Last Alteration: Tuesday 13 November 2007
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
Wisley, Surrey, GU23 6QB
The Royal Horticultural Gardens at Wisley cover some 60 acres and was bequeathed to the Society in 1903, being the creation of George Ferguson Wilson. The gardens feature a number of ornamental presentations, but also has a scientific role in horticulture.
Though you need to pay admission to enter the gardens, the surrounding roads and woodland is open, and it would seem likely that it is amongst these that filming took place.
At 10th March 2007 the forest around the garden car park was being cleared, which may mean the car park is being expanded.
Admission: £7.50.
How to get here:
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Road: A3 - The Royal Horticultural Society is signposted on the A3, and is situated on the east carriageway between the B2039 (Ockham) junction and the M25. Turn left onto Wisley Lane and then the Gardens are almost immediately on the left. +
There is a free car park at the site (though can be full on busy days)
Access: publicStatus: unknownRoad
Photograph taken: 10th March 2007 by Chuck Foster
Spearhead from Space (2)
Filmed: 15 Sep 1969
The UNIT jeep carrying a Nestene sphere is intercepted by an Auton.
Filming locations still to be verified:
Spearhead from Space (1)
Forest
Spearhead from Space (1)
Forest
Other nearby locations:
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Hatchford Park (Spearhead from Space). Road (4.0 miles, 16m) : Turn right out of the gardens to the A3, and then immediately come off
at the junction for the M25. Go round the roundabout and rejoin the
A3 back towards Guildford.
Turn left onto Old Lane to the left as you follow the sliproad, and continue
along here until you reach the Black Swan pub. Turn left onto Ockham Lane,
and Hatchford Park will be on the left-hand side. There is limited parking off the roadside along Ockham Lane.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Shepperton Studios (Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD): 6.65 miles.
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Mercia House (Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD): 7.46 miles.
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Callow Hill Sandpit (The Savages): 8.22 miles.
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Hog's Back Transmitter Station (The Silurians): 8.28 miles.
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South Lane (Invasion of the Dinosaurs): 9.55 miles.
Further links about the location
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Royal Horticultural Society - Wisley Gardens
Related Stories
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Spearhead from Space [15 Sep 1969]
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