Oxfordshire has quietly built one of the most concentrated and productive innovation economies anywhere in the world.
Anchored by the University of Oxford — ranked first globally for a tenth consecutive year in the supplied research — the county combines deep research strength with a dense commercial ecosystem of start-ups, scale-ups and multinational operations.
The supplied research describes a region generating £23.5 billion in GVA annually and supporting 430,000 jobs, with above-average national jobs growth and one of the highest concentrations of science research facilities in western Europe.
£23.5BN
Annual GVA
430,000
Jobs
2,950
High-Tech Companies
£3.1BN+
Foreign Direct Investment Secured Over the Past Eight Years
390+
Foreign Direct Investments
7,000+
Jobs Safeguarded or Created Through Those Investments
At a Glance
Why Is Oxfordshire a Major UK Science and Technology Hub?
Oxfordshire combines the University of Oxford's research and commercialisation ecosystem with major science campuses, thousands of technology businesses and specialist clusters spanning life sciences, space, energy, AI, quantum, advanced engineering and future mobility.
The supplied research identifies 2,950 high-tech companies across the county and more than £3.1 billion of foreign direct investment secured over the past eight years.
Research & Commercialisation
A County Built on Research and Commercialisation
The supplied research counts 2,950 high-tech companies in Oxfordshire, including several unicorn businesses valued above $1 billion. Over the past eight years the county secured more than 390 foreign direct investments worth over £3.1 billion, safeguarding and creating more than 7,000 jobs. Between 2023 and 2026, up to 1.3 million square feet of office and laboratory space has been delivered.
International investors named by the source include Singapore's GIC, which holds a 40% stake in Oxford Science Park, and Moderna, which has invested £150 million in its Innovation and Technology Centre at Harwell Campus.
From Research to Companies and Capital
The University of Oxford reported research income of £778.9 million in 2023/24. The supplied research describes it as the UK's biggest research-based university and Europe's top performer for spinout value creation.
More than 200 companies have been spun out since 2011 — approximately 15 to 20 each year — through the University's commercialisation arm, Oxford University Innovation. Those companies account for almost 16% of UK university spinouts and carry a combined value of £6.4 billion, having raised £2.5 billion of external investment over the last decade. Oxford Science Enterprises has backed university spinouts with £1.4 billion, with individual funding rounds ranging from £100,000 to £10 million.
Talent
12,000+
People employed in scientific R&D in Oxfordshire
4×+
The national-average rate stated in the source
53%
Working-age population holding a degree or higher qualification
43%
UK comparison supplied by the source
Oxfordshire Innovation Ecosystem
World-Leading Science and Innovation Centres
Oxfordshire's innovation geography is organised around a series of major campuses and clusters, each with its own specialism.
Harwell Campus
Over 250 research and technology companies spanning health sciences, med tech, space and energy, including the UK's largest space cluster of more than 100 space growth companies.
National assets located here
- Diamond Light Source
- Rosalind Franklin Institute
- Faraday Institution
- UK Space Agency
- European Space Agency
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- National Quantum Computing Centre
Culham Campus
Over 3,000 scientists working on fusion power and autonomous vehicles.
Anchor facilities
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
- RACE — Remote Applications in Challenging Environments
Headington Science Cluster
Life sciences, digital health, AI and quantum computing.
Named assets
- Oxford BioEscalator
- Jenner Institute
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Nuffield Hospital
- Churchill Hospital
- Wood Centre for Innovation
- Oxford Centre for Innovation
Oxford Science Park & Begbroke Science Park
Oxford Science Park hosts more than 100 companies working across drug development, device development and AI, with the Iversen Building and the Ellison Institute of Technology among recent additions. Begbroke Science Park focuses on advanced engineering and medical technology, where a £2 billion programme running to 2032 will co-locate engineering, physical sciences and life-sciences research.
Innovation Across the County
Oxford Technology Park
AEROX
Oxford North
64-acre innovation district, 1m sq ft of labs and workspace, 480 homes
Heyford Park
100+ businesses
ARC Oxford
60+ science, technology and service companies
Bicester Motion Innovation Quarter
Automotive and aviation engineering
Howbery Business Park
Described by the source as the UK's first solar-powered business park, specialising in water and environmental research
Abingdon Science Park
Milton Park
250 companies, 9,000 people
Wootton Science Park
Grove Business Park
Positioned between the M4 and A34
Sector Strengths
Transformative Technologies
Health & Life Sciences
Oxfordshire sits within one of Europe's largest life-science clusters, spanning drug discovery, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, precision medicine and regenerative medicine. Nearly 6% of the population — approximately 25,000 people — work in the sector.
