Last Alteration: Tuesday 13 November 2007
Hanson's Aggregates Sand Pit
Hanson's Aggregates Sand Pit
Puddletown Road, Gallows Hill, Dorset, BH20 7NY
Formerly owned by Amalgamated Roadstone (ARC) it is now part of Hanson's Aggregates business. It was used for the extraction of minerals to manufacture concrete. The site is now used for storage, whilst the area has since become Higher Hyde Heath, manged by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.
How to get here:
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Road: A31 - From the A31, take the B3075 south at Winterborne Zelston and follow it (crossing the A35) until you reach the A351. Turn right and follow this to Wareham, and then join the A352 towards Weymouth. Puddletown Road is on the right, and then continue along here until you reach the Dorset Golf and Country Club - the old quarry is just after this on the right-hand side. Parking: unknown. +
Access: publicStatus: unrecognisableHigher Hyde Heath
Death to the Daleks
Filmed: 13-16 Nov 1973
The planet Exillon.
Additional Notes:
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Since becoming a wildlife sanctuary, the former quarry area is now unrecognisable.
Other nearby locations:
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Masters Pit (The Caves of Androzani). Road: Follow Puddletown Road southeast until you reach the Master's Pit quarry on the left-hand side at Stokeford Heath. Parking: unknown.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Binnegar Heath Sand Pit (Destiny of the Daleks): 2.50 miles. 
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Athelhampton House (The Seeds of Doom): 5.88 miles. 
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Warmwell Quarry (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Survival): 6.09 miles.
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Lulworth Cove (The Curse of Fenric): 6.50 miles.
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St Bartholomew's Church (The Awakening): 8.93 miles.
Further links about the location:
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Dorset Wildlife Trust - Information on Higher Hyde Heath
Related Stories
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Death to the Daleks [13-16 Nov 1973]
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