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Daresbury
Daresbury est un village et une paroisse civile et ecclésiastique au nord du comté du Cheshire. Il est situé entre les villes de Warrington et Runcorn. Le village comptait 216 habitants lors du recensement de la population de 2001. Daresbury est le lieu de naissance de l'écrivain Lewis Carroll, de son vrai nom Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, auteur du roman Les Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles. L'église du village possède des vitraux présentant les différents personnages du roman d'Alice au pays des merveilles, notamment un vitrail représentant le Chat du Cheshire.
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All Saints' Church, Daresbury
All Saints' Church is in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It is known for its association with Lewis Carroll who is commemorated in its stained glass windows depicting characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The church is an active Church of England parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The author Lewis Carroll was born in All Saints' Vicarage in 1832 when his father, Charles Dodgson, was perpetual curate at the church. This was commemorated in March 2012 when the Lewis Carroll Centre, attached to the church, was opened.
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Daresbury
Daresbury ( DARZ-bə-ree) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 246.
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Creamfields
Creamfields is an electronic dance music festival series founded and organised by British club promoter Cream, with its UK edition taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend, with a number of international editions held across various territories worldwide.
First held in 1998 in Winchester, the festival moved to Cream's home city of Liverpool the following year, taking place on the old Liverpool airport, before moving to its current location on the Daresbury estate in Cheshire. The festival, having initially begun as a one-day event with 25,000 people in attendance, is now a four-day event with camping options hosting 70,000 per day. The festival is the UK's most prestigious electronic dance music festival.
In 2022, Creamfields celebrated its 25th anniversary by launching a second UK-based festival – Creamfields South. Creamfields South took place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford across the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June and is returned in 2023, with the original Daresbury festival being renamed Creamfields North. However, from 2024 the festival had reverted to one location in the north.
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Daresbury Hall
Daresbury Hall is a former Georgian country house in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1759 for George Heron. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The mansion was badly damaged by fire in 2016.
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Cockcroft Institute
The Cockcroft Institute is an international centre for Accelerator Science and Technology (AST) in the UK. It was proposed in September 2003 and officially opened in September 2006. It is a joint venture of Lancaster University, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, the University of Strathclyde, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and the Northwest Regional Development Agency. The institute is located in a purpose-built building on the Sci-Tech Daresbury campus, and in centres in each of the participating universities.
The institute's aim is to provide the intellectual focus, educational infrastructure, and the essential scientific and technological facilities for Accelerator Science and Technology research and development, which will enable UK scientists and engineers to take a major role in accelerator design, construction, and operation for the foreseeable future. The institute is named after the Nobel prizewinner Sir John Cockcroft FRS.
The present director of the Cockcroft Institute is Stewart Boogert, who replaced the previous director Peter Ratoff. Previous directors were Swapan Chattopadhyay and John Dainton.