Global companies with a presence in the county include Abbott, Ipsen and Vertex. Three homegrown companies — Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Immunocore and Adaptimmune — have reached $1 billion valuations. Moderna selected Harwell for its Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre, completed in 2025, combining research, development, manufacturing and clinical biomarker laboratory functions.
Earlier-stage activity continues alongside: Samsara Therapeutics, a Berlin-backed drug discovery start-up founded in 2018, has established its R&D hub at the Wood Centre for Innovation, while the Oxford BioEscalator supports early-stage biotech companies and their collaboration with the NHS and academic researchers.
The region's vaccine expertise came to global prominence when the Jenner Institute partnered with AstraZeneca on the UK's leading Covid-19 vaccine.
Space & Satellite
The supplied research reports UK space sector income above £16.5 billion, growing more than 6% annually, with the UK accounting for 17% of global space investment since 2015. The Harwell Space Cluster comprises 105 organisations employing more than 1,400 space professionals, from start-ups to multinationals including Thales Alenia, Astroscale and Lockheed Martin.
The cluster includes the UK Space Agency HQ and the National Satellite Test Facility, capable of testing satellites weighing up to seven tonnes. RAL Space has contributed to more than 210 space mission instruments, and the Satellite Applications Catapult helps translate satellite technology into commercial applications.
Defence & Deep Technology
The county hosts a cluster developing communications systems, surveillance technologies and navigation systems. Organisations named in the supplied research include Thales, Open Cosmos, Airbus, Oxford Dynamics, MGI Defence and Oxa.
The Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Chilterns Regional Defence and Security Cluster (OBC RDSC) connects this network, with examples supplied including STFC-UKRI and Harwell Campus.
Future Mobility
Oxfordshire forms part of Testbed UK for connected and autonomous vehicles. The CAV Pit Lane at Culham has supported more than 80 R&D projects since 2019, backed by £2.3 million of Local Growth Fund investment. Oxa develops self-driving technology, and the Darwin CAV at Harwell supports driverless vehicle testing.
YASA has raised more than £46 million and was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in 2021; its spin-out Evolito develops electric motor technology for aerospace. Oxford University's Centre of Excellence for Hybrid Thermal Propulsion Systems is a £4.7 million project involving Siemens and Jaguar Land Rover.
The wider motorsport and future-flight ecosystem described by the source includes Alpine, Atlassian Williams, Haas, Mahindra Racing, Andretti Autosport, Jaguar TCS Racing, NIO, Fortescue Zero and Evolito, alongside Airbus, London Oxford Airport, Skyports Infrastructure and Bicester Motion.
Energy, Fusion & Net Zero
UKAEA's national fusion laboratory is based at Culham, where the Joint European Torus (JET) has entered its decommissioning and repurposing phase, feeding learnings into global fusion efforts including ITER. UKAEA is also building the UKAEA-Eni H3AT Tritium Loop Facility at Culham, stated for completion in 2028.
Tokamak Energy has raised more than £123 million in private investment, and First Light Fusion has raised $140 million. The Harwell EnergyTech Cluster engages approximately 80 organisations and approximately 1,400 people, anchored by the Faraday Institution, which spans 10 major research projects across 27 UK universities and 85 industry partners and has supported 14 battery-sector start-ups.
Oxford's Osney Mead hosts TESA and ZERO. UK low-carbon sector turnover is estimated at £77 billion, and Oxfordshire has piloted Project LEO and the UK's first Zero Emission Zone.
AI & Quantum Technology
The University of Oxford leads AI research through centres including RACE, the Oxford Robotics Institute, the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance and the Big Data Institute. It participates in an £80 million national AI research hub initiative and launched the Institute for Ethics in AI in 2021, backed by a £150 million donation from Steven Schwarzman.
The supplied research describes Oxfordshire as one of the world's largest centres for quantum science, within a UK sector turnover of £12 billion. The University of Oxford has more than 200 quantum researchers, and the National Quantum Computing Centre at Harwell is a £93 million flagship facility. Companies cited include Oxford Ionics (£30 million in funding, with backers including Herman Hauser), Infleqtion, Quantum Motion (£170 million raised, with investors including Bosch Ventures and Porsche) and Quantum Dice.
