Diamond Light Source
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron light source science facility located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: UK’s national synchrotron science facility located in Oxfordshire
- Also known as: “Diamond House” and “Diamond Light Source Ltd”
- Address: R83, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Research institute
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The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Diamond Light Source.
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Industrial building
Photo: Sandig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is a pulsed neutron and muon source, established 1984 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is situated 1,400 feet west of Diamond Light Source.
Chilton County Primary School
School
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chilton County Primary School is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Diamond Light Source.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilton and East Hendred.
Chilton
Village
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Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of Didcot. The parish is a historic part of Berkshire, though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire.
East Hendred
Village
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East Hendred is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse and a similar distance west of Didcot. The village is on East Hendred Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the River Thames at Sutton Courtenay. East Hendred is situated 2 miles northwest of Diamond Light Source.
Harwell
Village
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Harwell is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 2 miles west of Didcot, 6 miles east of Wantage and 13 miles south of Oxford, England. Harwell is situated 2 miles northeast of Diamond Light Source.
Diamond Light Source
Latitude
51.57375° or 51° 34′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.31327° or 1° 18′ 48″ westLevels
3Open location code
9C3WHMFP+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 200338752OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q652731
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Diamond Light Source” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Diamond Light Source”
- French: “Diamond Light Source”
- French: “DIAMOND”
- German: “Diamond Light Source”
- Italian: “Diamond Light Source”
- Russian: “Diamond”
- Spanish: “Diamond Light Source”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pickavance Lecture Theatre and R112 Visitors Centre.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as R22 Restaurant and Coffee Lounge and Research Complex at Harwell.
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