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316: 31: 47: 54: 307:, becoming the headquarters of Syngenta Europe Ltd. Syngenta left the site in December 2001, and the site ceased to function as a research station or administrative centre apart from the principal building, which is the head office of Aspinall of London. The other office buildings were left unoccupied and were subsequently comprehensively vandalised. At its peak, around 700 people had worked at the site. 616: 291:
Throughout its history, indoor and outdoor crops were grown for wholesale and for research, and the station developed advanced growing and application methods for crops, including the establishment of a film unit. In April 1990, the site won a
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in horticultural crops. As well as being an administrative site, the station comprised a 60 acres (24 ha) orchard including 9 acres of
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North face of the Highfield office block with boarded up and smashed windows, 20 years after its closure.
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In June 1951 an international conference, with scientists from 39 countries, took place at the site on
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The redevelopment of the Highfield part of the site for housing was approved by the
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moved to the site in 1945 and opened a research institute on the estate of Sir
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Jealott's Hill : fifty years of agricultural research
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Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom
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Protected Agriculture: A Global Review, Volumes 23-253
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Part of the former research station at Hurstfold Farm
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The site is to the east of the 716:Pesticides in the United Kingdom 641:Britain From Above 1951: Verdley 352:Scottish Crop Research Institute 310: 52: 45: 29: 609: 586: 565: 437:. 20 December 1964. p. 683 208:chemical research institute in 661:1945 establishments in England 544: 532: 506: 483: 449: 431:"Vibration eliminates "drift"" 423: 409: 376: 364: 1: 646:Britain From Above: Hurstfold 357: 212:, mainly run by ICI, for the 711:Imperial Chemical Industries 681:Chemical research institutes 514:"Plant Protection Film Unit" 282:Imperial Chemical Industries 7: 552:"Companies House: Syngenta" 383:Peacock, F.C., ed. 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Fernhurst Research Station is located in West Sussex
Fernhurst
Coordinates
51°02′N 0°43′W / 51.03°N 0.72°W / 51.03; -0.72
ICI
crop protection
West Sussex
fruit industry
A286
Fernhurst
Haslemere
Petersfield
Serpent Trail
Plant Protection Limited
Felix Schuster
pest and disease control
plums
dessert apples
food scarcity
Duke of Edinburgh
wholly owned subsidiary
Imperial Chemical Industries
Margaret Thatcher
Queen's Award for Technological Achievement
Zeneca
Syngenta

South Downs National Park
Fruit and Vegetable Preservation Research Station

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