Kilnsey Crag

Kilnsey Crag is one of the most dramatic roadside landmarks in the Yorkshire Dales, a huge limestone buttress in Wharfedale whose overhanging prow leans out some ten metres beyond its base, a legacy of glacial scouring. The pale, brooding wall rising straight from the valley floor, with the River Wharfe, drystone walls and green dale beyond, makes a bold and easily reached subject. It sits within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which asks visitors to follow a voluntary drone code, flying considerately and away from livestock, walkers and climbers, who regularly tackle the crag's famous overhang. The land around the crag is working farmland and there is a fishery and activity park nearby, so choose your launch point with care, keep off private ground where you are not welcome, and do not disturb grazing animals. There is no airport restriction zone in this remote part of the Dales. Because the crag overhangs, treat it with respect and keep clear of the face where climbers may be on the rock. Fly on a calm day with good light raking across the buttress, ideally morning, and use the dale and river to give the towering wall a sense of scale.