Rusham Park is an industrial site in Egham, Surrey, England. It was formally owned by

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, Richardson Vicks, and

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. It is now owned by

Royal Holloway University Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a member institution of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departmen ...

. 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. RPTC 6

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

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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

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