Robin Hood's Bay

One of the most photogenic villages on the Yorkshire coast, a tumble of red-roofed cottages pouring down a ravine to a rocky, fossil-strewn bay. The clean legal launch is the beach and slipway below the mean-high-water line, which is Crown foreshore, so you avoid the tangle of private cottage land above. Walk down through the village past the Bay Hotel to the slipway, then step onto the sand at low tide, timing matters, as the bay floods fast and the wave-cut platform disappears. From here you can climb for a hero shot back up the ravine of houses, or track north along the scars towards Ravenscar. The descent into the village is steep and the top car parks (Mount Pleasant) fill quickly in summer, arrive early. No byelaw specifically bans drones here but be considerate of the busy narrow lanes and don't overfly people. No FRZ, nearest airport Durham Tees Valley around 55km northwest. Nesting seabirds and fulmars use the cliffs to the north in spring. Dawn light down the ravine, with the tide out and mist off the sea, is unbeatable.