Wood Centre for Innovation

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About the Wood Centre for Innovation

  • Wood Centre for Innovation, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8SB
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There is limited on-site parking, bike racks and EV charging ports for visitors.

The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation provides flexible laboratory, technical workspace and office space for science and technology start-ups and grow-on companies, particularly those working in life sciences, healthtech and deeptech. 

Located in Oxford’s world-leading Headington Science Cluster, the Centre is close to the University of Oxford’s Old Road Campus, the NHS research and teaching hospitals, and Oxford Brookes University, giving companies access to one of the UK’s leading ecosystems for scientific research, healthcare and innovation.

The Wood Centre for Innovation is comprised of two buildings: the Linden Building and the Aspen Building. They provide Class 2 R&D laboratories, technical workspace and offices Laboratory and office spaces range from 50 sq ft to more than 6,000 sq ft. 

Set in 15 acres of woodland, the site includes access to shared equipment, business support, networking opportunities, Barclays Eagle Labs, 24-hour site access, meeting spaces, conference facilities and an on-site café. 

Linden and Aspen buildings

Our spaces

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Office space

With spaces of all sizes, our office packages includes admin and office support, a café, and access to bookable meeting and event spaces.  

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Lab space

From 50 sq ft to over 1,500 sq ft,  our high-quality Class 2 R&D lab spaces are perfect for companies specialising in life sciences and deeptech.

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Shared facilities lab

Our shared facilities lab offers access to specialised equipment and our in-house lab supervisor. 

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Co-working space

Barclays Eagle Labs offers co-working space for 30 entrepreneurs with a wide range of business support, including mentoring and events. 

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Meeting space

The centre offers meeting rooms for up to 12 people, a state-of-the-art conference auditorium for up to 100 people, a foyer and outdoor deck. 

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Virtual office

For entrepreneurs who would like a business address but don’t need physical office space, a virtual office package is the perfect solution. 

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A view of one of the labs at the Wood Centre for Innovation with workspaces and shelves full of scientific equipment.
A colleague accessing the liquid nitrogen in the shared lab.
The exterior of the Wood Centre for Innovation showing the wood panelled building in the background and wild flowers growing in the foreground.
People walking outside the Wood Centre for Innovation past the mature trees.
Using the outdoor deck at lunchtime at the Wood Centre for Innovation.
A view of the pond in the grounds of the Wood Centre for Innovation.
Colleagues in at a meeting within the co-working area in the Barclays Eagle Labs, Wood Centre for Innovation
A view, taken in summer, of the Wood Centre for Innovation from the rear, surrounded by mature trees.

Facilities and amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Shower
  • Secure bike parking
  • Superfast broadband
  • 24 hour access
  • ~CCTV and security

Why choose us

Aspen building

The new Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford, is opening in Summer 2026. This new facility will provide two floors of flexible and customisable laboratory, technical workspace and offices for start-up and grow-on companies in the deep tech and life science sectors. Now available for pre-lets.

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Our innovation community

Testimonials

Since joining the Wood Centre for Innovation, Newrotex has benefited from the additional space needed to support its growth, alongside access to manufacturing facilities that are helping improve the quality and consistency of its products. Being surrounded by other start ups within the building has also created a collaborative environment, where ideas, experiences and opportunities can be shared as part of one wider innovation community.

Alex Woods

CEO & Founder, Newrotex Ltd

Being based at the Wood Centre for Innovation has provided Exogene with the opportunity to grow and thrive within a collaborative science and technology community. The proximity to the University of Oxford has also played an important role in supporting the development of our work and enabling further innovation.

Federico Paoletti

Co-founder & CEO, Exogene

Lumai's Dr James Spall, stands outside the entrance of the Wood Centre for Innovation.
The Lumai team love being based at the Wood Centre for Innovation. We’ve found it a very convivial place to work. It’s also great to have the chance to meet other companies and The Oxford Trust team are delightful to work with. I would wholeheartedly recommend the centre to others who are thinking about moving here.

Dr James Spall

CTO and Co-founder, Lumai

Portrait of Jack Fertility CEO Lily, Elsner outside the Wood Centre for Innovation.
We are pleased to be part of The Oxford Trust’s Escalator Support Programme to enable Jack Fertility’s male fertility research for our novel postal sperm test. We have support in the form of lab space, investment sourcing support, and PR. Our Oxford-based team are pursuing ground-breaking new frontiers, in a beautiful location.

