Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex.
Chichester Cathedral was built to replace the cathedral founded in 681 by St Wilfrid for the South Saxons at Selsey. The seat of the bishop was transferred in 1075. Formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, it is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester.
In the 13th century, the central tower was completed, the Norman apsidal eastern end rebuilt with a Lady chapel and a row of chapels added on each side of the nave, forming double aisles such as are found on many French cathedrals. The spire was completed about 1402 and a free-standing bell tower constructed to the north of the west end.
Apparently, the city of Chichester has always been small enough for the city's entire population to fit inside the cathedral at once.
As the Cathedral is inside of the Chichester/Goodwood airport no fly zone I had to gain permission to fly in the airspace. This was extrmely easy to do as the airport allow for online requests through the DroneAssist app.
I created the flight plan and timings in the app and sent the request. I had permission granted the same day as sending the request.
I had requested a time period of between 6pm to 8am the next morning as I initially wanted to take some night shots of the Cathedral lit up, but I was unable to make the evening flight. I did however make an early morning flight between 6 and 7am to capture the Cathedral in the early morning sunrise.
There is plenty of room on the northern side of the Cathedral to take off and land which is on the public precinct.