Investor Lens
Why Oxfordshire Matters to Long-Term Capital
The supplied research describes an ecosystem in which university research, commercialisation, start-ups, scale-ups, multinational investment, specialist science campuses, laboratories, infrastructure, talent and deep technology exist in unusually close proximity.
That proximity gives the county relevance across several forms of long-duration private and institutional capital — venture and growth investment, science and innovation real estate, infrastructure and corporate investment — because the same geography contains the research pipeline, the operating companies and the physical assets they occupy.
For family offices, UHNW investors, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds, the relevant observation is the density of the ecosystem rather than any individual asset. Nothing on this page is investment advice, and no investment is available through UKFOS.
Inward Investment
Investment and Growth Opportunities Identified Across Oxfordshire
The supplied research identifies the following development and growth activity across the county.
Culham Campus
Major mixed-use development. The source describes Culham as set to become the UK's priority AI zone and states 3,500 planned homes.
Dalton Barracks & Abingdon Airfield
Regeneration following MOD site closure.
Harwell
Further science and housing development.
Bicester Motion
Continued expansion across its 444-acre site.
Cowley Branch Line
The source describes a £170 million reopening, part of a £500 million infrastructure investment supporting Oxford–Cambridge connectivity, and uses the phrase “European Silicon Valley” to describe that corridor.
Oxford Central / West End
Identified by the source as an investment and development opportunity.
Salt Cross, Eynsham & Witney
Identified by the source as growth areas.
Enterprise Zones
The supplied research identifies two Enterprise Zones — Harwell/Didcot and Milton Park — where accelerated planning and business-rate reinvestment are described as mechanisms supporting scaling companies.
Establishing in Oxfordshire
Support for Companies and Investors
Companies establishing operations in Oxfordshire can draw on local support including:
- Identifying commercial premises
- Introductions to the University of Oxford
- Introductions to Oxford Brookes University
- Connections into science and research facilities
- International trade advisory support through the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade
Oxfordshire Science & Technology Directory
A directory of Oxfordshire's science and technology companies and key locations for innovative businesses, based on the supplied research. It contains 408 records; every record is present in the page itself, with search and category filtering provided only as a convenience.
Showing 408 of 408 records
A
Life Sciences
21 Blacklands Way, Abingdon
Science & Business Park
Barton Ln, Abingdon
Abingdon Verification Instruments
Sensors & Instrumentation
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
F4, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences
528 Unit 2 10 Rutherford Ave Didcot
Life Sciences
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences
60 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Spectrum House, Becquerel Ave, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
HQ Building, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Aviation, Creative & Digital
4 Downsview Rd, Wantage
Aviation, Space & Satellite
Material Support Facility, Haddon Way, Brize Norton, Carterton
Aviation
128 Langford Ln, Oxford Airport, Kidlington
Advanced Engineering
RAF Brize Norton, Carterton
Life Sciences
Citibase Oxford New Barclay House 234 Botley Road
Life Sciences
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Advanced Materials, University Spinout
Oxford Industrial Park, Unit 15, Yarnton, Kidlington
Life Sciences
184 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
Unit 8 The Terrace, Library Avenue,Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
Genesis Building, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite
1 Oxbridge Court Osney Mead Oxford
Science & Business Park
Oxford Business Park, Garsington Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences, AI
9400 Garsington Rd Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Automotive
Unit 2, Cross, Southam Rd, Banbury
Cryogenics
2 Barton Ln, Abingdon
Energy
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Space & Satellite
Zeus Building, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Life Sciences
3 The Terrace, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
F4, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences
120 A & B Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Avazia
Advanced Engineering
21 Boston House Grove Business Park Downsview Rd Wantage
B
Life Sciences
Office 4, Bldg A Kirtlington Business Centre Kidlington
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Unit 6-10 Zeus Building Rutherford Avenue Harwell
140 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Science & Business Park
Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Energy, Advanced Materials
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Science & Business Park
Building 123, Buckingham Rd, Bicester
Life Sciences
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Life Sciences, Agritech
154A Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences
Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre, Headington Campus, Headington
AI
Stansfeld Park Quarry Road Headington Oxford
Life Sciences
Endeavour House, Langford Ln, Kidlington
Life Sciences
19 Barton Ln, Abingdon
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive
MINI Plant, Oxford
Advanced Materials, University Spinout
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Automotive
127-20 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Creative & Digital, Advanced Engineering, Automotive, Digital Health
Thame Park Business Centre, 20 Wenman Rd, Thame
Life Sciences, AI
