Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Binnegar Heath Sand Pit
Binnegar Heath Sand Pit
Puddletown Road, Wareham, Dorset
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 the quarry can be found further along on the right hand side, just before Binnegar Farm. Parking: unknown. +
Access: privateStatus: unknownSand Pit
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»Photograph taken: 2nd May 2008 by Colin Francis
"A slightly better view of the quarry - taken after an opportune 'loo break' at the site!"
Destiny of the Daleks (1)
Filmed: 12-13 Jun 1979
The Movellan spaceship on the surface.
Destiny of the Daleks (4)
Filmed: 12-13 Jun 1979
The Daleks are on their way to destroy the Movellan spaceship.
Other nearby locations:
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Masters Pit (The Caves of Androzani). Road: Follow Puddletown Road northwest until you reach the Masters Pit quarry on the right-hand side of the road in Stokeford Heath. Parking: unknown.
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Lulworth Cove (The Curse of Fenric). Road: Head southeast along Tollpuddle Road towards Wareham. When you reach the A352, turn right (towards Weymouth) and then turn left onto the B3070. Follow this along until you reach Lulworth. Parking: car park (minimum £2.50 for two hours).
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Winspit Quarry (Destiny of the Daleks, The Underwater Menace). Road: Head southeast along Tolpuddle Road until you join the A352.
Turn left and head towards Wareham, then at the main
roundabout head towards Swanage on the A351. After Corfe Castle, the B3069
is signposted to Worth Matravers and follow this until you reach a junction
with a road leading to the vilage itself. Parking: £1.00 at the car park. 
There is a public car park as you enter the village. £1.00 for the day.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Hanson's Aggregates (Binnegar Plain quarry) (Death to the Daleks): 0.55 miles. 
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Warmwell Quarry (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Survival): 8.09 miles.
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Athelhampton House (The Seeds of Doom): 8.37 miles.
Also seen in:
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Blake's 7: Shadow: The surface of Zondar.
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Blake's 7: Traitor: The surface of Helotrix.
Related Stories
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Destiny of the Daleks [12-13 Jun 1979]
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