Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Marlow Weir
Marlow Weir
Mill Road, Marlow
Marlow's weir was originally in place to hold back water for local mills in the area, and was said to be dangerous due to the sharp bend under the bridge. The existing weir was built in the same place.
How to get here:
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Road: A404 - Follow the A404 until you reach the turnoff for Marlow; take the roundabout exit west into Marlow on the A4155. Continue into town, and when you reach the High Street, turn left into it and follow it to the bridge. Cross over, and turn left into The Compleat Angler hotel/restaurant. The weir can be viewed from the riverbank behind the hotel. Parking: car park. +
Access: publicStatus: recognisableThe Weir
Photograph taken: 25th June 2006 by Chuck Foster
The Ambassadors of Death (3)
Filmed: 29 Jan 1970
Liz is chased across a weir, before being captured just before she falls in.
Additional Notes:
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The weir is not publicly accessible (far side of the river from the hotel), so this is the only angle you can achieve for this location.
Other nearby locations:
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Gossmore Lane (The Ambassadors of Death). Road (0.85 miles, 3m) : Turn right out of the hotel/restaurant and cross the bridge. Continue along the High Street until you reach Station Road; turn right into this and then right again into Mill Road. Follow this along and it bears left into Gossmore Lane; continue along here until you eventually reach the playing fields. Parking: playing fields car park.
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Tithe Barn (The Visitation). Road (3.4 miles, 8m) : Head south along Marlow Road until the roundabout junction with the A404, then head south along this towards Maidenhead; at the next roundabout head north on the A4130 Henley Road until you reach Hurley High Street on the right. Tithe Barn is at the end of the High Street. Parking: unknown. 
Free car park next to the house
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Little Marlow Sewage Treatment Works (The Ambassadors of Death): 1.72 miles. 
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Lafarge Aggregates (Marlow) (The Ambassadors of Death): 1.97 miles.
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Wycombe Air Park (The Ambassadors of Death, The Deadly Assassin): 3.24 miles.
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Dropmore House (Day of the Daleks): 4.66 miles.
Further links about the location:
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Visit Thames - Details about Marlow.
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Compleat Angler - Hotel and restaurant website.
Related Stories
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The Ambassadors of Death [29 Jan 1970]
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