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Former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England
Royal Air Force Harwell or more simply RAF Harwell was a Royal Air Force station in what was then Berkshire, England, approximately 4.8 miles (7.7 km)
RAF_Harwell
Science campus in Oxfordshire, England
The National Quantum Computing Centre will also be built at Harwell Campus. RAF Harwell was built by John Laing & Son Ltd at the junction of three parishes
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Harwell_Science_and_Innovation_Campus
Topics referred to by the same term
village RAF Harwell, a World War II RAF airfield, near Harwell village. Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, the current official name of the former RAF Harwell
Harwell
Village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
with several training yards established around the village. Much of RAF Harwell was constructed within Chilton parish during the 1930s and played an
Chilton,_Oxfordshire
Former UK nuclear power research and development site
Harwell was chosen when the RAF made the airfield available. RAF Harwell was sixteen miles south of Oxford near Didcot and Harwell (at this time in Berkshire)
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment
1940 airlifter by Armstrong Whitworth
1940, its entry to service was delayed by the redesign; 295 Squadron at RAF Harwell, did not receive the type in quantity until January 1943. As superior
Armstrong_Whitworth_Albemarle
Group command element of the Royal Air Force
resources had been fully redeployed between RAF Brize Norton, RAF Fairford, RAF Harwell, RAF Keevil and RAF Tarrant Rushton in preparation for Operation
No._38_Group_RAF
Royal Air Force operations group
Fairey Battle aircraft and located in pairs at RAF Abingdon, RAF Harwell, RAF Benson, RAF Boscombe Down and RAF Bicester. On receipt of orders to move to France
No._1_Group_RAF
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Harwell is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 2 miles (3 km) west of Didcot, 6 miles (10 km) east of Wantage and 13 miles (21 km)
Harwell,_Oxfordshire
Military unit
sculpture unveiled at former RAF Harwell airbase". BBC News. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025. "War Memorial". Harwell Campus. Retrieved 12 June 2025
Glider_Pilot_Regiment
List of Operational Training Units (OTUs) of the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
Archives, Kew AIR29/637 Lake, p. 146 "RAF History: Bomber Command 60th Anniversary: No. 52 Squadron". www.RAF.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 2004. Retrieved
List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units
English racehorse trainer (1879–1939)
Chilton for construction of a new Royal Air Force station, later known as RAF Harwell. The proposed airfield included the Bungalow Stables and Cundell's training
Len_Cundell
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They
List of former Royal Air Force stations
List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations
Specialized soldier who prepares sites for airborne operations
Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, were trained by the Pathfinder School at RAF North Witham (U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) designation 'Army Air Force Station
Pathfinder_(military)
Military units involved in Operation Market Garden
RAF Tarrant Rushton No. 570 Squadron RAF (Short Stirling IV) operating from RAF Harwell No. 620 Squadron RAF (Short Stirling IV) operating from RAF Fairford
Operation Market Garden order of battle
Operation_Market_Garden_order_of_battle
WWII British Army unit
brigades by the time it was disbanded in 1948. On 31 May 1941, a joint Army and RAF memorandum was approved by the Chiefs-of-Staff and Winston Churchill; it
6th_Airborne_Division
1957 nuclear accident in England
minister. An Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) was established at RAF Harwell, south of Oxford, under the directorship of John Cockcroft. Christopher
Windscale_fire
British WWII troop-carrying glider
sculpture unveiled at former RAF Harwell airbase". BBC News. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025. "War Memorial". Harwell Campus. Retrieved 12 June 2025
Airspeed_Horsa
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
Research Establishment (AERE) was established on 29 October 1945 at RAF Harwell, south of Oxford, under the directorship of John Cockcroft. Christopher
Windscale_Piles
RAF Marham with No. 38 and No. 115 Squadrons. They moved to RAF Harwell, and then to RAF Feltwell on 12 February 1940. Those aircraft initially delivered
The_New_Zealand_Squadron
Former Royal Air Force station
for Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command 91 Group, and satellite for the No. 15 Operational Training Unit RAF at nearby RAF Harwell. In May 1941, construction
RAF_Grove
Magnetic confinement device used to produce thermonuclear fusion power
give a talk at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, at the former RAF Harwell, where he shocked the hosts by presenting a detailed historical overview
Tokamak
Former Royal Air Force station in Pembrokeshire, Wales
submarines and air attacks. An RAF Bomber Command detachment of Vickers Wellington aircraft from No. 75 Sqn at RAF Harwell was used to support the coastal
RAF_Carew_Cheriton
British physicist (1897–1967)
Britain, settling on RAF Harwell. Cockcroft was offered the directorship of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell on 9 November 1945
John_Cockcroft
