Marloes Sands

Marloes is one of Pembrokeshire's most photogenic beaches and a poor fit for casual visitors, which keeps it quiet. The reward is those famous tilted rock strata marching into the sea, big tidal sand flats and a wild, undeveloped cliff line looking toward Gateholm and Skokholm. It's a proper walk in from the car park (10-15 minutes down a path), so pack light. The land here - car park, cliffs and coast path - is National Trust, and the Trust bans take-off and landing from its property, so the clean, legal approach is to descend the access path and launch from the open beach below the mean high-water line, which is Crown foreshore. Do that at lower tide when there's plenty of sand. It's SSSI/national park land with sensitive seabird islands offshore (Skomer, Skokholm) and grey seals pupping in the coves through autumn, so fly out over sand and sea, keep height off the cliffs and abandon a shot rather than disturb wildlife. No FRZ or firing range sits over the beach. A sub-250g drone and a calm, out-of-season day make this superb.