How we are organised

STFC's headquarters is in Swindon at Polaris House. In addition, we maintain technical facilities at a further six institutions/laboratories world-wide:-

• Chilbolton Observatory, Stockbridge, Hampshire
• Daresbury Laboratory,Warrington
• Isaac Newton Group Telescopes (link opens in a new window), La Palma, Canary Islands
• Joint Astronomy Centre (link opens in a new window), Hawaii
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot
• UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh