hi Dapper,
Can I just turn up with my MP or do I need to join a club or organisation?
Thanks

Dapper · Oct 29, 2017

TitoK said:
Hi Dapper,
Can I just turn up with my MP or do I need to join a club or organisation?
Thanks

just turn up

you can either drive and pay on the parking meters or take the tube to east acton station (central line)

TitoK · Oct 29, 2017

Dapper said:
just turn up

you can either drive and pay on the parking meters or take the tube to east acton station (central line)

Thanks

ghost · Apr 21, 2018

Goldentravelller said:
Well it seems Croydon area is fine to fly.
Thanks for that[emoji106]

Any good spots for flying drones in the Croydon area I wanna take the mavic out today

Diles360 · Jul 2, 2018

Goldentravelller said:
Does anyone know a good place to fly a drone in London?
I live in south West London which is a non fly area.

Hi. I don know how to ask a question on the forum, but I have a similar problem. Where to fly my Mavic near Ilford, east London?

SteveBG · Jul 6, 2018

There are several 'levels' of what's safe

You've got your NFZ, and the advisory zones.
You might spot a part of London in the south with no shaded NFZ areas on it at all

However in these places you'd still be failing the "built up area" test

Depends on your attitude to risk really, where you fly will determine who can make a case against you and how severely!

fabienb · Jul 20, 2018

As someone pointed out already, Richmond Park has a dedicated area: Flying drones in Richmond Park
Haven't been there yet as I just got my drone, but I'm planning to.

fabienb · Jul 20, 2018

Diles360 said:
Hi. I don know how to ask a question on the forum, but I have a similar problem. Where to fly my Mavic near Ilford, east London?

Hi.
According to this map, there's a site very close to you in Wanstead Park: RC Maps - RC Groups

Youser · Jul 28, 2018

fabienb said:
Hi.
According to this map, there's a site very close to you in Wanstead Park: RC Maps - RC Groups

There's and RC plan club that fly there but they do not allow drones. The park is quite big and you can get away with flying your drone there without disturbing anyone.