1-14, SUFFOLK HOUSE, 263 Banbury Rd, Summertown
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Advanced Materials, University Spinout
3-5 Hythe Bridge St Oxford
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Automotive
Whiteways Technical Centre Chipping Norton
C
Digital Health, University Spinout
New Barclay House, 234 Botley Road, Oxford
Catalyst Bicester
Life Sciences
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Quad One, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise
Innovation Space
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Advanced Materials
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Energy, Creative & Digital
4 Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
30 Upper High Street, Thame
Aviation, Advanced Materials
Chalker Way, Banbury
Life Sciences
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
AI, Sensors & Instrumentation
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Energy, Life Sciences
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital, Advanced Materials
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Innovation Space
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Science & Business Park
Abingdon Road, Abingdon
D
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Energy, Space & Satellite
R70, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Quad One, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, AI, Agritech, Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Airspeed 1, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
R79, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
Diamond House, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
AI, University Spinout
16c Worcester Pl Oxford
Creative & Digital
The Old School Little Minster Minster Lovell Witney
Life Sciences
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Space & Satellite
Satellite Applications Catapult Electron Building Fermi Avenue Harwell Campus
E
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital, Advanced Engineering, Automotive
Unit 35A, Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove
Life Sciences, Agritech
67C Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences
Zephyr Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials, Quantum
Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Creative & Digital
The Boulevard, Langford lane, Kidlington
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Energy, Advanced Materials
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
R103, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
ESA Business Incubation Centre
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Unit 59A, Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
The Roy Gibson Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Aviation, Energy
Unit 1 3 Charles Shouler Wy Bicester
Life Sciences
114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Oxford Science Park Medawar Centre 2nd Floor East Building Robert Robinson Avenue Oxford
Life Sciences, AI
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Life Sciences, AI
Schrödinger Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
F
Energy
Quad One, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Automotive, Advanced Materials
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
University Spinout
Unit 10 Oxford Industrial Park, Mead Road, Yarnton
University Spinout, Life Sciences
7400 The Quorum Alec Issigonis Way Oxford
Life Sciences
Aspect House, The Quadrangle, Grove Business Park, Wantage
G
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences, Agritech
115L Olympic Ave Park Dr Milton Abingdon
Life Sciences
2 The Quadrant, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon OX14 3YS
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Oxford, King Charles House, Park End Street, Oxford
Creative & Digital
Building One, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon
Advanced Engineering, Automotive
Pentagon S, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
Airspeed 2, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Science & Business Park
Downsview Road, Wantage
H
Automotive
Overthorpe Rd, Banbury
Energy
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Aviation, Energy, Advanced Engineering, Advanced Materials
9 Longlands Road, Launton, Bicester
University Spinout, Digital Health
Mathematical Institute Andrew Wiles Building Woodstock Road Oxford
Science & Business Park
Thomson Avenue, Didcot
Innovation Space
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
148 Sixth Street, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Heyford Park Innovation Centre
Innovation Space
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Science & Business Park
Howbery Park, Wallingford
Energy, Advanced Engineering
Howbery Park, Wallingford
Life Sciences
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Life Sciences
154B Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
I
Cryogenics
Ave Four, Witney
Life Sciences
100 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Energy, Space & Satellite
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Life Sciences
92 Park Dr Milton Abingdon
Advanced Materials
Genesis Building, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation
1, Hitching Court, Blacklands Way, Abingdon
Quantum
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences, Robotics
Schrödinger Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences
102 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Digital Health
8C Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R3, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Agritech, University Spinout
Oxford Business Park, Oxford
J
Energy, Space & Satellite
HQ Building, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Spires House, 5700 John Smith Dr, Oxford Business Park, South, Oxford
Energy, Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
RCaH, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital
The Control Room Hexagon New Yatt Road Witney Oxfordshire
