Broom's Barn Experimental Station

Broom's Barn Experimental Station is a Rothamsted Research institute and arable farm in Suffolk, United Kingdom. The current farm manager is Mark Gardner.

Broom's Barn Experimental Station
Broom's Barn Experimental Station is located in Suffolk
Broom's Barn Experimental Station
Location within Suffolk
Former namesBroom's Barn Research Station
General information
TypeHorticultural Research Centre
AddressSuffolk, IP28 6NP
Coordinates52°15′41″N 0°34′02″E / 52.2613°N 0.5671°E / 52.2613; 0.5671
Elevation70 m (230 ft)
Completed1962
Inaugurated1962
Dimensions
Other dimensions77 hectares

History

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It merged in 1987 to become part of the Institute of Arable Crops Research. The funding for the site came from the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee, which became the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO). The research which was being carried out was shut down by the director of the station and science staff left the site. Brooms Barn remains a fully functionally arable farm and LSRE station.

 
The aerial representation of Brooms and surrounding land from 1597 is of the time. Note how there are roads going through what would be fields today. The dotted/dashed line represents where Brooms Barn Farm would be today, some names have been kept from fields, note the spelling of 'Baroughe'.

Structure

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It is situated just south of the A14. In the early 2000s, the site employed around 70 people. It researched sugar beet.[1] Until 1967, the Higham railway station served the site.

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