A curious little local-ish site (I count anything within an hour of Oxford as local!) which isn't the most interesting one out there as far as explores go but it's not been documented on here before so even though it probably won't set any pulses racing here it is for the sake of the historical record.
It appears that the site was primarily used for research into aquatic weeds such as algae, one of the only references I can find to work done at the site makes reference to research into controlling the growth of algaes with decomposing barley straw, and development of straw digesters that could be installed on banks along waterways - this was from 1994, and I can't find anything further than that. The site has obviously been empty for a long while but when it exactly closed down I couldn't say.
The site is composed of a handful of buildings - one large wood clad structure which holds a large concrete tank and a few smaller tanks, a large pre-fab laboratory building and a couple of sheds and greenhouses, plus an assortment of filter beds and outside pools. There was evidence of water channels that used to run throughout the site, all long since dried up.
Thanks for looking
It appears that the site was primarily used for research into aquatic weeds such as algae, one of the only references I can find to work done at the site makes reference to research into controlling the growth of algaes with decomposing barley straw, and development of straw digesters that could be installed on banks along waterways - this was from 1994, and I can't find anything further than that. The site has obviously been empty for a long while but when it exactly closed down I couldn't say.
The site is composed of a handful of buildings - one large wood clad structure which holds a large concrete tank and a few smaller tanks, a large pre-fab laboratory building and a couple of sheds and greenhouses, plus an assortment of filter beds and outside pools. There was evidence of water channels that used to run throughout the site, all long since dried up.
Thanks for looking
