the Observer Corps used martello tower 25 as a vantage post and it was there the first V-1 flying bomb to fly over England was spotted.
At some points the real location Dymchurch is mentioned as being close to Walmington-on-Sea.
It is a highly episodic series of adventures as Syn, in his guise as the Scarecrow outwits the king's agents and keeps his band of Dymchurch smugglers out of prison.
Park Farm and its surrounding areas has easy access to the coast being less than 10 miles or 20 mins to the beaches and seaside towns of Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay, Hythe, Greatstone or Camber Sands.
Filming took place at sparsely populated areas of Kent and East Sussex, including Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Lydd, Camber Sands, Rye Harbour, Winchelsea Beach and Dymchurch.
Situated on Romney Marsh, St Mary's Bay has a long sandy beach which stretches north to Dymchurch and south to Littlestone-on-Sea.