Rusham Park

Rusham Park
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Rusham Park is located in Surrey
Rusham Park
Location within Surrey
51°24′58″N 0°32′42″W / 51.416°N 0.545°W / 51.416; -0.545
LocationEgham, Surrey, England
TQ 00564 70069
History
Builtc. 1900

Rusham Park is an industrial site in Egham, Surrey, England. It was formally owned by Shell, Richardson Vicks, and Procter & Gamble. It is now owned by Royal Holloway University. It was named after Rusham Farm.

The four-acre site consists of ten buildings built, giving it a collegiate look. It also contains gardens, green space and a multi-story carpark.

The university is pursuing an alternative-use redevelopment strategy.

History

From 1956 through to about 1975, Shell Central Laboratories consolidated combustion research to Rusham Park. From 1960, this included a combustion laboratory, built by architects Walker Howard and Cranswick.

Richardson Vicks International moved into the site circa 1980. Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals was also based on the site.

A view of a P&G lab building.

Procter & Gamble acquired RVI in Autumn 1985. During the time P&G owned it, it was called Egham Technical Centre, Rusham Park Technical Centre, London Innovation Centre, and Greater London Innovation Centre. In July 2015, P&G sold 43 of its beauty brands to Coty and Coty became a major tenant of the site.

Royal Holloway University

Royal Holloway acquired the site in July 2016, but leased it back to P&G and Coty.

References

  1. ↑ Strudwick, Matt (18 July 2016). "Royal Holloway buys Procter & Gamble's Egham research centre". getsurrey. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Royal Holloway, University of London Rusham Park student village: overview" (PDF). royalholloway-estateplan.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Combustion Laboratory at Egham". The Engineer: 658–659. October 1960.