Best Research foundations in United Kingdom

Lovely shop, helped me out of a bind this morning! Bless you :)

Lovely place.. functional set up

Impressive building and excellent conference facilities , including the food...

why are they selling used cancer research

If this was actually a cancer research place then why is it a thrift shop? Is there some speak easy out back with the cure for cancer I'm not aware of?

We often pop on here when in London. I use a wheelchair and it's fully accessible. There's a button to let you on and then a lift to get to the exhibition, cafe and shop. Great choice of food, the cafe always has a lovely atmosphere. Awesome selection of goodies in the shop. Staff are always welcoming, helpful and polite. Highly recommend a visit here.

Lovely shop staff were very friendly even having a laugh with us. And the prices were very reasonable. Had some lovely stuff in there would definitely recommend that you take a look in here

Wonderful place to spend some magical hours. Packed with beautiful objects, astonishing exhibitions and very provocative talks, I joined one today about black women and I loved it. Thank you for everything you do guys, this place is wonderful. My kids enjoyed it all the way, especially the library

I love this charity shop one of my faves the prices are amazing and have things for everyone! I once got a t-shirt for £4 brand new and it’s original price was £12.99! Also all the money goes to charity

Definitely better than your average charity shop. Reasonable prices and the stock seems to turn over very quickly, so always worth a return visit.

Far too left wing.

An interesting and educational day out. Fascinating facts and exhibitions + talks. Also a wonderful cafe & restaurant. The gift shop is interesting as well. Something for the older child to visit.

Place looked amazing. Difficult to find as post code directs the GPS to the M1 motorway in stead of bucknalls lane which goes over the M1.

The idea of having model houses using different technology is great, but speaking of it as an innovation park that is open to public - well I'm very disappointed to how its being managed. I arranged the technical visit for my student whom I am supervising for his MPhil and went there with the student and my colleague. We were excited to see the development of innovative technologies but when we arrived, at BRE reception (that is also the reception for the park) we were given badges and were free to roam by ourselves. We booked for technical visit asking for someone to assist us on the technical aspect but that was totally ignored.

Audio guide which was installed in our phones were used. We went to the visitor centre - as the starting point. clueless. then there was another group of Chinese visitors and an English man came in - had a meeting there and asked us to leave. That is not a problem, the problem is, the management. If the building is to be used/booked by someone for a meeting why don't they put a notice at the door ? It was like a visit to empty houses. The audio guide tell you in brief about the technologies used but as a team of research engineers we purposely went there for the technical part. There were posters in the houses giving the brief explanation again. When we asked the receptionist how can we get the technical data or information of technologies that we are interested in, they told us to email them. Then when I emailed yesterday asking if I can get in contact with the technical person, surprisingly, the reply was so daft. Not even answering to my question but exactly the same email when I did the booking for the visit. as if they don't even read the email but copy pasted the answer. very disappointing.

We were visiting BRE to find out some info about new technologies being developed and how effective they are. We were really looking forward to this trip, but it turned in to a big disappointment. Once you visit reception you are told to download an app and be on your way. Receptionist pointed us in the direction and that was it. You're able to go in to some houses, some are locked. You might find some basic information about what was installed but nothing in detail at all. For a research institute I would have expected a lot more. I called BRE to see if I could arrange a meeting with one of the technicians about the data they have regarding one project. I was told to email enquiries. I emailed enquiries only to be sent the same email with regards to booking a visit. I've spoken to a few academics about BRE and how I'm able to obtain any data they have (I thought this would be freely available online) and they believed BRE doesn't even collect any data! What does BRE actually do?

Great place! Cafe a bit on the pricey side.

Nice shop friendly staff and you can get a good bargain

Great prices for second hand items. Stocks anything from clothes, household ornaments, DVDs and baby things. Nice staff. Very little room in shop

George Soros

This is one of the places where Barnes Wallis developed the Bouncing Bomb in the Second World War. The model test dam was constructed to scale and blown up using scale versions of the bouncing bomb. The dam can be seen there to this day. 20/10.

Loved this place..Lovley books and lots of nice things to buy, and all the money goes to cancer research.

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The open day was greate

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Great place for studying. Quiet, good lighting and plenty of seats. Unless you have a pass, need to sign in. Great restaurant and cafe on premises, if a little expensive. Excellent exhibitions on show.

An innovative think tank approaching economics, society and the environment in a holistic way. They have a very good podcast and produce a range of insightful publications.

This place is totally worth the trip. The forensic exhibition that's going on is really informative and we couldn't get enough of it! Be sure to put aside 3-5 hours of your time for the whole building as there are several collections in the museum.