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Flexible office and lab space for growing science and technology businesses
Looking for workspace to start, develop or grow your business in Oxford?
The Oxford Trust offers flexible office space, R&D laboratories, technical workspace, co-working and virtual office services across two innovation centres in Oxford city centre and Headington.
Whether you’re an early-stage science or technology start-up, a university spinout or a more established business looking for room to grow, our centres combine practical workspace solutions with experienced on-site teams, business support and a community of innovative companies.
Choose the Oxford Centre for Innovation for flexible offices and co-working in the heart of Oxford, or the Wood Centre for Innovation for laboratory, technical and office space in the Headington Science Cluster.
The Trust brings over 40 years’ experience supporting science and technology businesses; income from our centres also supports its charitable work and Science Oxford.
Oxford Centre for Innovation
Right in the heart of the city centre, the Oxford Centre for Innovation offers a wide range of workspaces to grow your business.
Location
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Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH.
Call +44 (0)1865 261400.
Email: [email protected]
Spaces
- Office space
- Co-working space
- Meeting space
- Virtual office
Wood Centre for Innovation
Located in Headington, the Linden and the Aspen buildings at the Wood Centre for Innovation offer a wide range of lab, technical workspaces and offices to grow your business.
Location
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Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8SB.
Call: +44 (0)1865 945500.
Email: [email protected]
Spaces
- Office space
- Co-working space
- Meeting space
- Virtual office
- R&D lab space
- Shared facilities lab
Why choose us
Two-Oxford locations, one community
We offer flexible workspace in Oxford city centre at the Oxford Centre for Innovation or specialist science and technology space in Headington at the Wood Centre for Innovation. Choose one centre as your business base and use meeting and co-working space at either centre. Networking events and business support are available across both locations.
Close to centres of R&D
Our innovation centres benefit from prime city centre locations near Oxford’s leading research and development hubs. This proximity enables companies to foster collaboration and offers unparalleled access to cutting-edge expertise, talent, and technology. Clients gain a strategic advantage by being part of a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Thriving community
Our centres offer you much more than serviced office space. When you join us, you are joining a vibrant community of like-minded science and tech businesses. With companies working in a wide range of areas, including quantum, deeptech, life sciences and healthtech, it is a community to help you build and grow.
Business support
We understand what it takes to make a company successful and we appreciate that you need support and know-how to scale and grow. That’s why when you join our centres, you also have access to our expert business support service, run by Innovation Director, Wendy Tindsley. Our goal is to see your business thrive.
Business events
We run tailored networking and knowledge events, such as the Exit Right series, for companies in our centres. Developed by The Oxford Trust, Barclays Eagle Labs and Oxford Innovation Space, Exit Right is an expert-led event series for founders and senior leadership teams to support start-ups looking to successfully grow and exit their businesses.
Over 40 years of encouraging the pursuit of science
The Oxford Trust has been at the forefront of innovation in Oxfordshire for over 40 years. Through our innovation centres, we have supported hundreds of start-ups to flourish and grow including Mirada Medical, Perspectum Diagnostics, Navenio and more recently Infleqtion, Quantum Dice and DJS Antibodies.
Supporting the next generation
The income from our innovation centres is reinvested in supporting the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs through our STEM education and engagement programmes. Run by Science Oxford, our programmes aim to lay the foundations of science learning and build science capital.
Our innovation community
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Innovation partners
Advanced Oxford
Advanced Oxford works with senior leaders from the area’s major knowledge-intensive businesses to support the long-term development of the Oxford region as a desirable place to live and work.
Headington Science Cluster
The Headington Science Cluster is a group of organisations, including The Oxford Trust, that have joined together to support innovation in digital health and life sciences in the Headington area.
TheHill
Part of the University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, innovation catalyst TheHill supports digital health innovation adoption in the NHS to improve efficiency and effectiveness, empower staff and benefit patients.
Barclays Eagle Labs
In partnership with The Oxford Trust, Barclays runs Eagle Labs with co-working space and business support at our Wood Centre & Oxford Centre for Innovation.
Get in touch
Our centre managers will be happy to answer any queries, send you information or arrange a tour. Contact us using the form below or call 01865 261400 (Oxford Centre for Innovation) or 01865 945500 (Wood Centre for Innovation).
Escalator support programme
The Oxford Trust supports fledgling tech start-ups and spinouts through their Escalator Support Programme. The programme is directed at businesses that really need financial support before they raise venture capital or become revenue generating. This support is in the form of discounts on space in our centres, 1:1 business support, and access to an angel investment network.
Questions about our innovation centres?
From choosing the right location and workspace to understanding our flexible terms, facilities and business support, our FAQs answer some of the most common questions from companies looking to join us.
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