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The dogging car park at the top of the Tak Ma Doon road above Kilsyth. Car park and some scenery (don't really even need to leave the car)

Dogging doesn't seem to happen during the day time there...

Along the hillside there is the car park on the Crow Road overlooking Lennoxtown as well.

Not breathtaking views but certainly scenic.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 10:59 am
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Portland Heights and admire the view of Weymouth / Chesil Beach. Then jump in the car drive the coast road to Abbotsbury and up Abbotsbury Hill. Pull over in the layby at the top get an ice cream and admire the view back to Portland.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 12:55 pm
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The Singing Ringing Tree at Crown Point in Burnley has some nice views and is a lovely bit of public art as well.

Couple of hundred yards walk from the car park to the sculpture.

Worth a visit.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 1:22 pm
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This was a very nice sight on the way back from Afan a few weeks back

https://www.google.com/maps/ @51.6401634,-3.5342073,3a,75y,30.41h,87.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spOROmvxu0vx3Qt04gFrwGA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Or this view after Llandegla last year

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.0231756,-3.2047276,3a,75y,316.13h,83.46t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdpJ_k9gDlosEwjfOY9HIig!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DdpJ_k9gDlosEwjfOY9HIig%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D203.95435%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 1:28 pm
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Glen Ogle - both sides of the road, but the old railway to viaduct is wheelchair friendly.

Ben Lawers road over to Bridge of Balgie - stop at various places for a stunning view. Back from Ben Lawers road by going up to Lyon Dam and over the (rough but passable) Hydro Board private road to Glen Dochart. Again, lots of great vistas and views.

Queens View above Rimmel. A cheeky stop on the Gary Bridge would work - there was a very elderly couple up there this week doing just that.

Loch Turret dam car park above Crieff.

Glenshee ski centre - not that glamorous, but a good cuppa with a view.

Rattagan Pass and take the wee ferry to Skye.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 1:46 pm
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If there aren't too many doggers in the way, then the car park at the top of Birdlip (known as Barrow Wake) has beautiful views of Gloucester and North to the Malverns

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/ @51.8379805,-2.1002394,3a,75y,284.07h,81.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPdeGjn9_BAY79cwlz15wiQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 3:37 pm
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Mr Kimmerage Dorset. I think Steeple. Views to the sea and I've the downs. It is just a car pack / bit of grass.
You can then head down to Kimmerage and pay for parking with a catering van and loos and a different view but not as good imo.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 5:17 pm
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Excellent thread. I'm in similar position, can't walk more that 100m on the flat, no distance on loose or steep paths, so have marked thos thread as a "favourite".
Feeling foolish now for not accessing the STW hive mind before.


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 9:21 pm
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Edinburgh Castle Esplanade.
Calton Hill
Beecraigs visitor centre, some great views over the Firth of Forth
Car park just below Cairnpapple radio tower, Bathgate to Linlithgow road
Stirling Castle
If you wanted to be cheeky and had a 4wd the telecomms site at Knockhill racing circuit Fife.
Crow Road Lennoxtown


 
Posted : 19/10/2020 10:02 pm
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There's a few laybys on the A5 in Snowdonia near Ogwens Cottage which aren't high up per say but not a bad place for views and the odd military low flying jet.

Near A5, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0EU
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eo3m1rjrJKwir2NA8


 
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