Life Sciences
Winchester House, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
K
Life Sciences
Genesis Building, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
Zephyr Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation
Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford
Unit 60, Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove
Agritech
Dormer Rd, Thame
L
AI, Digital Health, University Spinout
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Life Sciences, AI, Robotics
180D Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Space & Satellite
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive, Advanced Materials
Horizon Technology Park, Stanton Harcourt Rd, Eynsham
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation, University Spinout
100 Park Dr Milton Abingdon
Aviation, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R103, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
Holywell House 64 Osney Mead Oxford
Life Sciences
E1, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Creative & Digital, Robotics
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Creative & Digital, AI
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
M
Innovation Space
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Zephyr Building, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Automotive
Unit 2 Wildmere Cl, Banbury
Life Sciences
2 Trident Park Basil Hill Rd Didcot Oxfordshire
Aviation
Chalgrove Airfield, Chalgrove, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Bepo Building, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences
Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Energy, Advanced Materials
R79, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
R12, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Science & Business Park
98 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
99 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
AI, University Spinout
Ewert House, Ewert Place, Oxford
Energy, Space & Satellite
Zephyr Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Mission Street
Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
2 Canal View, Wharf Farm, Eynsham
Life Sciences, Agritech, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Science & Business Park
Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove
Energy, Creative & Digital
Telford Rd, Bicester
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
N
Energy
D5, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
National Quantum Computing Centre
Quantum
NQCC, Harwell Campus, Didcot
University Spinout, Life Sciences
Belsyre Court 57 Woodstock Rd Oxford
AI, University Spinout
Ramsey House, 10 St Ebbes Street, Oxford
University Spinout, Advanced Engineering
Oxford Centre for Innovation New Road Oxford
Advanced Engineering
16 Home Farm, Ardington, Wantage
F5, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
Unit 7, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital
John Smith Dr, Oxford Business Park, Oxford
Sensors & Instrumentation
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Space & Satellite
R103, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Roosevelt Dr, Headington, Oxford
HQ Building, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Suite C, Second Floor Schrodinger Building Oxford Science Park Oxford
O
Energy, Space & Satellite
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
ODQA Renewable Energy Technologies
Energy, Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Building 4000 Chancellor Court John Smith Drive ARC Oxford
ONI
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Linacre House, Banbury Road, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Zephyr Building, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Advanced Materials, Sensors & Instrumentation, University Spinout
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Sensors & Instrumentation
Unit 1, Foxcombe Court, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon
Life Sciences, AI
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Automotive, Advanced Materials, Sensors & Instrumentation
77 Heyford Park, Upper Heyford, Bicester
Creative & Digital
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Life Sciences
Atlas Building , Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Schrödinger Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
66 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, University Spinout
King Charles House, Park End St, Oxford
Life Sciences
Brook Hill, Woodstock
AI, Robotics, Automotive, University Spinout
8050 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford
Life Sciences
21 The Quadrant, Abingdon
Advanced Materials, University Spinout
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Aviation
Langford Ln, Kidlington
Life Sciences, University Spinout
3140, Rowan Place, John Smith Dr, Oxford Business Park, Oxford
Life Sciences, Innovation Space
Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Oxford Biomaterials
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Building 9400, Alec Issigonnis Way, Oxford Business Park, Oxford
Life Sciences
184B Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences
The Schrödinger Building Heatley Road Oxford Science Park
Life Sciences
127-18 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Innovation Space
New Road, Oxford
Cryogenics, Sensors & Instrumentation
Hanborough House, 25 Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough
Life Sciences, AI, University Spinout
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
Osney Mead, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Unit 5, Oxford Technology Park 4A Technology Dr Kidlington
University Spinout, Advanced Materials
9400 Garsington Road Oxford Business Park
Energy, Life Sciences, Cryogenics, Sensors & Instrumentation, Quantum
Tubney Woods, Abingdon
Quantum, University Spinout
Unit 1, Oxford Technology Park Technology Dr Kidlington
Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
