Llangrannog Beach

Llangrannog is the postcard Ceredigion cove: a tight huddle of pastel cottages, a slipway, and the sea-stack of Carreg Bica standing sentinel on the sand at low water. It is a genuinely beautiful place to fly, but it is a summer honeypot, so timing matters. Park in the village pay-and-display, wait for a dropping tide, and you can lift off from the beach to shoot the stacks, the rock arches and the green headland of Ynys Lochtyn curling north. Note that Ynys Lochtyn itself is National Trust land, so keep your take-off and landing on the public beach rather than the headland. Two real considerations. This is Cardigan Bay SAC water, and bottlenose dolphins, porpoise and grey seals are regular, so you must stay well clear and high if any appear; harassing marine mammals is an offence. And the QinetiQ Aberporth range with its UAV test airspace sits only about eight kilometres down the coast, so check NOTAMs before you fly. Out of season, on a low tide with soft evening light raking across the rocks, it is one of the loveliest short flights on this coast, just don't expect solitude on an August afternoon.