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Top gear studio - visit?

  • 20-07-2014 2:48pm
    #1
    Muppet Man
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    Anyone know if it is possible to do a tour of the top gear studio... I.e. If we flew into Gatwick for the day and just took a chance on driving to Dunsfold to see the studio and track - are there any tours available. I applied for tickets online, but not optimistic of getting any, so was just wondering if they did studio tours.

    Thanks
    Muppet man


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  • #2
    bnt
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    To the best of my knowledge, Dunsfold is not a "tourist attraction" in any sense. The airfield is off-limits to the public for commercial and safety reasons, the "studio" is a mostly-empty shed, there are no exhibits, there isn't even a gift shop. :cool:

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #3
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Thanks bnt, thats pretty much what I was thinking alright. Thanks for confirming.

    Cheers
    Muppet Man.


  • #4
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,073 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Here's something; you can now buy a Top Gear Track Experience. Fancy taking the Kia Cee'd around the track? You can have a lap with The Stig - or A Stig, since one bloke in a full-face helmet looks pretty much like any other. :pac:

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #5
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Ill bring this back from the dead. A few years ago i was involved in an event that was shot in their studio (not top gear related). There isn't much to tour as said before. Getting my photo taken with the big spay painted Top Gear log was pretty much the highlight but I did bag myself a script for the show though...

    There were sports cars driving around the runway but I got the impression it was nothing to do with Top Gear. There are some cool aircraft permanently parked on the runway verges.


  • #6
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    has anyone ever been to a live recording of topgear?


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  • #7
    Rew
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    Crappy videos I shot just outside the studio/hanger"




    What I was there for:


    Terrible photo with the logo:
    261758_10150335636711632_7734436_n.jpg?oh=2d547b14a21553ecb052b96274043a35&oe=5576E43D&__gda__=1434718188_8cf1c4a40166d829987274f910e713bc

    And strangly (kinda) they only use about 1/3 of the hanger the othe 2/3 has pallets of stuff stacked for storage unrelated to them:
    255743_10150335636536632_5827085_n.jpg?oh=4d4da7577cf7c10fc77e792969457b6f&oe=55BAE717&__gda__=1433828294_ae06c96e0253350eb00265cacbbf8b70

    And better photo of the big logo:
    244182_10150260274743474_5361507_o.jpg


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