8 Moorbrook Park, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Creative & Digital
6, Oxford Industrial Park, Kidlington Ln., Yarnton, Kidlington
Life Sciences
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation, University Spinout
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Energy, Life Sciences, University Spinout
Gosling House, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
Unit 11 Blacklands Way Abingdon
Life Sciences, Sensors & Instrumentation
127 19-21 Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Creative & Digital
Oxford Product Design 1-2 Cherry Barns High St Harwell Didcot
2 De Havilland Way, Witney
Advanced Engineering, University Spinout
Unit 7–8 Oxford Industrial Park, Mead Road, Yarnton
Oxford Quantum Computing
Energy, Robotics
Fermi Ave Electron Building Didcot Oxfordshire
Science & Business Park
Robert Robinson Ave, Oxford
AI, University Spinout
Oxford Semantic Technologies, 2 Littlegate Street, Oxford
Oxford Silk Phage Technologies
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
OSPT Bioescalator Innovation Centre Old Road Campus Roosvelt drive
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise, Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Space & Satellite
Zephyr Building, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation
Park Farm Business Centre Middleton Stoney Oxfordshire
Technology Dr, Kidlington
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Digital Health, University Spinout
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Life Sciences
Medawar Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Energy, Creative & Digital, Digital Health
Magdalen Centre, The Oxford Science Park, Littlemore, North, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
71 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Energy, Advanced Materials
Genesis Building, Library Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Hayakawa Building Edmund Halley Road Oxford Science Park Oxford
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
264 Banbury Road Oxford
P
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Life Sciences
Innovation Centre, 99 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Life Sciences
Abingdon Science Park, Barton Ln, Abingdon
Penman Consulting Ltd
Life Sciences
Grove Business Park Aspect House Wayland Avenue Wantage
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences, AI, Digital Health, University Spinout
Gemini One, 5520 John Smith Dr, Oxford Business Park, Oxford
Advanced Engineering, Automotive
67 D3 Innovation Drive Milton Park Abingdon-On-Thames Oxfordshire
PhosphonicS Ltd
Advanced Materials
Unit 7-11 The Quadrangle Groves Business Park Downsview Rd Wantage
Life Sciences
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Life Sciences
119C Olympic Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Plasmatreat UK Ltd
Advanced Materials
GBP1 Unit C10 Grove Business Park Downsview Road Wantage
Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive
Horizon Technology Park, Stanton Harcourt Rd, Eynsham
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Aviation, Advanced Engineering, Automotive, Advanced Materials
Murdock Rd., Bicester
Quantum, University Spinout
Prama House, 267 Banbury Rd, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Aviation, Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive, Advanced Materials
Chalker Way, Banbury
Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, University Spinout
148 Sixth Street Thompson Avenue Harwell Didcot
Life Sciences
Abingdon Science Park, 4 - 10 The Quadrant, Barton Lane, Abingdon
Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive
Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford
Q
Energy, University Spinout
Qdot Technology Ltd Office G01 Building R104 Harwell Campus Didcot
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Advanced Materials, Quantum, Cryogenics, Sensors & Instrumentation
R103, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Quantum, University Spinout
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
R
Energy, Life Sciences
HQ Building, Harwell Campus, Thomson Avenue, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
D Wing HQ Building Thomson Avenue Harwell Campus
University Spinout, Digital Health
1 & 3 Kings Meadow Osney Mead
Energy, Space & Satellite
R70, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Aviation, Space & Satellite
Building D5 Culham Science Centre Abingdon
Creative & Digital
Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford
Space & Satellite, Sensors & Instrumentation
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Unit 9 Trade City Sandy Ln W Oxford
Energy
Begbroke Science Park, Woodstock Road, Begbroke
Life Sciences
69-70 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Energy, Life Sciences, Advanced Materials
Quad 1, Harwell Campus, Becquerel Avenue, Didcot
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
Fermi Avenue Didcot
Life Sciences
Witney Innovation Centre, Windrush House, Burford Road, Witney
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R71, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
1 Canterbury Road Oxford
S
AI, University Spinout
Grassroots, 46 Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Life Sciences
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Energy, Space & Satellite
R103, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Satellite Applications Catapult
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences
Unit 202 Bellhouse Building Science Park Oxford Sanders Road
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
R79, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Advanced Engineering, Cryogenics, Sensors & Instrumentation, University Spinout
7 Suffolk Way, Abingdon
Advanced Materials
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Automotive
Unit B4, Cappis House Telford Rd, Bicester
Creative & Digital
Witney Innovation Centre, Windrush House, Burford Road, Witney
University Spinout, Advanced Materials
Agile Lab Begbroke Science Park Oxfordshire
