Where is the LHC?

The LHC is physically located in a circular 27km (16.5m) long tunnel under the Swiss/French border outside Geneva, but as an international project the LHC crosses continents and many international borders.

In the UK, engineers and scientists at 20 research sites are involved in designing and building equipment and analysing data. UK researchers are involved with all four of the main detectors and the GRID. British staff based at CERN have leading roles in managing and running the collider and detectors.

Most, if not all, research teams are contributing to GridPP (Particle Physics Grid).

UK LHC centres:

• Brunel University (CMS)
• Imperial College - University of London (CMS (link opens in a new window), LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• Lancaster University (ATLAS (link opens in a new window))
• Oxford University (ATLAS (link opens in a new window), LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• Queen Mary - University of London (ATLAS (link opens in a new window))
• Royal Holloway – University of London (ATLAS)
• STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (ATLAS, CMS, LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• University College London (ATLAS (link opens in a new window))
• University of Birmingham (ATLAS, ALICE (link opens in a new window))
• University of Bristol (CMS, LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• University of Cambridge (ATLAS, LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• University of Durham (theory (link opens in a new window))
• University of Edinburgh (LHCb, GridPP (link opens in a new window))
• University of Glasgow (ATLAS, LHCb (link opens in a new window) theory (link opens in a new window))
• University of Liverpool (ATLAS, LHCb (link opens in a new window))
• University of Manchester (ATLAS (link opens in a new window))
• University of Sheffield (ATLAS (link opens in a new window))
• University of Sussex (theory)
• University of Swansea
• University of Warwick
• University of the West of England