Met Office

The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the UK's national weather service.

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Exeter - Devon - UK - Weather

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Established in 1854 as a small department within the Board of Trade under Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners, the Met Office later became part of the Ministry of Defence. It currently holds a quasi-governmental role, being required to act commercially but also remaining an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence. In 2003 it moved to Exeter from its previous location of Bracknell in Berkshire.

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1854 - Board of Trade - Robert FitzRoy - Mariner - Ministry of Defence - Executive agency - 2003 - Bracknell - Berkshire

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