Life Sciences
29 and 30 The Quadrant, Abingdon
E5, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences, AI
Schrödinger Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy
R71, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Sensors & Instrumentation
Oxford Centre for Innovation, New Road, Oxford
Energy, Life Sciences
R104, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, Advanced Engineering, Cryogenics
Wharf Road, Eynsham, Witney
Life Sciences
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
R104, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Oxford Bioescalator, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Life Sciences
Quad 1, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital
Science Park, The Pentagon, Barton Ln, Abingdon
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Advanced Materials, University Spinout
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Energy, Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
7600 Quorum, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Advanced Engineering, Automotive
Horizon Technology Park, Stanton Harcourt Rd, Eynsham
Creative & Digital, AI, Automotive
Unit 3, Roger House, Osney Mead, Oxford
Energy, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
136a Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Energy
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
418 Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
T
Space & Satellite
Harwell Innovation Centre, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Third Floor, The Sherard Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford
Space & Satellite
R25, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Didcot
Energy
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite
Building 587, Curie Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
The Boutique Workplace Company
Downsview Rd Wantage
Innovation Space
3-5 Middle Way Summertown Oxford
Life Sciences
LGC Unit 3 Oxford Technology Park Kidlington
Life Sciences, University Spinout
The Sherard Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park Oxford
Energy
173 Brook Drive Milton Park Oxfordshire
U
Energy
Culham Innovation Centre, D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon
Energy
RCaH, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Aviation, Energy, Life Sciences, AI, Robotics, Advanced Engineering, Agritech, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials, Cryogenics, Sensors & Instrumentation, Quantum, Digital Health
R71, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Space & Satellite
Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Energy, Space & Satellite, Advanced Materials
R27 Atlas Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Life Sciences, AI, University Spinout
Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
V
Life Sciences, Creative & Digital, Digital Health
Building 5700, 2nd Floor, Spires House, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South, Oxford
Energy, University Spinout
Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford
Life Sciences
88 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon
Creative & Digital
6, Oxford Industrial Park, Kidlington Ln., Yarnton, Kidlington
Creative & Digital
11A Park House, Milton Park, Abingdon
W
Energy
Stables 4, Howbery Park, Wallingford
Water Lane 6 SF (Silicon Fuel)
Energy, Advanced Materials
R79, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot
Creative & Digital
141 Park Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon
Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research
Aviation, Energy, Automotive, Advanced Materials
9 Wildmere Rd, Banbury
Automotive
Station Rd, Grove, Wantage
Advanced Engineering
Tower Rd, Berinsfield, Wallingford
Automotive
Grove, Wantage
Witney Business & Innovation Centre
Innovation Space
Witney Innovation Centre, Windrush House, Burford Road, Witney
Innovation Space
Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford
Life Sciences
Innovation Centre, Windrush East, Suite E01 Howbery Park, Wallingford
X
Life Sciences, University Spinout
Heyford Park Innovation Centre, 77 Heyford Park, Bicester
Y
Automotive, University Spinout
11-14 Mead Road, Oxford Industrial Park, Yarnton
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Oxfordshire Science & Technology: Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Oxfordshire important for science and technology?
The supplied research describes Oxfordshire as a highly concentrated innovation economy anchored by the University of Oxford and supported by major science campuses, research facilities, start-ups, scale-ups and multinational operations.
How many high-tech companies are in Oxfordshire?
The supplied research identifies 2,950 high-tech companies across Oxfordshire.
How much foreign direct investment has Oxfordshire attracted?
According to the supplied research, Oxfordshire secured more than 390 foreign direct investments worth over £3.1 billion during the preceding eight-year period, safeguarding and creating more than 7,000 jobs.
What are Oxfordshire's main technology sectors?
The supplied research covers strengths including life sciences, space, energy, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, advanced engineering, future mobility, defence and deep technology.
What are Oxfordshire's main science and innovation locations?
Major locations identified in the supplied research include Harwell Campus, Culham Campus, the Headington Science Cluster, Oxford Science Park, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford North, Milton Park, ARC Oxford and Bicester Motion, alongside other science, business and innovation locations across the county.
What investment opportunities are identified in Oxfordshire?
The supplied research identifies development and growth activity at Culham, Dalton Barracks and Abingdon Airfield, Harwell, Bicester Motion, the Cowley Branch Line, Oxford Central/West End and growth areas including Salt Cross, Eynsham and Witney.
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