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Squadron at Oranmore. The squadron was formed again on 12 April 1937 at RAF Harwell from B Flight of 18 Squadron as a day bomber squadron. Its first equipment
No._105_Squadron_RAF
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
No 295 Squadron RAF was an airborne forces and transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the first unit to be equipped with
No._295_Squadron_RAF
Crew Pool Unit RAF Ferry Training and Despatch Unit RAF Ferry Training Unit RAF Overseas Ferry Unit RAF Service Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lake 1999, p. 68
List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force
List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
Senior county Cup of the Oxfordshire Football Association
52 1940–41 Infantry Training Centre 53 1941–42 Oxford City 54 1942–43 RAF Harwell 55 1943–44 Oxford City 56 1944–45 Oxford City 57 1945–46 Oxford City
Oxfordshire_Senior_Cup
1952 British atomic bomb test in Western Australia
minister. An Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) was established at RAF Harwell, south of Oxford, under the directorship of Cockcroft. AERE moved to
Operation_Hurricane
WW2 Royal Air Force unit
the first echelon of the AASF and flew from RAF Abingdon, RAF Harwell, RAF Benson, RAF Boscombe Down and RAF Bicester. Group headquarters became the AASF
RAF Advanced Air Striking Force
RAF_Advanced_Air_Striking_Force
Former Royal Air Force flying base in Berkshire, England
Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham
RAF_Greenham_Common
British scientific research laboratory
Atomic Energy Research Establishment on the former RAF Harwell airfield between Chilton and Harwell. The 50 MeV proton linear accelerator was transferred
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Rutherford_Appleton_Laboratory
Former Royal Air Force operations group
Training Unit RAF at RAF Harwell / RAF Hampstead Norris with the Vickers Wellington Ic No. 19 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Kinloss / RAF Forres with
No._91_Group_RAF
(RAFVR). From 12 July 1941 to 23 December 1941 he was squadron pilot to RAF Harwell. Singh was commissioned as a flight officer on 1 February 1942. As a
Shivdev_Singh
Former RAF base in Berkshire, England
of RAF Harwell. The following units also were here at some point: Detachment of No. 42 OTU (June 1944) No. 1516 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF (December
RAF_Hampstead_Norris
UK atomic bomb development project
control until January 1950. A committee selected a site for the AERE at RAF Harwell, an airfield about 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford. The airfield was
High_Explosive_Research
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
unit of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in World War I and the RAF in World War II. In 1940–1945, it was a bomber unit composed mainly of New
No._75_Squadron_RAF
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
returned to the UK on 17 February 1919 and disbanded at RAF Tangmere on 4 July 1919. It was reformed at RAF Scampton on 7 June 1937 with the Hawker Audax and
No._148_Squadron_RAF
British physicist (1900–1960)
1946, the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) was set up at RAF Harwell, with J D Cockcroft as its first director, although he did not return
Herbert Wakefield Banks Skinner
Herbert_Wakefield_Banks_Skinner
First Lady of Portugal (1951–1958)
Portugal. While her husband pursued his flying interests with a visit to RAF Harwell, she visited a crèche and a care home in London and the Wallace Collection
Berta_Craveiro_Lopes
British journalist who died at D-Day
Allied vessels off the Sword Beach landing zone. Fyfe boarded Chalk 66 at RAF Harwell in Oxfordshire at 11 pm on 5 June. Also on board were two glider pilots
Ian_Fyfe_(British_journalist)
American reality TV personality (born 1990)
from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2007. Drew Harwell (September 10, 2009). John Graziano leaves hospital two years after car
Nick_Hogan
Military unit
No. 570 Squadron RAF was a bomber unit active within No. 38 Group RAF as an airborne, bomber support and special operations squadron during World War II
No._570_Squadron_RAF
British World War I flying ace
Squadron, based at RAF Harwell, flying Fairey Battle light bombers. On 2 September the squadron was sent to France as part of the RAF Advanced Air Striking
Sydney_Pope
British fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s
group was the first echelon of the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF) and flew from bases at Abingdon, Harwell, Benson, Boscombe Down, and Bicester
Hawker_Hurricane
British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War
570 Squadron RAF: air transport unit, Mk.IV July 1944 to January 1946. based at Harwell, then Rivenhall (October 1944). No. 620 Squadron RAF: bomber unit
Short_Stirling
Additionally, United States B61 nuclear bombs have potentially been stored at RAF Lakenheath since 2025. In 2025, the UK announced plans to procure 12 F-35A
Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom
Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom
Former RAF station in Oxfordshire, England
RAF Shellingford was a Royal Air Force station located approximately 4 miles east of the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire. It occupied land adjacent to
RAF_Shellingford
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Thames Travel operates buses to Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot, Milton Park, Harwell Campus and Wantage. Night buses served Oxford and Wantage. The nearest
Grove,_Oxfordshire
British fighter prototype
fin added later. The MB 2 was first flown by Captain Valentine Baker at Harwell on 3 August 1938 and initially tested with markings MB-1 (G-AEZD not carried)
Martin-Baker_MB_2
1946 proposed fusion power device
Thomson or Harwell were happy performing secret work at the university. Considering the problem, Thomson suggested moving this work to RAF Aldermaston
Toroidal_solenoid
Village in Oxfordshire, England
RAF Abingdon. On 11 February 1942 an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V bomber aircraft, N1439 of No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF, took off from RAF Abingdon
Marcham
British government scientist
played an important role in the field of electronic countermeasures for the RAF in the defence of Britain during the Second World War and later became Director
Robert_Cockburn_(physicist)
Region of England
Line (between Oxford and Cambridge) and the West Coast Main Line. The Harwell computer (Dekatron), now at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley
South_East_England
Military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry
Sciences, National Research Council,1975". Ehrlich, P. R.; Harte, J.; Harwell, M. A.; Raven, P. H.; Sagan, C.; Woodwell, G. M.; Berry, J.; Ayensu, E
Nuclear_warfare
British Royal Air Force officer (1915–2000)
described by Aidan Crawley in his book 'Escape from Germany. A History of R.A.F. Escapes during the War' (1956). It is also argued he co-innovated the wooden
Dominic_Bruce
British physicist (1922–2004)
mouth of the Pas de Calais. After graduation, Pease joined the AERE at Harwell, and worked initially on the neutron irradiation of boron nitride. Then
Bas_Pease
UK Joint military evaluation unit
Unit (TCDU). It moved to Harwell in November 1945 and to RAF Brize Norton in January 1946. In May 1946 the AATDC moved to RAF Brize Norton to facilitate
Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit
Joint_Air_Delivery_Test_and_Evaluation_Unit
Market town in Oxfordshire, England
Culham (including the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion research project), Harwell Laboratory, the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Diamond Light
Abingdon-on-Thames
distinction goes to the Harwell CADET of 1955, built by the electronics division of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell. The design featured
History_of_computing_hardware
British firefighting equipment company
the company received commissions from the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell to develop mediums for extinguishing sodium and lithium fires, which they
The_Pyrene_Company_Limited
Peters of MRC Harwell; Irving Weissman; most genetic research is done with mice, with 25 million a year; Steve Brown, Director of MRC Harwell; the mouse
List_of_Equinox_episodes
Primary School, Banbury Harriers Banbury Academy, Banbury Harwell Primary School, Harwell The Hendreds CE School, East Hendred Heyford Park School, Upper
List of schools in Oxfordshire
List_of_schools_in_Oxfordshire
Business and technology park in Oxfordshire, England
area known as Science Vale UK, which also includes Culham Campus and the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. Milton Park is located within the Golden
Milton_Park
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Rushbrook worked for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. He was a consultant to Gibb Environmental
Philip_Rushbrook
Market town in West Berkshire, England
Hospital and Basingstoke. Thames Travel operates routes X24 and X34 to Harwell Campus and Didcot. Swindon's Bus Company operates route X20, a once-weekly
Newbury,_Berkshire
Location of two former nuclear research establishments in northern Scotland
DMTR was closed in 1969 when materials testing work was consolidated at Harwell Laboratory. The second operational reactor (although the first to commence
Dounreay
BBC television series, 1979 to 1986
solved. 5 5 "Catapult" Professor Michael French University College, London Harwell (Winners) CEGB BBC Radio Leicester BBC Radio Solent 30 January 1979 (1979-01-30)
The_Great_Egg_Race
UAE based cybersecurity company
web}}: |last= has generic name (help) Craig Timberg; Michael Birnbaum; Drew Harwell; Dan Sabbagh (2021-07-20). "On the list: Ten prime ministers, three presidents
DarkMatter_Group
Australian flying ace
– 10 June 1943) was an Australian fighter pilot of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and later the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World
Robert_Bungey
Appointments made by King Charles III
Engineers. For services to Engineering. Dr. Timothy David Bestwick. Chair, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. For services to the Commercialisation of
2023_Birthday_Honours
British nuclear weapons research during WW2
Explosive Research. The Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) near Harwell, Oxfordshire, was created by Cockcroft in 1946 as the main centre for military
Tube_Alloys
Atomic weapons tests in Australia, 1956–1963
scientists from Aldermaston and Harwell, 70 from other UK departments, 50 Canadians and 30 Australians. There would be 500 RAF and RAAF personnel, and 250
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
British_nuclear_tests_at_Maralinga
he was involved with the design of a proton linear accelerator at AERE, Harwell – which was the prototype for the Linac injector for the PS accelerator
Michael_Crowley-Milling
Welsh railway company
Section 58 West Wales. Harwell: author. p. 30. Cooke, R.A. (1983). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BRWR Section 58 West Wales. Harwell: author. p. 30. "Trecwn
