The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC or CLRC) is a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering.
It employs about 1700 staff at three locations:
- Chilbolton Observatory, near Stockbridge in Hampshire
- Daresbury Laboratory. at Daresbury in Lancashire
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire