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This was the bizarre scene in a Guildford cul-de-sac on Thursday evening after a coach became wedged across the entire width of the road.

After taking a wrong turn into Mountside rather than The Mount, the coach driver then tried an elaborate manoeuvre to escape - but to no avail.

The bus eventually became stuck across the whole road shortly after 5pm in a scene somewhat reminiscent of Austin Powers.

A baffled resident and eyewitness told Get Surrey the incident happened towards the far end of Mountside, which is a dead end.

And in doing so, the coach left a number of residents in their homes and blocked off driveways and garages.

"They obviously took a wrong turn," they said. "Then they tried to reverse it - they nearly had the neighbours' tree over."

Surrey Police's roads policing unit saw the funny side as well, tweeting they were quite sure on this occasion that the bus was stuck:

Get Surrey reporter Mark Edwards said a recovery crew were on the scene at around 6pm, as well as officers from Surrey Police.

And at around 6.30pm, a recovery truck was able to drag the coach out of its predicament and have it facing the right way once again.