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Houghton Poultry Research Station

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The Houghton Poultry Research Station was a poultry disease research station in northern Cambridgeshire. By the 1970s, the site was the largest centre for poultry disease in the world.

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Houghton Poultry Research Station
Houghton Road, Huntingdonshire Wyton-on-the-Hill

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Houghton Road
PE28 2FY Huntingdonshire, Wyton-on-the-Hill
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