Foel Eryr, Preseli Hills

Foel Eryr is one of the high points of the Preseli ridge, and the payoff for a short walk from the B4329 is a genuine 360-degree panorama; on a clear day you can see Cardigan Bay, the Pembrokeshire coast and, if the air is really sharp, the peaks of Eryri far to the north. There is a proper little car park right on the col, so access is easy, and the open moorland gives you plenty of launch room away from obstacles. It is rolling, treeless upland with a Bronze Age summit cairn as a natural centrepiece. A few things to square away. This is open-access common land inside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park; the Park Authority requires permits for commercial drone filming and asks everyone to avoid disturbance, so keep recreational flights low-key, stay off and away from the scheduled cairn, and give grazing ponies, sheep and ground-nesting birds like skylark a wide berth. There is no airspace restriction up here, with the Aberporth range well to the north-west. The main enemy is wind; it is exposed and often breezy, so save it for a calm, clear day and you will come away with something special.