Mullard Space Science Laboratory

The UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory is the largest university-based space research group in the UK. MSSL is part of the Department of Space and Climate Physics at University College London, one of the first universities in the world to conduct space research.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: United Kingdom’s largest university space research group
  • Address: Dorking, RH5 6NT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holmbury Hill and Hurtwood House.

Peak
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is a wooded area of 261 metres above sea level in , , and the site of an Iron Age-period hillfort. The Old Saxon word "holm" can be translated as hill and "bury" means fortified place.

School
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is an independent, co-educational boarding school and sixth form for pupils aged 15–19, near to the market town of Dorking, in , . is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Dwelling
is a modernist style house in , , England, designed by architect Oliver Hill for Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene. Completed in 1932, it is a Grade II listed building. is situated 1,600 feet east of Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holmbury St Mary and Sutton Abinger.

Village
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is a village in , England centered on shallow upper slopes of the Greensand Ridge. Its developed area is a nucleated village, 4.5 miles southwest of and 8 miles southeast of .

Hamlet
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Abinger is a large, well-wooded and mostly rural civil parish that lies between the settlements of , and in the district of , Surrey, England. is situated 2 miles north of Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet on the gentle lower north slope of in , England. It is in a wooded headwater ravine, just to the south of Wotton and the A25, a single rather than dual carriageway road, running between to the west and to the east. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Mullard Space Science Laboratory

Latitude
51.17206° or 51° 10′ 19″ north
Longitude
-0.42068° or 0° 25′ 15″ west
Open location code
9C3X5HCH+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272509658
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q6934158
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Mullard Space Science Laboratory” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “倫敦大學穆勒太空科學實驗室”
  • French: “Laboratoire de science spatiale Mullard”
  • French: “MSSL”
  • German: “MSSL”
  • German: “Mullard Space Science Laboratory”
  • Italian: “Laboratorio Mullard per la Scienza Spaziale”
  • Italian: “Laboratorio Mullard per le Scienze Spaziali”
  • Japanese: “マラード宇宙科学研究所”
  • Japanese: “ミュラード宇宙科学研究所”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mullard SSL and Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road.

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