Last Alteration: Saturday 25 July 2020
Royal Alexander and Albert School
Royal Alexander and Albert School
Rocky Lane, Merstham, Surrey
Gatton Park is a large estate in Surrey, formerly owned by the Monson family, and then bought by the Colman family (of mustard fame) in 1888. It was purchased by the School in 1948. The park suffered from decline through lack of funds for many years, but is now being restored by the Gatton Trust.
How to get here:
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Road: M25 - Exit the M25 at junction 8 and head south on the A217 towards Reigate. Take the next left onto Gatton Bottom and continue along here until you reach Rocky Lane on the right. Turn into the lane and the school/park are on the right-hand side, as the road bears left. Parking: unknown. +
Access: visitorStatus: alteredEngine Pond
Photograph taken: 1st February 2009 by Chuck Foster
"I believe Engine Pond is the one in the park where filming took place for the fight between Goth and the Doctor, but there has been extensive dredging and repair of the pond and gardens so it isn't certain!"
The Deadly Assassin (3-4)
Filmed: 30 Jul 1976
The Doctor and Goth fight in a lake
Access: visitorStatus: alteredPathway
Photograph taken: 1st February 2009 by Chuck Foster
"This a generic path through the foliage - one path looks like another, pretty much!"
The Deadly Assassin (3)
Filmed: 29 Jul 1976
The Doctor makes his way through the jungle
The Deadly Assassin (3)
Filmed: 29 Jul 1976
The Hunter follows the Doctor's trail
Other nearby locations:
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St Anne's Hospital (The Invasion of Time). Road: Exiting the school/park gates, head straight-ahead and follow the road until it reaches the main A23 London Road. Turn right and follow the road into Redhill. When you reach the roundabout, take the left exit and follow this around past the station to the next roundabout where you go left again, under the railway bridge. Take the next left into Noke Drive and then left again into St. Anne's Road.
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Buckland Sand and Silica Co Ltd (The Seeds of Doom). Road: Exiting the school/park gates, turn left, and follow the road to the end,
turning left again into Gatton Bottom. Turn left onto the A217 towards
Reigate. Follow the one-way system around the town centre and then head
west on the A25 towards Dorking. The quarry is on the left as you
approach Buckland. 
you can park on the roadside on Lawrence Lane, near a public footpath
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Beachfields Quarry (Frontier in Space, The Invasion of Time, Planet of the Daleks): 1.29 miles. 
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Betchworth Quarry (The Deadly Assassin, Genesis of the Daleks): 4.44 miles. 
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Kenley Aerodrome (The Mind Robber, Children of Earth: Day Two, Children of Earth: Day Three): 4.55 miles. 
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Brockham Lime Works (The Deadly Assassin): 5.06 miles.
Further links about the location:
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Royal Alexander and Albert School - Official website
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Gatton Park - Visitors website
Also seen in:
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Blake's 7: Trial: The planet surface.
Related Stories
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The Deadly Assassin [28-30 Jul 1976] (Lake): The Matrix jungle/lake
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