The UK is home to Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre - Syngenta’s largest crop protection R&D site worldwide and the largest commercial research facility in the UK dedicated to agricultural technology research.
At Jealott's Hill, we have over 1000 employees in a variety of different roles, and our seeds research sites, in Market Stainton and Whittlesford, have a team of over 40 specialists, pioneering the R&D of new seed varieties that are enabling farmers globally.
With the UK’s best crop protection and seed breeding scientists and experts leading the way, we play a significant and impactful role in the future of agriculture globally.
Crop Protection
Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre is home to unique levels of expertise within the Syngenta Crop Protection R&D network – a network that comprises 119 sites around the world. Jealott’s Hill is our only site with end-to-end R&D capabilities. We collaborate with other Syngenta sites and external research bodies around the world, delivering across all major research areas, from Discovery, Biologicals Research, Weed Control Research, Seeds Research, Bioperformance Enhancement and Product Safety. Our multidisciplinary scientific expertise includes Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Engineering, Data Sciences and Modelling and Human and Environmental Sciences, making it a critical collaboration partner in multiple international R&D projects every year.
Seeds
Genetics are fundamental to agriculture. Farmers are passionate about the crops they grow and actively seek to deepen their understanding of the varieties in which they invest. Our Seeds Development Stations are dedicated to delivering a robust pipeline of competitive new cereal varieties and trialling new vegetable varieties destined for farms in the UK and Europe.
Market Stainton in Lincolnshire and Whittlesford in Cambridgeshire cover around 270 hectares of leased farmland with a combined team of 46 highly skilled breeders and triallists.
2026 Syngenta Scholarship Scheme in Organic Chemistry
The 2026 Syngenta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme provides a select group of postgraduate organic chemists with the opportunity to experience the work of a research chemist within our weed control chemistry team through a series of individual and team challenges.
Visit Jealott's Hill
If you are due to visit Jealott’s Hill, here is some useful information:
- Site opening times are 07:00-17:45
- Your host should notify reception of your arrival 2 days before your visit
- Please report to the Gatehouse upon arrival. Your visitor pass will be issued here
- Car parking is available on site and open all day
- If you are an Engineering visitor, you will need to complete an engineering introduction.
How to find us
When using a sat-nav, take care to use the front entrance of the site, you may need to use the postcode RG42 6EX. Some sat-nav models will send you to the rear entrance of site and you will not be able to get in. Click for Google Maps
Address
Jealott's Hill International Research Centre
Bracknell,
Berkshire,
RG42 6EY