Jeremy Clarkson issues stark warning to drone users at his Oxfordshire sites
Jeremy Clarkson has warned drone users that his Oxfordshire property is a no-fly zone.
The Clarkson's Farm star has been inundated with visitors at his Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington which he purchased back in 2008 since the Amazon Prime show took off.
His pub, The Farmer's Dog, also opened near Asthall in August 2024.
However, the 64-year-old former Top Gear host has warned that not all attention is welcome at his Oxfordshire attractions in an exchange on social media platform X.
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He responded to one X user who posted a picture of a white Tesla in what appeared to be the car park of Mr Clarkson's pub.
Appears @JeremyClarkson has secretly been driving a @Tesla on #ClarksonsFarm4 as spotted parked in the @thefarmersdog. 😂 pic.twitter.com/PggK5CDcat
— SteveMW (@_SteveMW_) June 2, 2025
An accompanying caption read: "It appears Jeremy Clarkson has secretly been driving a Tesla on Clarkson's Farm four as spotted parked in The Farmer's Dog."
The joke drew on the irony of the Tesla on gearhead Mr Clarkson's property, who once wrote in a column for The Sun saying: "It took me about 15 minutes to work out that electric cars were rubbish."
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In response, Mr Clarkson replied: "It appears you've been flying a drone two miles from Brize Norton.
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"They really don't like that."
RAF Brize Norton near Carterton has a 2.5mile radius Flight Restriction Zone where it is illegal to fly any drone without permission from Air Traffic Control or station operations, which includes The Farmer's Dog site.
Mr Clarkson has previously been targeted by drone-flying thieves who were spotted "scouting the house and the farmyard" with the devices back in March this year.
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