North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway
North_Pembrokeshire_and_Fishguard_Railway
Military unit
Shoreham, Dover, Torquay, Exmouth, Mullion, Falmouth, Andover, Bicester, Harwell, Boscombe Down and Swansea. The unit lost 265 killed, 121 missing, 63 as
Kampfgeschwader_54
Military unit
the main concentration of RAF bases at Biggin Hill, RAF Kenley, RAF Croydon and RAF Northolt. The approach failed and nine RAF squadrons engaged the German
Kampfgeschwader_1
British physicist
Canada before joining the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell, Oxfordshire, supervising the construction of the facility's linear particle
John_Duckworth_(physicist)
British MI5 and SIS officer
involvement in the case. In 1947 Klaus Fuchs was vetted by MI5 for work at Harwell on the British post-war atomic project. MI5 had only been informed that
Jane_Sissmore
from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2024. Drew Harwell (August 12, 2016). "Trump's trade talk is scaring one of America's 'greatest
Foreign policy of the first Trump administration
Foreign_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration
Village in Oxfordshire, England
the Second World War there was a satellite airfield of RAF Abingdon east of the village called RAF Kingston Bagpuize. Remnants of the control tower are
Kingston_Bagpuize
Oldest school in Belfast, Northern Ireland
of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Dame Nicola Brewer, vice-provost (international)
Belfast_Royal_Academy
British effort to develop hydrogen bombs between 1952 and 1958
Industrial Group at Risley; Cockcroft, who headed the Research Group at Harwell; and Penney, who led the Weapons Group at Aldermaston. The UKAEA initially
British hydrogen bomb programme
British_hydrogen_bomb_programme
Immunisation against COVID-19
and manufacturing facility, and its building is under construction at Harwell with planned completion brought forward from 2022 to 2021. The academic/industrial
COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Kingdom
Appointments made by King Charles III
to Education Dr Sara Elizabeth Wells – Director, Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell. For services to Medical Research Michelle Weltman – For voluntary and
2024_Birthday_Honours
UK Parliament constituency (since 1983)
second-largest populated town with 14,000[citation needed] and is situated alongside RAF Brize Norton which is vital to the local economy, being one of the largest
Witney_(constituency)
British royal recognitions
Worcestershire. Henry Seligman, Deputy Chief Scientist, Head of Isotope Division, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Thomas Stevenson Sharp, Principal
1958_New_Year_Honours
1968–1996 British nuclear weapons programme
1949, but research at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell was directed towards development of a gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor
Polaris (UK nuclear programme)
Polaris_(UK_nuclear_programme)
Civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
parish is occupied by Dalton Barracks and its associated airfield (formerly RAF Abingdon). According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2
St._Helen_Without
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Armed Forces: Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Staff College, Camberley, RAF Staff College, Bracknell and the Joint Service Defence College, Greenwich
Shrivenham
British civil servant and mathematician
Cockcroft was also the director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire, and found himself unable to devote sufficient time to both
William_Richard_Joseph_Cook
British government recognitions
West Byfleet. Arthur Edward Burge, Ground Superintendent, Research Group, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. John Gordon Burgess, MB, ChB,
1967_Birthday_Honours
to Buenos Aires. Atomic Energy Research Establishment established at Harwell, near Oxford. 4 January – Theodore Schurch is hanged at HM Prison Pentonville
1946_in_the_United_Kingdom
British chemical engineer
principal scientific officer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire. While at the establishment, Rowe worked on the ideas of fluidisation
P._N._Rowe
Appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II
Edward Harris, DSC, Engineer II, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell. Alfred Henry Harvey, Senior Executive Officer, Export Credits Guarantee
1956_New_Year_Honours
British royal recognitions
Covent Garden. Ronald Hosendoff Burns, Head of Industrial Chemistry Branch, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Fred Eric Butcher, Group Standards
1970_New_Year_Honours
Village in Oxfordshire, England
March 2008 and was formally opened in May 2008 on the site of the former RAF Watchfield near the village. It consists of five 1.3 MW turbines, and is
Watchfield
British government recognitions
Environmental and Medical Sciences, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell. Ralph Donald Summers, Divisional Surgeon, Metropolitan Police. Donald
1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours
1977_Silver_Jubilee_and_Birthday_Honours
British royal recognitions
Forestry Commissioner. Egon Bretscher, Head of Nuclear Physics Division, Harwell, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Alderman Florence Mills Brown
1966_New_Year_Honours
Avro Vulcan strategic V bomber enters service with the Royal Air Force, at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. National Trust for Scotland agrees to accept
1957_in_the_United_Kingdom
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