Locations

Niab is based at the heart of an active science and technology-based community in Cambridge, with regional centres across the UK.

Cambridge

Niab is based at Park Farm, near Histon outside Cambridge.

The research station is home to The MacLeod Complex - our state-of-the-art glasshouses and outdoor growing facilities - alongside The Sophi Taylor Building, our BREEAM award-winning conference centre and Barn 1 - The Powell Building and Barn 2 - The Barsby Building, opened in 2019, which include research laboratories and offices, crop and seed cold storage facilities, and analytical services laboratories, alongside the Barn 4 business hub. Park Farm is also home to our variety and agronomy trials ground.

Directions/map

The Niab Seed Handling Unit (SHU) is located on Whitehouse Lane, off Huntingdon Road.

The Lawrence Weaver Road site in Cambridge, opened in early 2020, is home to the Crop Science Centre, our partnership with the University of Cambridge. No Niab staff are based at Lawrence Weaver Road.   

East Malling

Based on the 200+ ha original site of the East Malling and Wye Fruit Experimental Station, near Maidstone in Kent, Niab's East Malling site includes offices, laboratories, field and glasshouse facilities, alongside research, trials and commercial horticultural and arable land. It is also used as a centre for our arable members with field trials and demonstrations.

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Regional Centres

There are 10 regional trials centres across the UK alongside numerous satellite trials sites.

• Cambridge (East)
• Morley (East)
• Sutton Scotney (South)
• Benniworth (North Midlands)
• Headley Hall (North)
• Callow (West)
• Newton Abbot (South West)
• East Malling (South East)
• Dorset (South West)
• Cirencester (West)