Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Underhill Lane (bridlepath)
Underhill Lane (bridlepath)
Clayton, West Sussex
How to get here:
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Road: A23 - Follow the A23 to Pyecombe; from there turn north onto the A273, and this leads up to Clayton. Turn right into Underhill Lane. +
You can park on the road outside the church.
Walk east from the church, and the bridlepath is on the right-hand side. Follow the path up the hill and then pass through the gate onto the hills.
Access: publicStatus: uncertainTrack
Photograph taken: 16th April 2007 by Chuck Foster
The War Games (3)
Filmed: 31 Mar 1969
The ambulance is ambushed in the Civil War Zone.
Additional Notes:
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It isn't entirely clear if this is the same track, or if the original was elsewhere on the hills and subsequently gone. Being the hills are quite steep it seems unlikely the ambulance would have been driven much further away!
Access: publicStatus: recognisableHillside
Photograph taken: 16th April 2007 by Chuck Foster
The War Games (3)
Filmed: 28 Mar 1969
Jamie returns to the Civil War Zone ...
Photograph taken: 16th April 2007 by Chuck Foster
The War Games (3)
Filmed: 28 Mar 1969
... but is spotted by a soldier ...
Photograph taken: 16th April 2007 by Chuck Foster
The War Games (3)
Filmed: 28 Mar 1969
... so Jamie has to run!
Additional Notes:
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The sequence following, where Jamie meets up with Lady Jennifer, is also filmed on these hills, but it wasn't possible to work out exactly where in amongst the humps and bumps - if not eroded away of course!
Other nearby locations:
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High Park Farm (The War Games). Road (2.9 miles, 6m) : Head east along Underhill Lane. When you reach the crossroads, turn right into
Ditchling Road and follow it as it weaves up the hill. Once at the top
High Park Farm will eventually appear on the left hand side of the road,
just before a forest. Limited, by farm gate.
Routes to more distant locations:
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Furnace Pond (Terror of the Zygons). Road (14.5 miles, 22m) : Head past the church to the end of the road, then turn left. Follow the A273
to its end, and then head north on the A23 towards London.
Exit at Bolney and head west along the A272 to Cowfold.
At Cowfold, turn right on the roundabouts onto the A281, then continue
onto Crabtree. Mill Lane will be on the right. The lane is quite narrow and there is nowhere to park up by the pond. There is a parking area outside numbers 18-23, and you can then walk down to the bridlepath (on the left).
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Sheepcote Valley (The War Games): 5.79 miles. 
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Brighton Beach (The Leisure Hive): 6.26 miles.
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St Mary's House and Gardens (Silver Nemesis): 7.18 miles.
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Telscombe Cliffs (The Trial of a Time Lord ("Mindwarp")): 9.26 miles.
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The War Games [28,30 Mar 1969]: The Civil War Zone
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