Built in 1946, 6 domes: 3 reflecting and 3 refracting telescopes. Domes are copper clad, bases made of Sussex Brick.

 

The external walls are of knapped flint courtesy of a 90 year old flint knapped from Lewes.

 

With a staff of 200, this site did not last long... closing in the 1990's and opening as a science centre in 1995.

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As you drive up Wartling Road/Wartling Hill from the A259, you will see one dome... this one is not copper clad and is not one of the 6 that are inside the Science Centre. This is the Isaac Newton Telescope dome (sans scope) which is located in woodland to the South of the Observatory

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