Last Alteration: Saturday 04 April 2020
Dungeness Power Station
GPS Coordinates
50°54'46", 00°58'05" show decimal
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Page 11, Q12
Dungeness Power Station
Dungeness, Kent
The Power Station is no longer open to visitors.
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 turn left into Dungeness Road. Continue along here until you reach Battery Road on the outskirts of Dungeness. Bear right and carry on until you reach the lighthouse near the power station. Parking: roadside. +
Access: privateStatus: recognisablePower Station
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (3)
Filmed: 8 Jan 1971
The power station is attacked.
Additional Notes:
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As the power station is private, photos could only be taken from outside; the shot selected was used as you can make out the circular structure and the building next to it.
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A comparison of how the power station looks now on the premises themselves can be found on The Claws Of Axos DVD.
Access: publicStatus: recognisableDungeness Road
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (4)
Filmed: 6 Jan 1971
Photograph taken: 12th March 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Claws of Axos (4)
Filmed: 6 Jan 1971
Additional Notes:
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This is at the end of Dungeness Road, beside the old lighthouse.
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Ironically, the scene - at the end of episode four - is the UNIT landrover pulling up a safe distance away from the power station ... but in reality it is directly behind the camera!
Filming locations still to be verified/photographed:
The Enemy of the World (2)
Filmed: 1967
Other nearby locations:
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Dungeness Road (The Claws of Axos). Road (0.55 miles, 10m) : Follow Dungeness Road back towards Dungeness until you reach the car park on the left.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Dungeness Beach (The Claws of Axos): 0.70 miles. 
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Dengemarsh Road (The Claws of Axos): 2.42 miles.
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Camber Sands (The Chase, The Trial of a Time Lord ("The Ultimate Foe")): 8.10 miles. 
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (The Trial of a Time Lord ("The Ultimate Foe")): 8.73 miles.
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St. Martin's Plains Camp (The Claws of Axos): 13.81 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 Enemy of the World [related, 1967]: Kanowa Research Station
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The Claws of Axos [8 Jan 1971]: The Nuton Power Station.
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