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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.

Weather Balloon Station. Measurement and recording room. Punched computer tape. Cathode-ray monitor. Measurement and recording room; the notice by the telephone reminds users to plug the modem back in after using the 'phone. Those were the days... Weather balloon ozonesonde reading instructions. Hazard Research Laboratory. Shock Tube for studying ærodynamic flow and the effect of blast waves. Radio lab and monopole antenna. Radio laboratory. Weather station. Munro wind direction dial. Directions for setting up weather station instruments, 1956 Chemical shelf.

In 2004, half a century after opening, the station was declared outdated and uneconomical; the staff were transferred to newer facilities nearby and the station was left empty.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.