Rame Head

Rame Head is a conical, wind-scoured promontory at the tip of the Rame Peninsula, crowned by the tiny medieval St Michael's Chapel and watched over by a National Coastwatch lookout. The 360-degree panorama - Plymouth Sound and the breakwater to the east, the long sweep of Whitsand Bay to the west, and Eddystone lighthouse offshore on a clear day - is superb from the air. The headland is part of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, jointly owned by Cornwall and Plymouth councils rather than the National Trust, though note the wider SSSI includes some Trust and MOD land; check the estate's current drone stance and avoid the formal park and gardens. Park in the small car park by the lookout and walk out along the ridge to launch. It is exposed and almost always windy - a fit, wind-rated aircraft is essential and gusts accelerate over the summit - but that openness means few crowds and clean lines of sight. Plymouth has no active airport FRZ since the city airport closed, so airspace is benign here. Nesting seabirds use the cliffs in spring, so keep clear of the faces. Golden hour, with the chapel silhouetted and the Sound glittering behind, is the shot.