Coal Research Establishment

Coal Research Establishment
CRE Stoke Orchard
Seen in December 2009
Location within Gloucestershire
Former names	Central Research Establishment
General information
Type	Research institute
Address	Gloucestershire GL52 4RZ
Coordinates	51.953°N 2.12°W / 51.953; -2.12 ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽
Elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Current tenants	Housing estate
Completed	1948
Inaugurated	1948
Demolished	2015

The Coal Research Establishment (CRE) was a government research institute in north Gloucestershire for the UK coal industry.

History

It was founded on 1 September 1948 as the Central Research Establishment, next to the former RAF Stoke Orchard, which had trained glider pilots. The Mining Research Establishment in Middlesex was created in 1951, and from 1952 the CRE only researched coal burning and processing, not the extraction of coal.

Closure

It closed in December 1997, after going private in 1994.

It became the Orchard Business Centre, being demolished for housing in 2015.

Visits

On Friday 8 March 1957 the Duke of Edinburgh made a four-hour visit.

Structure

The site was next to the eastern side of the M5 motorway.

Research

There were around 360 employees there in the 1970s; its computer was in Staffordshire.

See also

• Mining Research and Development Establishment (MRDE) in south Derbyshire
• National Energy Technology Laboratory

References

This article "Coal Research Establishment" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Coal Research Establishment. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

📰 Article(s) of the same category(ies)

• Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
• Manx Fencibles (badminton club)
• Energy Systems Catapult
• Coach Services
• Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry

---