Coverack Harbour

Coverack is a working fishing village on the quieter eastern flank of the Lizard, and one of the peninsula's most drone-friendly spots because it sidesteps the two things that catch pilots out here: it is not National Trust land, and it sits well outside both restriction zones — RNAS Culdrose's 2.5nm circle is about 13km north-west and Predannack's 2nm zone roughly 10km away. Launch from the slipway or the small harbour car park and you can trace the curved sea wall, the thatched Paris Hotel, bobbing crab boats and the serpentine-rock cliffs that give this coast its green-and-red sheen. The bay opens south-east, so it is sheltered from prevailing south-westerlies and often glassy on a summer morning. Watch for gulls nesting on the harbour buildings in spring, and give working boats a wide berth. It stays refreshingly low-key even in August compared with Kynance or Lizard Point. Parking is limited — arrive early. The surface is a mix of concrete slip, shingle and harbour wall. Calm, clear mornings light the harbour beautifully; evenings fall into shadow under the cliffs.