AeroPic Remote Control Aerial Photography Gallery

All photographs are © copyright E Penman 2003-2006

All these photographs are for sale, unless indicated otherwise. Please contact us for further details. Or just enjoy looking at them: we've enjoyed taking them.

Lake Vyrnwy
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: June 2005 Ref: 2005062301 Location: Powys, Wales Map: Click here Lake Vyrnwy is a beautiful 1100 acre lake created in 1888 when the stone dam was completed. The lake and hills around it are now a nature reserve.

Stokesay Castle
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: June 2005 Ref: 2005060802 Location: Near Ludlow, Shropshire, England Map: Click here A revisit to this beautiful 13th century manor house. Scroll down this page to see a photograph from last year, spoilt by some water on the camera lens and scaffolding around the gatehouse.

Bayston Hill Quarry
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: June 2005 Ref: 2005060801 Location: Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, England Map: Click here A large active quarry on the edge of Shrewsbury. The camera is about 1000 feet above ground level, looking south west towards Bayston Hill village in the distance.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: June 2005 Ref: 2005060701 Location: Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury, England Map: Click here Gay Meadow, home of the Shrewsbury Town Football Club, but probably not for long: the site is likely to be converted into houses and the club resited to new facilities.

Blenheim Palace
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: May 2005 Ref: 2005051901 Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Map: Click here Completed in 1722 for the Duke of Marlborough, it has 1722 rooms and stands in a little under 2000 acres of English countryside. Nice place. There are some more photos of Blenheim Palace in the photo database section.

Ironbridge Gorge
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: October 2004 Ref: 2004102602 Location: Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Map: Click here A historic valley at the heart of the industrial revolution: home of the first successful commercial smelting of iron with coke, the building of the world's first iron bridge and the first iron boat. Also has some good pubs.

St Albans
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: October 2004 Ref: 2004101701 Location: Hertfordshire, England Map: Click here St Albans in Autumn. The cathedral in the centre of the photograph dates back to the 11th century (around 1077). In the foreground is Verulamium park and lake and in the background the centre of St Albans.

The Wrekin
800x600 pixels	2048x1536 pixels	Date: September 2004 Ref: 20040910102 Location: Shropshire, England Map: Click here Climbing to 1000 feet above the Shropshire countryside, 1170 feet if you include the top of the television transmitter tower. This photo was taken from about 500 feet higher and 500 feet south of the summit, looking north over the top of the Wrekin towards Wellington.

Shrewsbury Castle
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: September 2004 Ref: 20040910101 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here Shrewsbury Castle glowing in the late summer sun. The castle dates back to 1066 and the reign of William the Conqueror, and has been significantly modified over the centuries. It is now a visitor attraction and a regimental museum. To the left of the photo is Shrewsbury Railway Station and in the background the River Severn.

Pembrokeshire coast
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: July 2004 Ref: 200407221 Location: Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales Map: Click here The village of Amroth and its beach, looking east towards Pendine.

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: July 2004 Ref: 200407251 Location: Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales Map: Click here The remains of a magnificent Norman Castle with remains that predate that era. The Mill in the background is the only restored Tidal Mill in Wales. Beautiful.

Lake Vyrnwy, Powys
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: July 2004 Ref: 200407151 Location: Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, Wales Map: Click here Lake Vyrnwy was created in 1888 by the formation of a stone dam (84 feet tall and 1172 feet long) in order to supply water to the city of Liverpool. The lake and surrounding countryside is now a beautiful nature reserve.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Llangollen, Wales
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: June 2004 Ref: 200406131 Location: Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales Map: Click here Built by Thomas Telford in 1795 and completed in 1805. 116 feet tall and 1000 feet long, the structure represents a masterpiece of Georgian engineering using local stone and, at the time, cutting edge iron castings. Quite cool to cross in a narrowboat as there's no railing or barrier between you and the ground below.

Oxford
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: May 2004 Ref: 200405232 Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Map: Click here The centre of the ancient city of Oxford. Many of the buildings visible are part of the University colleges.

Christ Church College, Oxford
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: May 2004 Ref: 200405231 Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Map: Click here Christ Church College in the City of Oxford. The Tower over the entrance is known as Tom Tower and was designed by Christopher Wren and completed in 1682.

Shrewsbury
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: April 2004 Ref: 200404241 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here In the loop of the River Severn lies Frankwell sports grounds with a cricket match in play. Shrewsbury railway station, castle and football ground are visible in the top left of the photo. Shrewsbury town centre is at the top of the photo with Frankwell bridge and the Welsh bridge to its right.

Battlefield Church
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: April 2004 Ref: 200404141 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here Built in 1406 to commemorate the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. The church lies to the north of Shrewsbury in open countryside.

Haughmond Abbey
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: March 2004 Ref: 200403101 Location: Shropshire, England Map: Click here Haughmond Abbey, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Ironbridge Power Station
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: March 2004 Ref: 200403091 Location: Shropshire, England Map: Click here Powergen coal-fired power station, Ironbridge, Shropshire.

Wroxeter Roman Ruins
800x600 pixels	1600x1200 pixels	Date: March 2004 Ref: 200403092 Location: Shropshire, England Map: Click here Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. A montage of 6 photographs taken from directly above the site. Please note: this photograph is not for sale.

St Chad's, Shrewsbury
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: March 2004 Ref: 200403081 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here Completed in 1792, St Chad's Church is quite unusual with its 150 foot circular nave and 150 foot tower. The tower contains 12 bells, the heaviest of which weighs almost two tons.

Stokesay Castle
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: February 2004 Ref: 200402161 Location: Near Ludlow, Shropshire, England Map: Click here 700 years old. A beautiful 13th century fortified manor house.

Shropshire Floods: over Atcham
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: February 2004 Ref: 200402053 Location: Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here The flooded River Severn passes beneath the road bridge and then under the old stone bridge in Atcham, near Shrewsbury

Shropshire Floods: Shrewsbury
800x600 pixels	1200x900 pixels	Date: February 2004 Ref: 200402051 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here The flooded River Severn as it loops through Shrewsbury. Kingsland Bridge is clearly visible as is the green of the Quarry and St Chad's Church in the distance.

Shropshire snow
800x600 pixels	2048x1536 pixels	Date: January 2004 Ref: 200401291 Location: Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Map: Click here Looking west towards Welshpool and the Breidden hills. A light snow covers the field as a weak winter sun brings some colour to the countryside.