Mercedes-Benz World
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English: Mercedes-Benz World is a visitor attraction in the historic Brooklands site. It is both a museum/showroom, and a driving experience centre. Located near the top of the site, it is bordered by the River Wey to the east, the South West main line railway to the north, the Brooklands Spa/Hotel and Brooklands Industrial Park to the west, and Wellington Way to the south. It is close to the Brooklands Museum site, on the other side of the river. Some of the Brooklands Motor Circuit surviving sections are within the site.
- 51°21′17″N 0°28′05″W / 51.354598°N 0.468024°W - Main building
- 51°21′02″N 0°28′17″W / 51.350464°N 0.471382°W - Off-Road Course, 10 acres of off road dirt track
- 51°21′13″N 0°28′05″W / 51.353656°N 0.467933°W - Wet Skid Circle, a wide circle of tarmac
- 51°21′10″N 0°28′10″W / 51.352695°N 0.469515°W - Wet Straight, a wide north-south aligned tarmac strip, continuing south as a driving display area
- Handling Circuit, a N-S aligned rectangular plot containing 2.5 km of straights and turns
- 51°21′11″N 0°28′07″W / 51.35315°N 0.468518°W - northernmost curve
- 51°20′53″N 0°28′12″W / 51.348038°N 0.469987°W - southernmost curve
- 51°21′12″N 0°28′02″W / 51.353386°N 0.467316°W - eastern straight, northern end
- 51°21′01″N 0°28′05″W / 51.350346°N 0.468045°W - eastern straight, southern end
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The NW facade of the building as viewed from the railway, over Railway Straight and Brooklands Drive
2 July 2011 -
The NW facade, from the SW
11 August 2013 -
The south facade of the building, from the south east
12 December 2010 -
27 September 2013
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The view north west across Sahara Straight and the Handling Circuit, to the Spa/Hotel (right)
8 November 2009 -
The view NE across the Wet Straight to the building
13 December 2007 -
27 September 2013
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A long shot north across Howe's Corner/Sahara Strait and the Handling Circuit, to the building, from Brooklands Drive footpath (the blue/white barriers are on the east side of Sahara Strait).
15 April 2013 -
A view of the NE facade from inside the museum grounds, with the road brigde, Flight Ticket Office and Brroklands Memorial in the foreground
26 February 2012 -
The view south west across Clubhouse turn and the Wet Skid Circle, to a warehouse at the north end of Brooklands Industrial Park in the distance
26 February 2012 -
The view SW across the west half of the Wet Skid Circle, to the Handling Circuit curves, the two lane internal road, the Wet Straight/display straight (being used for event parking) and Brooklands Drive
12 December 2010 -
The view NE across the driving areas to the south facade, from Brooklands Drive
30 March 2008 -
The view NE across the display straight to the Handling Circuit, with the main building on the left
11 August 2013 -
The south facade from the SE (across the coach car park)
15 April 2013 -
The atrium
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The east boundary fence of the Handling Circuit, along which Brooklands Drive continues south as a footpath, with the river out of shot to the right, and the museum entrance and tail fin of the Sultan of Oman's VC10 in the distance
15 April 2013