Careers » Sites and facilities

In addition to the three main sites, the Institute also operates other research units and farms.

 » Brimstone Field Drainage site near Faringdon, Oxfordshire for joint studies with ADAS on the long-term movement and leaching of applied agrochemicals
 » Woburn Farm in Bedfordshire-taken over in 1926 from the Royal Agricultural Society of England, which had conducted experiments there since 1876.
 » Saxmundham - this experimental site started in 1899 by East Suffoik County Council came under Rothamsted's control in 1964.

Facilities

The Institute has extensive up-to-date research facilities including:

 » Controlled Environment and Glasshouse Facilities
 » integrated gas chromatography - mass spectrometry data system
 » nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometers
 » inductively coupled plasma spectrometer
 » electrophysiology laboratory
 » modern insectary
 » monoclonal antibody unit
 » analytical chemistry service
 » plant tissue culture laboratories
 » biolistics system for gene delivery
 » scanning and transmission electron microscopy suites
 » spray application facilities
 » wind tunnel/rain simulators
 » field plots for agrochemical leaching studies
 » extensive information/library services
 » research farms totalling 620 ha
 » modern conference halls

Rothamsted Research is an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council