Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Dengemarsh Road
GPS Coordinates
50°55'39", 00°55'03" show decimal
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Page 11, P12
Dengemarsh Road
Lydd, Kent
How to get here:
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Road: M20 - Exit the M20 at Sevington (J10), and then join the A2070. Keep following it south until you reach the A259 at Brenzett, and then turn left towards Romney (Lydd Road). Continue through Old Romney, and then turn right into Romney Road towards Lydd. Pass the golf club and airport, and then when you reach the roundabout in Lydd continue across onto Robin Hood Road. This then bears left off the main road to Camber, and then leads into Dengemarsh Road - continue along here until you reach the bridge. +
Access: publicStatus: recognisableRoad (north)
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (1)
Filmed: 4 Jan 1971
Pigpin Josh rides through the snowstorm.
Access: publicStatus: alteredBrook
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (1)
Filmed: 4 Jan 1971
Pigpin Josh is knocked off his bike by the landing craft ...
Access: publicStatus: recognisableBridge
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (1)
Filmed: 4 Jan 1971
... which lands close to a nuclear power complex.
Other nearby locations:
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Dungeness Road (The Claws of Axos). Road (5.7 miles, 27m) : Head north along Dengemarsh Road towards Lydd, then bear right onto Robin Hood Lane. At the roundabout, turn right onto Dungeness Road and then continue along here until you reach Battery Road on the outskirts of Dungeness. Bear right and continue along here until you reach the car park on the right-hand side.
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Camber Sands (The Chase, The Trial of a Time Lord ("The Ultimate Foe")). Road (7,2 miles, 19m) : Head north on Dengemarsh Road back to Lydd, following the fork left. Turn left
onto Tourney Road, and then join Jury's Gap Road out of Lydd towards Camber.
This becomes Lydd Road and then Camber Road as you enter the village.
The car park for the beach will be on the left on the other side of the village.
Parking: car park (in season). 
Access to the beach is via a large public car park near to
Rye Golf Club. However, the car park is closed out of season, but it is
possible to park on the roadside nearby.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Dungeness Power Station (The Enemy of the World, The Claws of Axos): 2.42 miles. 
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Dungeness Beach (The Claws of Axos): 2.83 miles.
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (The Trial of a Time Lord ("The Ultimate Foe")): 6.44 miles.
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St. Martin's Plains Camp (The Claws of Axos): 14.13 miles.
Other show-related mentions for the location:
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DVD Release - The DVD release of includes a "Now and Then" featurette contrasting the location between when it was filmed and the modern day.
Related Stories
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The Claws of Axos [4 Jan 1971]: Pigbin Josh falls into a brook as Axos arrives.
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