Sunrise over Gloucestershire farmland from the air
Drone surveys · Gloucestershire

Your land,
seen whole.

Drone mapping, crop health and site surveys for farms, estates and builders across Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.

WDG Agriculture

We fly farms, estates and building sites and turn what we see into maps, models and reports you can act on.

Agriculture

For the farm

Field mapping, NDVI crop health, drainage, yield and habitat surveys.

8 services · from £400
Construction

For the site

Topographic surveys, stockpile volumes, cut & fill and progress monitoring.

7 services · from £450
Inspection

For the roof

Roof, structure and solar panel inspections without scaffolding.

2 services · from £400
Why WDG

Clear prices. Proper files. No scaffolding.

Fixed quotes, standard file formats that open in the software you already use, and a local operator who knows Gloucestershire land.

£400
Starting price, ex-VAT
17
Survey services
1.5cm
Ground detail per pixel
30mi
Free call-out from Cheltenham
How it works

Simple from start to finish.

01

Brief & quote

Tell us the site, its size and what you need. We reply with a fixed, no-obligation price.

02

Plan

We check airspace, permissions and weather, and complete a risk assessment before every flight.

03

Fly

An automated flight plan captures overlapping imagery across the whole site, usually in one visit.

04

Deliver

Maps, models and reports are processed, checked and delivered by secure download.

English wheat field at sunset
WDG Farm Dashboard

Everything on your farm, in one app.

Your survey data lives alongside the rest of the farm — a private online portal that works on any device, even offline in the field.

  • Drone surveys in your pocketNDVI maps, imagery and reports on an interactive farm map.
  • Complete field recordsCropping, rotations and operations — audit and Red Tractor ready.
  • Farm office in one placeBudgets, per-field margins, grain contracts and documents.
  • Compliance made easyStatutory logs, scheme deadlines and SFI payment forecasts.
  • Livestock recordsHerd register, movements, medicine book and TB tracking.
  • Smart daily toolsSpray-day checker, grain prices and an AI daily briefing.
Explore the Farm Dashboard
New clients

3 months free

Free access to the Farm Dashboard with your first survey.

Local

Free call-out

No travel charge within 30 miles of Cheltenham.

Founding farms

50% off for life

Half-price Farm Dashboard for the first 5 farms to join.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What areas do you cover for drone surveys?

We are based in Cheltenham and cover all of Gloucestershire including Gloucester, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewkesbury and surrounding areas within 30 miles — with no call-out charge. We also cover parts of Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

Are you CAA registered?

Yes. WDG Agriculture holds a CAA Operator ID and operates DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral under UK1 class — meaning no additional authorisation is required for most commercial survey operations.

How accurate are your drone surveys?

Our DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral achieves a ground sample distance (GSD) of around 1.5 cm, delivering highly detailed imagery suitable for construction site surveys, topographic mapping, volumetric calculations and precision agriculture.

What drone survey services do you offer?

We offer 14 services across three sectors: Agriculture (field mapping, crop scouting, NDVI & soil analysis, irrigation planning, yield mapping, topographic survey), Construction (site survey, volumetric calculations, progress monitoring, as-built documentation, cut & fill analysis, facade survey) and Inspection (roof survey, solar panel inspection).

What data formats do you deliver?

Deliverables include geo-referenced orthomosaics (GeoTIFF), point clouds (LAS/LAZ), 3D surface models (DEM/DSM), NDVI raster maps, PDF reports and raw imagery — all provided via secure download link.

Get in touch

Ready when you are.

Tell us about your land or project and we’ll send a fixed, no-obligation quote.

BasedCheltenham, Gloucestershire
CoverageGloucestershire and 30 miles free