Last Alteration: Wednesday 12 June 2013
Ramsbury Road
Ramsbury Road
Membury, Wiltshire
How to get here:
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Road: M4 - Exit the M4 at junction 14, and then head north on the A338 until you reach the B4000 on the left; follow this until you reach Lambourn Woodlands (past the B4001). Then, as the road heads right continue straight ahead on the minor road towards Baydon. At the next crossroad turn left, crossing over the M4 to the Membury airfield business park. +
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Access: publicStatus: alteredLooking North
Planet of the Spiders (2)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974
Lupton speeds down a road in the Whomobile
Planet of the Spiders (2)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974
Bessie chases the Whomobile
Photograph taken: 28th November 2009 by Chuck Foster
"The curvature of the road isn't as marked in reality to how it looks on screen!"
Planet of the Spiders (2)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974
Lupton speeds down a road in the Whomobile
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The shot was split into two, edited so that the two sequences don't overlap!
Access: publicStatus: alteredLooking South
Planet of the Spiders (2)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974
Lupton speeds down a road in the Whomobile
Planet of the Spiders (2)
Filmed: 12-13 Mar 1974
Bessie chases the Whomobile
Where to walk to next?
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Jacquet Weston Engineering (approach road) (Planet of the Spiders). The road into Jacquet Weston Engineering and the former area of Membury Airfield in on the western side of the road.
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Ady Godwin Car Repairs (The Dæmons). Head south along the road and Ady Godwin is on the right-hand side.
Other nearby locations:
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Membury Crossroads (Planet of the Spiders). Road: Head south along the road, then continue south as the road bears to
the left. The crossroads are a little further along this road. roadside
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Membury Hall Lane (Planet of the Spiders): 0.45 miles. 
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Half Mile Road (Planet of the Spiders): 0.93 miles.
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Oaken Coppice (lane) (The Dæmons): 1.80 miles.
Related Stories
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Planet of the Spiders [12-13 Mar 1974]: Chasing down roads
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