Hi all,Been planning this report for a while now, taken several visits to see most of the area, with some close calls I was able to photograph majority of the satellites on the main site. This sites been done is some detail on here now, so ill ease off the history of the site and just give the basics.
Backstory:
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Radio interferometry started in the mid-1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with funding from the Science Research Council and a donation of £100,000 from Mullard Limited, construction of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory commenced at Lord's Bridge,[1] a few kilometres to the west of Cambridge. The observatory was founded under Martin Ryle of the Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and was opened by Sir Edward Victor Appleton on 25 July 1957. This group is now known as the Cavendish Astrophysics Group. A portion of the track bed of the old line, running nearly East-West for several miles, was used to form the main part of the "5km" radio-telescope and the Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope.-Extract taken fromhttps://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/misc-sites/34514-mullard-observatory-revisit.html#.Xg49x252tu0
The Visit:
Not much do discuss on this front, entrance is easy from multiple sides of the site, as long as you stay clear from the active North side you should be alright, do note however there is an active security patrol to deter scrap metal merchants and explorers alike. Just stay of the roads and don’t expose yourself and like I said, you should be fine.
Backstory:
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Radio interferometry started in the mid-1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with funding from the Science Research Council and a donation of £100,000 from Mullard Limited, construction of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory commenced at Lord's Bridge,[1] a few kilometres to the west of Cambridge. The observatory was founded under Martin Ryle of the Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and was opened by Sir Edward Victor Appleton on 25 July 1957. This group is now known as the Cavendish Astrophysics Group. A portion of the track bed of the old line, running nearly East-West for several miles, was used to form the main part of the "5km" radio-telescope and the Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope.-Extract taken fromhttps://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/misc-sites/34514-mullard-observatory-revisit.html#.Xg49x252tu0
The Visit:
Not much do discuss on this front, entrance is easy from multiple sides of the site, as long as you stay clear from the active North side you should be alright, do note however there is an active security patrol to deter scrap metal merchants and explorers alike. Just stay of the roads and don’t expose yourself and like I said, you should be fine.
