Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Rickmansworth Road (A412)
Rickmansworth Road (A412)
Croxley Green, Watford, Hertfordshire
Rickmansworth Road runs between Rickmansworth and Watford; this particular point is in Croxley Green, on the east side of Cassio Bridge.
How to get here:
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Underground (Metropolitan): Watford - Exit the station and turn left onto Cassiobury Park and left again onto Swiss Avenue. At the end turn left into Gadge Avenue, and this eventually leads into Rickmansworth Road. Turn right and the roundabout is just past the fire station. +
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Road: A412 - Can be accessed from M1 junction 6, and follow A412 through Watford until you reach the roundabout; or from M25 junction 18, head to Rickmansworth and turn left onto the A412 towards Watford. +
Access: publicStatus: recognisableRoundabout (jn Ascot Road)
The Hand of Fear (1)
Filmed: stock footage
An ambulance heads off to the quarry.
The Hand of Fear (1)
Filmed: stock footage
An ambulance heads off to the quarry.
Additional Notes:
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After some twenty years the junction has been changed, with roads widened and crossings improved; there is also a new roundabout for the industrial estate just beyond this one to the south.
Other nearby locations:
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Springwell Lock (The Three Doctors). Road: Head west along the A412, through Rickmansworth and on towards Maple Cross and Denham (it becomes Uxbridge Road). Springwell Lane is on the left, a little before the Maple Cross roundabout leading to the M25 (jn 17), and the Lock is a little way along the lane. Parking: free car park beside lock.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Springwell Quarry (The Three Doctors, Earthshock, The Twin Dilemma, Delta and the Bannermen): 3.40 miles. 
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Summerfield Bungalow (The Three Doctors): 3.45 miles. 
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Springwell Lake (The Three Doctors): 3.64 miles. 
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Grim's Dyke Hotel (The Evil of the Daleks): 3.74 miles.
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Park Wood (The Mark of the Rani): 4.50 miles.
Production Notes:
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The production notes on the DVD for The Hand of Fear stated that this was stock footage from Windsor and not Rickmansworth.
Trivia:
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The ambulance station is just beyond the roundabout where the ambulance is seen passing by - so it seems the ambulance is going in the wrong direction!
Related Stories
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The Hand of Fear [related, stock footage]: Ambulance seen to go around roundabout on way to quarry.
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