Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Sussex Police Training Centre (Crowborough)
Sussex Police Training Centre (Crowborough)
Duddleswell, East Sussex
Formerly known as Crowborough Wireless Telegraph Station
The original transmitter was built on this site for the Political War Executive in the Second World War, and was partially used by the BBC from 1942 for it's European Service, and then hired by them after the war for the World Service. It was closed in 1992 and the site is now a training centre for Sussex Police.
17th Jan 2007: The site is earmarked to be closed as part of a cost-cutting exercise, reported by Hastings Today (see link below).
How to get here:
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Road: A22 - onto the B2188. Head along the road through Duddleswell. The police training centre on the site will be on the right hand-side after continuing over a crossroads. Parking: unknown. +
There are a number of car parks off the road for the forest.
This location is private and has no or limited access only. The training station is private, and there is no access to see whether the buildings are still there; the antenna can easily be seen from the perimeter fences
Access: privateStatus: recognisableAntenna
Photograph taken: 8th March 2007 by Chuck Foster
Castrovalva
Filmed: 1 Sep 1981
The companions are captured by base security.
Castrovalva
Filmed: 1 Sep 1981
The Master's TARDIS materialises nearby.
Additional Notes:
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The antenna is within the training centre, but is easily visible from the fences outside.
Other parts of the centre
Castrovalva (1)
Filmed: 1 Sep 1981
Station
Castrovalva (1)
Filmed: 1 Sep 1981
Station
Castrovalva (1)
Filmed: 1 Sep 1981
Transmitters
Other nearby locations:
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Crowborough Training Camp (The Curse of Fenric). Road (2.4 miles, 5m) : Head south on the B2026, and then turn left (signposted Crowborough). Then
turn left onto the A26 towards Crowborough and continue until just after
Poundgate, and the training camp is on the left. Parking: unknown. Unknown.
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Withyham Cricket Club (Black Orchid). Road (5.8 miles, 11m) : Head north on B2026 towards Hartfield. When you reach the town, turn right onto the B2110 towards Withyham. Pass through the village, continuing until you reach the Dorset Arms pub - the entrance to Buckhurst Park and the cricket club is here. Parking: roads alongside Dorset Arms.
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Harrison's Rocks (Castrovalva). Road (7.3 miles, 15m) : Head north on B2026 towards Hartfield, then turn right onto the B2188 towards
Groombridge. When you reach the end of this road, turn right onto the B2110
into Groombridge itself, and then when you reach the mini-roundabout
in the village, turn right into Station Road and then follow this over the
railway bridge and then bear right in Eridge Road. Birchden Wood and the
rocks are a couple of hundred yards on the right hand side.
Parking: Birchden Wood car park (£1.00). Birchen Wood car park. Small fee applies
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Buckhurst Park (Woods) (Castrovalva): 3.91 miles. 
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Buckhurst House (Black Orchid): 3.95 miles.
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High Rocks National Monument (The Mind Robber): 7.62 miles. 
Further links about the location:
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Subterranean Britain - Crowborough Transmitter
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Hasting Today - Details on Sussex Police cost-cutting plans.
Related Stories
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Castrovalva [1 Sep 1981]: A newly regenerated Doctor is rescured from the Pharos Project.
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