Lily Elsner

CEO, Jack Fertility

portrait of Alex Batchelor from Pictura Bio outside the Wood Centre for Innovation
PicturaBio chose the Wood Centre for Innovation because it offered collaboration between team members working in their office on AI imaging software and those working in an adjoining laboratory. Access to both laboratory and office space in the same building is not always possible but getting access to both is rare.

Alex Batchelor

Co-founder & CEO, PicturaBio

Valerie Berryman-Bousquet, VP of Helio Display Materials.
We chose the Wood Centre for Innovation because of its flexible and proactive approach to meeting Helio’s requirements. We had some very detailed wet lab requirements, which we might have been able to get elsewhere, but the Wood Centre team were prepared to go the extra mile to deliver a facility that really is a perfect fit for Helio

Valérie Berryman-Bousquet

Helio Display Materials

Joe Illingworth, from DJS Antibodies stands outside the Wood Centre for Innovation.
There is no better place for DJS Antibodies to take its next steps as part of the biopharmaceutical company AbbVie. The Wood Centre for Innovation laboratories are state-of-the-art, and we are in walking distance of four world-leading Oxford University research hospitals, providing easy links to some of the best academics in the world, allowing us to contribute to and benefit from this world-leading biomedical ecosystem.

Joe Illingworth

Director of Research, DJS Antibodies

CSO Kevin Maskell, Bioarchitech
Cancer patients are in desperate need of the promising immunotherapies that we have in development. The Oxford Trust and the supportive community they have built at the Wood Centre for Innovation is an ideal home for our team to focus on the research needed to make these treatments a reality.

Kevin Maskell

CSO & co-founder Bioarchitech

Our innovation centre team

Our innovation centres are managed by Oxford Innovation Space, orginally a spin-out of the Trust. They are innovation centre experts and run a network of 31 centres in the UK and Ireland. 

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Wendy Tindsley, Innovation Director

An experienced business support professional, Wendy has a scientific background and experience of running several businesses. She has a wealth of experience in obtaining funding for R&D and capital investment. With extensive knowledge of innovative technologies across different sectors, Wendy’s passion is helping ambitious businesses to achieve rapid and sustainable growth.

Graham Monger, Centre Manager at the Oxford Centre for Innovation.

Graham Monger, Centre Manager

Graham is an accomplished Centre Manager with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results across multiple sites. He excels in managing three dynamic centres within Oxford, providing flexible office and laboratory spaces and comprehensive business support services to SMEs. With a commitment to excellence, Graham is dedicated to fostering a vibrant and supportive ecosystem for entrepreneurs and businesses.

Owen Wheeler, Lab Supervisor at the Wood Centre for Innovation.

Owen Wheeler, Lab Supervisor

Owen has a background in cell biology, GMP and lab management with a wealth of experience in lab operation and equipment servicing. He has experience in managing a variety of labs, including Category 3, tissue culture and PCR labs. Owen's passion is being part of a company he knows is making a difference to lives of others.

Abi Sule, Assistant Centre Manager at the Wood Centre for Innovation.

Abi Sule, Assistant Centre Manager

Abi holds a Law degree from Oxford Brookes University and has been working in customer service since 2019. Her career began in Italy, where she worked as a front desk receptionist in hotels and volunteered with local charities. After relocating to the UK, she spent three years in retail while completing her studies. She also volunteered with Citizens Advice Oxford.

Andrea Reyes, Customer Experience Assistant at the Wood Centre for Innovation.

Andrea Reyes, Customer Experience Assistant

Andrea is an economics graduate from the University of Manchester and brings several years' experience in customer service, retail operations and team leadership. She has worked with leading retail brands, where she developed skills in team support, operational efficiency and customer engagement. Andrea is committed to creating a welcoming environment, helping to ensure that all tenants and visitors have a positive experience at the Centre.

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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).

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Our sister centre

Oxford Centre for Innovation

Our sister centre, the Oxford Centre for Innovation, is based at Blue Boar Court on Alfred Street in central Oxford. The centre also has affordable work and meeting spaces for start-up and early stage companies specialising in science and technology, close to the University of Oxford’s science facilities, the Said Business School and social entrepreneurship centres. Facilities at our city centre site are available to all companies working in our centres. 

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News from The Oxford Trust

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