What:Atmospheric Research Station
Where: Undisclosed
Built: c.1950
Architect: Unknown
Abandoned: c.2004
Listed: No
Visited: 2011
Last Known Condition: Disused
Page Updated: January 2014
Atmospheric Research Station 'F' is a small research facility built in the 1950s to test atmospheric instruments and monitor meteorological phenomena. The site consisted of a fully-equipped weather station, several dispersed laboratory huts and a large monopole radio antenna.
In 2004, half a century after opening, the station was declared outdated and uneconomical; the staff were transferred to newer facilities nearby and the station was left empty. The station was maintained in readiness for future use for a few years but was never needed: by 2011 the buildings, still full of working instruments, paperwork and computers, were beginning to show signs of decay.