Last Alteration: Wednesday 12 June 2013
Tidmarsh Lane
Tidmarsh Lane
Tidmarsh, Berkshire, RG8
How to get here:
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Road: M4 - Exit the M4 at junction 12, then head west on the A4 through Theale. Turn right at the roundabout onto the A340, and then follow this to Tidmarsh. Tidmarsh Lane is on the left, and follow this along, passing the junction with Bere Court Road and Dark Lane and continuing until you reach the school sign. (4.8 miles, 8m) +
Roadside
Access: publicStatus: recognisableWest Road
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Sarah and Mike chat as he drives to the manor
Access: publicStatus: recognisable"Skid" area 
Photograph taken: 15th February 2011 by Chuck Foster
"The schoolsign can be seen as the car drive up."
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Sarah and Mike chat as he drives to the manor
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Mike and Sarah are forced off the road
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Mike and Sarah are forced off the road
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
The tractor has vanished!
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Mike and Sarah look around for the tractor
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
The tractor has vanished
Planet of the Spiders (1)
Filmed: 11 Mar 1974
Sarah shouts as a trator suddenly appears in the road in front of them.
East Road
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 4
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 4
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 4
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 4
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 4
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 6
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 6
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 6
Planet of the Spiders
Sequence 6
Additional Notes:
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Though the two sequences take place with one to the retreat and one leaving it, the gate seen in both sequences shows the same way is used!
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Tidmarsh Manor (Planet of the Spiders): 1.40 miles. 
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Mortimer Station (Planet of the Spiders): 7.80 miles.
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Crowsley Park BBC Receiving Station (Logopolis): 7.99 miles.
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Mortimer Lane (The Time Monster): 8.37 miles.
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Sovereign Place (The Invasion): 8.80 miles.
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Park Lane (The Time Monster): 8.96 miles. 
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Planet of the Spiders [11 Mar 1974]: Mike and Sarah are forced off the road
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