Hankley Common

Hankley Common


Elstead, United Kingdom (GB)
Hankley Common is a common near Elstead, Surrey, England. It is an area of heathland with sandy infertile soil. The dry areas are covered in common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) with patches of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).

Hankley Common has been uncommonly popular with fictional time travellers. It featured in Doctor Who and the Silurians and in Blackadder Back and Forth. It was also used in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and as the site of the eponymous house in Skyfall. Tenko was filmed on the common.

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In the fourth series of Ultimate Force, the Drop Zone huts and surrounding area were used to shoot a Colombian forces training camp.
Hankley Common is a common near Elstead, Surrey, England. It is an area of heathland with sandy infertile soil. The dry areas are covered in common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) with patches of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).

Hankley Common has been uncommonly popular with fictional time travellers. It featured in Doctor Who and the Silurians and in Blackadder Back and Forth. It was also used in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and as the site of the eponymous house in Skyfall. Tenko was filmed on the common.

In the fourth series of Ultimate Force, the Drop Zone huts and surrounding area were used to shoot a Colombian forces training camp.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org, moviemaps.org
By: Mike1989

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